MP’s Mongrel Mob meeting attendance ‘a case of miscommunication’ – PM
ROBERT KITCHIN/Stuff Taieri MP Ingrid Leary accidentally attended a Mongrel Mob meeting. Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says there was “a bit of a case of miscommunication”...
Tory Whanau saga: ‘We shouldn’t expect anyone … to be a complete saint’
MONIQUE FORD/Stuff Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau confirmed she accidentally walked away from a restaurant without paying but has denied other claims. Colleagues of Wellington Mayor Tory...
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls: One of the unfunniest comedies of the ’90s comes to Prime Video
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (PG, 94mins) Directed by Steve Oedekerk *½ Having already stretched it’s one-joke premise to breaking point in the admittedly, occasionally hilarious...
Google Pixel 8 Series to Debut With Improved Charging Support, Bigger Battery, Wi-Fi 7 Support: Report
Google Pixel 8 series — comprising the next-generation Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro — is expected to make its debut in October. We’ve yet to hear...
Samsung Galaxy S21 FE Snapdragon 888 Variant Price in India, Storage Configuration Leaked Ahead of Debut
Samsung Galaxy S21 FE price in India for the purported Snapdragon 888 variant has leaked online, days ahead of its expected debut in India as a...
Elon Musk’s Twitter Read Limits Could Undermine New CEO’s Efforts to Attract Advertisers, Experts Say
Elon Musk’s move to temporarily cap how many posts Twitter users can read on the social media site could undermine efforts by the company’s new Chief...
Rural tourist businesses hurt by rising thefts
In the Manitoba tourism hub of Gimli, a looming summer of near-constant shoplifting has Sumalee Phanad rethinking how she runs her business. “This year’s the worst....
Signing off after three years of sharing your stories
Opinion I remember the fear and excitement of walking into the newsroom for the first time when I was an intern at the Free Press in...
Award-winning chef to close Máquè
It’s been a transformational year for Scott Bagshaw’s local restaurant empire. Last Thursday, the award-winning chef and restaurateur announced the forthcoming closure of Máquè, his Asian-inspired...
The aftermath of folly
Opinion “I said to Putin: ‘We could waste (Prigozhin), no problem. If not on the first try, then on the second.’ I told him: ‘Don’t do...