The Italian Job: Wahlberg’s woeful classic crime caper remake comes to Netflix
The Italian Job (M, 111mins) Directed by F. Gary Gray **½ The 1969 classic crime caper, The Italian Job, was very much a product of its...
Harry Says: How to pick between your Champagne tastes and a beer budget
Supplied Despite having access to beauty discounts beauty and perks, Harriet Pudney’s taste is “far more expensive than I can afford.” Harriet Pudney is a beauty...
Shrek the green ogre swaps his swamp for Christchurch’s Margaret Mahy playground
Children enjoying Margaret Mahy playground got a school holiday surprise on Monday – when a giant green ogre turned up to play. Shrek had left behind...
Wellington’s Mt Victoria tunnel reopens after three-car crash
Stuff Wellington’s Mt Victoria tunnel is closed after a three-car crash. Wellington’s Mt Victoria tunnel has reopened after a three-car nose-to-tail crash closed it for an...
Three-metre high bubbles swallow a creek on Auckland’s North Shore
Mairangi Creek in Auckland’s North Shore was engulfed by three-metre high bubbles on Sunday afternoon. By Monday, the foam was being swept up by wind gusts...
Petition calls for ‘apology and refund’ from organisers of Listen In concert
A petition is circulating online, calling for an apology and refund from organisers of Auckland concert Listen In after attendees were left injured, drinks lines were...
Tom Brady gets Bucs offense going, defense struggles
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tom Brady looked more like himself, carrying Tampa Bay’s offense with his arm. Only problem for the Buccaneers was the defense couldn’t...
By boat and jet ski, volunteers assist in Ian rescue efforts
SANIBEL ISLAND, Fla. (AP) — There was no time to waste. As Hurricane Ian lashed southwest Florida, Bryan Stern, a veteran of the U.S. military, and...
Black representation in Alabama tested before Supreme Court
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The invisible line dividing two of Alabama’s congressional districts slices through downtown Montgomery, near iconic sites from the civil rights movement. On...
In Hurricane Ian’s wake, dangers persist, worsen in parts
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — People kayaking down streets that were passable just a day or two earlier. Hundreds of thousands without power. National Guard helicopters...