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...
Confronting the impacts of academic marginalization
Opinion I think back to my first-year experience at the University of Western Ontario in 1968. A small-town girl on her first big adventure under her...
Opening the floodgates
Opinion There’s a familiar bit of folk wisdom that coarsely delineates the relative merits of nebulous verbal assertions and direct material commitments. Money talks, the saying...
The new robber barons of the web
Opinion Digital entrepreneur Mark Zuckerberg is the entitled youngster who dwells in the parental basement — and stubbornly refuses to pay rent. And, no, Zuckerberg doesn’t...
Face it, ‘firsts’ aren’t always meant to last
Opinion DEAR MISS LONELYHEARTS: My wife and I were each other’s “firsts” in everything. For many years we were very sexual, and experimented with many things....
Citizens deserve control of their info
Opinion Political parties at the national and the provincial level are collecting too much personal information about voters, often without their consent. A 2019 survey found...
Which is the best Kiwi-made craft peanut butter?
Stuff The ultimate ranking of Kiwi-made peanut butter. Meat, diary, and … peanut butter? If you’ve stepped foot in a supermarket in the last few years,...
Neon’s Full Circle, Disney+’s The Bear, TVNZ’s Creamerie among July’s must-see TV
The wintry weather got you down? July offers plenty of reasons to stay indoors and snuggle up on the couch. For sports fans, there will be...
Stadium Southland releases views on report into Skelt complaints – but not the report
Stuff Former Stadium Southland general manager Nigel Skelt: there were ‘shortcomings’ in the initial handling of a complaint against him. The Stadium Southland board has released...