Yes, police in the middle of a dangerous operation have had to debunk misleading fake news on Facebook.

What a nice sunny spot!

I do some freelance travel writing, and one publication now puts "no US destinations please" in its pitch calls.

Interesting. No Epsom Girls but Dio and St Cuths are fine with it.

$67 for mine, up recently from $65

They don’t- just ask you to enter the date.

They have also rolled this out to New Zealand users.
bsky.app/profile/deni...

Looks like a good deal on that one today.

Today's Stuff poll telling them

Vote NZ gives the advice below. A family member voted for at least 20 years after they last permanently lived in NZ, based on visiting at least once every three years.

They’re only on day 1, so there’s a fair chance the fizz everything one will come up soon.

Are you still thinking about this or have you bought? They are doing a 12 days of Christmas thing, and the offer today is the SPRKL family pack. ohbubbles.co.nz/products/sprkl

If they are overseas, then they’ll be renewing an existing passport? The referee in that case doesn’t have to sign anything so they could be anywhere in the world.

DIA describes it somewhat differently.
www.1news.co.nz/2025/11/13/t...

A marinated side of salmon plus salads - just what you can order from a catering company.

I think the news report was that the chair hire/room setup was an additional cost, on top of the per head, and that was why the total was $3200. Still ridiculous. The venue obviously wasn't suitable if chairs had to be hired.

Latest is that it includes chair hire & room setup, but there are plenty of modestly priced venues in Auckland with chairs already available. $25 per head is an expensive morning tea. $15 per head will get 3 items (2 savoury, 1 sweet). Are the cafe owners related to/known to Sonny Kaushal?

It's so good that he's got somewhere to go to, especially at this time of year.