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DB Breweries is distancing itself from anti co-governance billboards popping up on roadsides using the "Yeah, right" format made famous by their long-running Tui campaign.

The organiser of a series of talks about co-governance says he wants to dispel needless fears around the issue.

SIMON OCONNOR/Stuff Use of The ‘Naki in McDonald’s Angus beef burger boxes has drawn complaints from te ao Māori advocates in Taranaki, who say the abbreviation is racist and offensive. Te ao Māori advocates have called on burger giant McDonald’s to immediately stop using packaging containing an offensive abbreviation for Taranaki. The companys Angus burger boxes contain a blurb about the beef it uses, and that it is made into patties in “The ‘Naki”. Use of the abbreviation is c...

Don Brash is a spokesman for Hobson’s Pledge Trust. (file photo) OPINION: Last week, your correspondent Dan Lander argued that those campaigning against the creation of one or more Māori wards in New Plymouth were “anti-Māori”. He particularly singled out the Hobson’s Pledge Trust for attack, claiming that the organisation is “fundamentally against and actively works to thwart Māori representation in local government”. He noted that we had financed the printing of the anti-Māor...

Photo: Greg Ramsey courtesy of Porsena 2020 was supposed to be the 10-year anniversary of New York mainstay Porsena, and the Italian restaurant planned to go big with a slate of community events: a February dinner exploring Italian-Jewish cuisine, multiple chef collaborations, a special May night serving the East Village restaurant’s original opening menu. Ian MacRae, the general manager of four and a half years, had a whole set of photos and letters from couples who had met at the restaurant...