The Marlborough Express

The Marlborough Express is a newspaper that caters to the Marlborough region of New Zealand. Based in Blenheim, it has been in circulation since 1866. The paper transitioned to a daily publication in 1880 and later acquired its competitors, the Marlborough Times in 1895 and the Marlborough Press in 1948. In 1998, it was purchased by Independent Newspapers Limited (INL) and is currently part of Fairfax.

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‘Jennifer, you’ve been about the worst’: US defence secretary berates Fox News reporter

1 day ago | stuff.co.nz | Michael Koziol

Hegseth berates reporters over Iran bombing coverageUS Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth clashed with reporters over their coverage of the bombing of Iran’s nuclear sites at a defiant news conference that provided new details on the impressive military operation but shed little light on the damage inflicted.
Velvet stand, gold pen for signing off Marlborough’s environment plan

2 days ago | stuff.co.nz | Stan Choe |Jonathan Leask

Applause, congratulations, and the flourish of a gold pen have heralded the signing off of the Proposed Marlborough Environment Plan after almost a decade's work. The Marlborough District Council has approved articles of the Proposed Marlborough Environment Plan (PMEP) not currently under appeal or awaiting ministerial approval. Three previous management plans have been combined into a single document, forming a single rulebook on what people could do on their land and how it could be developed.
Young kea on road to recovery after it was shot in Golden Bay

2 days ago | stuff.co.nz | Amber Schultz |Matthew Brown |Bridie Witton |Poppy Clark

A kea injured by a lead bullet in Ligar Bay earlier this year is responding well to treatment four months after it was found limping by a Kea Conservation Trust worker. The young male bird was discovered in February within the Golden Bay area before being caught, flown to Wellington by Golden Bay Air and driven by a Department of Conservation (DOC) staffer to Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa Massey University’s Wildbase Hospital in Manawatū.
Judge dismisses authors' copyright lawsuit against Meta over AI training

2 days ago | stuff.co.nz | Matt O'Brien |Barbara Ortutay

A federal judge sided with Facebook parent Meta Platforms in dismissing a copyright infringement lawsuit from a group of authors who accused the company of stealing their works to train its artificial intelligence technology. The Wednesday ruling from US District Judge Vince Chhabria was the second in a week from San Francisco's federal court to dismiss major copyright claims from book authors against the rapidly developing AI industry.
Ecuador recaptures gang leader wanted in the United States more than a year after his prison escape

2 days ago | stuff.co.nz | Gonzalo Solano |Gabriela Molina

A fugitive drug trafficker wanted by authorities in Ecuador and the United States was recaptured more than a year after he escaped from prison in the Andean nation, Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa announced Wednesday.
Poop Deck: This disgusting Netflix documentary will put you off cruises for life

2 days ago | stuff.co.nz | Sanda Arambepola |Sam Smith |Matthew Knott |Charlotte Grieve

Anita Singh is Arts and Entertainment Editor at The Telegraph. OPINION: Sure, you’ve had bad holidays. The one where it rained every day. That time the airline lost your luggage and you had to spend 48 hours wearing the same pants. But have you ever been forced to spend four days defecating into a plastic bag on a cruise ship that just caught fire and is now adrift in the Gulf of Mexico?
Why a tiny Parliament crest on David Seymour’s ‘victim of the day’ posts have raised big questions

2 days ago | stuff.co.nz | Bridie Witton

David Seymour suggested 'bots' drove 'fake submissions'Dame Anne Salmond likens social media posts by Acting Prime Minister David Seymour — in which he accuses her and three other academics of “derangement syndrome” and calls them a “victim of the day” — to being put in the stocks, a medieval form of public shaming. “You’re inviting citizens to come and chuck rocks at people, basically, right? And that’s exactly what they do online,” she said.
How Fox news hosts gave Trump advice, support and platform with Iran nuclear targets coverage

2 days ago | stuff.co.nz | Glenn McConnell |Matt O'Sullivan |Michael Koziol |Aamer Madhani

Trump calls out some news outlets after bombing of Iran nuclear sitesWhen Fox News anchor Bret Baier broke into another show’s discussion of political tattoo trends at 7.52pm on Saturday (local time) to announce that the United States had bombed nuclear sites in Iran, the network’s viewers were ready. In the week leading up to the strikes, several of Fox’s conservative hosts and commentators had forcefully made a case for such an action.
‘Naughty’ bears escape enclosure, steal a week’s worth of honey and take long nap

2 days ago | stuff.co.nz | Gene Johnson |Karanama Ruru |Glenn McConnell |Mildred Armah

Wildwood Trust: The bears who escaped an enclosure at Devon Wildlife ParkIn the fairy tale, Goldilocks enters the home of the three bears to eat their porridge and sleep in their beds. But at the Wildwood Devon conservation park in Britain, it’s the bears who are doing the breaking and entering - and sleeping.
Is this the end of Nelson’s Richard Nixon statue?

2 days ago | stuff.co.nz | Jonathan Leask |Glenn McConnell |Nicholas Jones

A small Tasman town faces an important question: keep the infamous statue of Richard Nixon or build a community hub instead? The life-size bronze statue of the disgraced US president has bemused residents of Wakefield, about 20km south of Nelson, for more than a decade.