Coming soon: Let Them Eat Cake... in Tiwai

(UPDATED) Stuff beat us to this story, but we prefer to seek comment from both parties.

He moved to Invercargill for the job. Now he must pay back $21,000 | Stuff (7 June 2026)

By the way, that’s queen consort of France Marie Antoinette in the image inset.  When told the peasants had no bread because of a famine, she was believed to have said “Qu’ils mangent de la Brioche” (Let them eat cake) which didn’t go down well and may have led to the 1789 French Revolution.  We'll explain later...

UPDATE: The parties have resolved both disputes, which will allow them to move on.