This week on TV2, the Taranaki Sawmillers take to the stage against the Bluff Pearls, in the season finale of One Night Only, screening on Saturday at 7.30pm.

Wellington, Dec 27 NZPA - Former All Black Grahame Thorne says he has lost his "best mate" with the death of his eldest son in a Christmas Eve car crash in South Africa.

WEEK 47: Saturday 21 November - Friday 27 November 2009

By Robert Lowe of NZPA

Auckland, Oct 6 NZPA - There was no mercy in the ring but the David Tua camp has shown plenty of compassion towards defeated rival Shane Cameron after their heavyweight boxing showdown in Hamilton last weekend.

A diverse sheep and beef property 40 kms east of Masterton - not far from the Castlepoint coast - is for sale with Bayleys as part of their Spring Country portfolio offerings.

The Edge radio station has found its five couples who are in the running to win The Edge 'Nudie Nuptials.' However, some of the parents of these couples are not so pleased with the thought of watching their pride and joy tie the knot "in the nuddy ."

Paper Plus books spokesperson Kerre Woodham is visiting Napier on Friday 11 September to chat about her favourite reads alongside two special guest authors.

The British singer-turned-fashion-designer was determined to impress during her first stint as a judge on American Idol, so called on some experts to give her advice.

Wellington, July 28 NZPA - A Haast helicopter pilot will be appeal his conviction for greenstone theft from beyond the grave at the Court of Appeal in Wellington today.

Wellington, May 28 NZPA - The man who ran down and killed police officer Derek Wootton in a Porirua suburb last year has been sentenced to eight years and nine months in prison, with a minimum non-parole period of five years.