Wellington, Feb 4 NZPA - An inexperienced Public Trust staff member has been blamed for a New Plymouth man's dying wish to preserve his tattoos not being carried out, the trust's chief executive says.

The question this weekend was never if Twilight: New Moon would open at number one on the New Zealand charts, it was just a matter of how big that opening would be. Real big it turns out, real big.

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Smashing into the Kiwi box office as part of the fifth biggest worldwide opening of all time, 2012 completely demolished every other title to more than double its nearest competitor at number one.

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Four months after his unexpected death, Michael Jackson once again climbed to the top of the charts, this time in film form with his aptly named documentary This Is It.

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WEEK 45: Saturday 7 November - Friday 13 November 2009

It’s not taking place in Godzone but pretty close.

December 07 at Moore Park Golf Club, Sydney.

The idea of the event comes from Streetworx, a youth charity devoted to helping at risk and disadvantaged youth using golf as a tool-and other charities.

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Wellington, Aug 16 NZPA - Struggling New Zealand golfer Michael Campbell has put his multimillion-dollar British mansion on the market in order to move his family to Sydney.

His sprawling seven-bedroom home in the seaside town of Brighton is for sale for $6.8m.

Props are not supposed to be in a hurry, but new All Black Owen Franks is a bolt from the blue, writes DANIEL GILHOOLY of NZPA.

May 7, 2009

AUCKLAND - When Chris Wood woke up to the news he had made New Zealand's Confederations Cup squad, the teenager had to make sure he wasn't still dreaming.