Today's official opening of the Kupe Gas Project by the New Zealand Prime Minister, John Key, demonstrates the important role of the project in helping to secure New Zealand's gas supply needs.

Wellington, March 18 NZPA - Entertainment listings from NZPA. (Previous standings shown in brackets)

FILMS

Top 10 films for the week ended March 10, supplied by the Motion Picture Distributors' Association.

1 (-) Alice in Wonderland

2 (-) Mao's Last Dancer

Right now, in all corners of the globe, 24 of the world's best bartenders are polishing their shakers, dusting off their muddlers, packing their skinniest pair of jeans and a few favourite, top secret ingredients.

Chugg Entertainment and Sun Touring Company announced today that legendary rock act, THE CULT, will be heading to New Zealand and Australia as part of their "Love" Live Tour, with confirmed dates in Auckland, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth in May, 2010.

Wellington, March 11 NZPA - Entertainment listings from NZPA.

(Previous standings shown in brackets)

FILMS

Top 10 films for the week ended March 3, supplied by the Motion Picture Distributors' Association.

1 (1) Avatar

2 (3) Shutter Island

More aircraft, more flights, new lounges and new recruits - these are just some of the developments that Emirates, the international airline of the UAE, will share with the world's largest travel trade show this week in Berlin.

Paris, France and Darmstadt, Germany, 9 March 2010

Local content & local business for local markets

Newspapers at the Heart of Local Communities

WEEK 12: Saturday 20 March - Friday 26 March 2010

Local - The Good Word, Saturday 20 March, 9.10pm: New Zealand's exciting television book show, The Good Word, treats viewers with its lively mix of reviews, views and stories from the world of books.

When it comes to success on the web, more newspapers are focusing on creating loyal audiences, rather than hoping that success will come simply from increasing traffic through the search engines and news aggregators.

Prime minister John Key is backing the Aoraki/Mt Cook - Tekapo world starlight reserve proposal.