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24/05/2012
Queenstown hosts three-day shoot for Aussie feature film

Queenstown hosts three-day shoot for Aussie feature film

Two Aussie actors are playing mum about their recent three-day shoot in Queenstown for a feature »»

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Super-fast Twitter has mainstream news outlets quaking in their boots

Super-fast Twitter has mainstream news outlets quaking in their boots

I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again, nothing in the mainstream media can keep pace »»

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Great scenery – pity about the show

Great scenery – pity about the show

The biggest mystery in New Zealand television? How TV One can remain the flagship channel in the »»

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Kate on movies is a reel winner

Kate on movies is a reel winner

The last movie I watched on the big screen was Stuart Little.  In particular, the scene in »»

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TV rot – it's you lot’s fault

TV rot – it's you lot’s fault

There’s an old saying that you get what you deserve, and nowhere has this been more starkly »»

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Sunday night's a dark one

Sunday night's a dark one

There are now only two places to go for those Sunday evening viewers hoping for a break from the »»

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TV3 ratings down

TV3 ratings down

Hard decisions are facing the puppet-masters at TV3 following revelations that their flagship »»

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The unexpected on Fringe

The unexpected on Fringe

  Fans of »»

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Junkie, thief and sex-mad Nurse Jackie

Junkie, thief and sex-mad Nurse Jackie

Nurse Jackie (TV3, Tuesdays, 9.30pm) is just the latest proof that the Robin Hood syndrome lives on »»

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The twits have got the story

Saturday morning was an eye-opener for me. In the space of a couple of hours, as a tenth of the United Kingdom’s entire force of armed police closed in on crazed gunman Raoul Moat, we learnt all we needed to know about the pecking order of the news media.  Runaway winner in terms of »»

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