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Fatherʼs Day has got to be one of the lamest holidays. Nobody gets the day off, the presents are always half-arsed, and if you actually are a father it seems inappropriate to ask your wife for celebratory sex. (We donʼt know why, but it just is.)

To add to all that, most of us kids are pretty useless at even remembering to buy the old fellaʼ a present, meaning he misses out completely, despite the nationʼs retailers shoving it down our throats at every opportunity.

So, to make things a bit better for Dad on his special day, ManSupplies.co.nz are offering a special Fatherʼs Day subscription package that will guarantee he gets a present for up to the next four years, no matter how slack you are at remembering.

The new owner of flydirect.co.nz promises that all income earned within the first year of operation will be donated to people who booked with failed travel company Fly Direct Limited before it went into liquidation.

“I’ve been the victim of liquidations – most of the time the consumer is last on the list and lose everything they put in. I thought this was my chance to help others out”, Chris Whiteside the new owner of flydirect.co.nz said.

Fly Direct Limited, which was to provide ski holiday packages into Wanaka from Christchurch and Wellington, was placed in liquidation before its first snow season flight leaving around 500 people that booked with the company out of pocket.

MasterChef begins cookbook

New Zealand’s first MasterChef Brett McGregor has taken a leave of absence from his day job teaching at Christchurch’s Branston Intermediate in order to complete his cookbook. The aspiring chef, who won the cookbook deal when he took out the TV One show last month, has said his book will show “how travelling can influence your culinary world at home.”

Trump wants Ferguson for Apprentice

Donald Trump reportedly wants the Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson to appear on the next season of The Apprentice. The billionaire businessman has said he would like to find a role for the embattled royal after the mess she got herself into last week.

Underbelly star lands hosting role

It's all about Masterchef and mums this week in the woman's magazines:

Shortland Street's Kimberley Crossman has a four-generation photo shoot in Woman's Day:

Former TV3/Sky/PRIME TV presenter Kelly Swanson-Roe shows off her new baby boy Aston, born on March 30 in Woman's Day:

The Apprentice's Nathan Greenham says he's a Mumma's boy in Woman's Day:

Now that Terry Serepisos has made a name for himself: rescuing the Wellington Phoenix and nearly taking them to the grand final of the A-League and becoming the host of the New Zealand version of The Apprentice; it must be time to poke around in his closet to see what skeletons can be found.

Making the front page of the Sunday Star Times on the weekend was the headline "Brother of TV star Serepisos busted for drugs". The article says that Terry's older brother Lambros was sentenced to nine months home detention in the Wellington District Court on March 19th after being convicted of supplying methamphetamine, ecstasy and fantasy as well as carrying a firearm.

Greek born Terry Serepisos has been named as the multi-millionaire who will utter those inevitable words You're Fired when the New Zealand version of The Apprentice goes to air on TV in early 2010.

Mr Serepisos is a 46 year old property developer based in Wellington and had an estimated worth of $140 million according to the NBR Rich List.

He is possibly more well known as the owner of the A-League football team, The Wellington Phoenix.

7:30pm Tuesday, October 27 on TV2

The Donald unfurls his firing finger one last time, in the tension-packed series finale of The Apprentice.

The contestants have done everything they can, and judgement day has arrived - The Donald and his progeny, Ivanka and Donald Jnr, stride into the Hollywood bowl for the nail-biting LIVE boardroom session. With the audience chanting his name, and fireworks overhead, The Donald proclaims that, "it's going to be a mean and nasty night". Last week, the candidates made short films, and the Trumps are on hand to judge them on their performance and pick an overall winner.

With four candidates remaining, and only one $250,000 job, the wannabe entrepreneurs give it everything they have, in a last-ditch effort to claw their way to victory.

7:30pm Tuesday, October 6 on TV2

Tonight on TV2, there'll be one top Trump and one more for the dole queue, as another wannabe Donald bites it, on The Apprentice.

Loyalties are tested when the seven remaining would-be business barons are given the task of selling a brand of mouthwash in a Sunday newspaper supplement.

After the events of last week, Team Arrow have doubts about Tim Urban's commitment to them, and his relationship with Nicole is brought up by The Donald in the boardroom. Tim is mortified, and concerned that his loyalty to the team has been drawn into question.

"I'm in a mess right now," he says. "I've gotten attacked in a boardroom that I wasn't a part of. I lost the respect of Mr Trump, and I made myself a target on my own team. That's great work by me."