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The Broadcasting Standards Authority has denied any Government influence in its decision regarding a complaint about a Radio Live programme last year that featured John Key.

A White Ferns side full of potential begin their series against the highly rated England women's cricket team tomorrow in a Twenty20 match at Westpac Stadium in Wellington.

A 22-year-old Kapiti man has been charged with manslaughter after a fatal crash on State Highway 1 near Paekakariki on Monday night.

Prime Minister John Key today backed his government ministers whose decision to allow the Crafar farms sale has been embarrassingly overturned.

Labour MP Trevor Mallard has offered to buy back tickets to Wellington's Homegrown music festival after being criticised for making a profit from his online auction sale.

Former Pike River Coal chief executive Peter Whittall was "absolutely devastated'' his one-time colleague Doug White had labelled him a dodgy git and megalomaniac at the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Pike River mining disaster, his lawyer says.

Qantas will end flights from Auckland to Los Angeles in May as part of cost-cutting measures that also include job losses, delayed orders for new aircraft and the early retirement of others.

The Urewera trial has been adjourned for the day after one of the accused called in sick.

A 30-year-old woman will appear in court this afternoon charged with murder after a man was stabbed to death in Gisborne on Tuesday.

The Warriors have moved quickly to secure promising centre Konrad Hurrell on a longer-term deal as the club look to keep some of their best talent at Mt Smart Stadium.