Broadcasting Minister Jonathan Coleman is under fire for attending a tax payer-funded NZ On Air party and then criticising it for spending too much money.

A manslaughter charge has been laid against the man who shot and killed 25-year-old schoolteacher Rosemary Ives last month.

Five months after Irish No 8 Jamie Heaslip brazenly kneed the All Blacks captain in the back, McCaw barely recalls the incident ahead of presumably their next encounter

Despite Benji Marshall's match winning antics it's the images of a crying Brent Tate that may be most remembered after the Four Nations final.

The Phoenix CEO has guaranteed the future of the soccer club, despite the IRD seeking $3.58 million from owner Terry Serepisos.