Wellington - New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark rejected demands on Wednesday to sack Foreign Minister Winston Peters over a cash donation from a billionaire businessman.

Clark faced persistent questioning in parliament after the release of a letter from billionaire Owen Glenn saying that Peters had asked him for money towards a legal bill in 
2005 and later thanked him personally for his 100,000 New Zealand dollars (about 70,000 US dollars) donation.

Wellington - A 92-year-old woman has donated 1.5 million New Zealand dollars (about 1.05 million US dollars) to the school of her fiancé who was killed in World War II, a newspaper reported on Tuesday.

Violet Dunn, who lives in a retirement home in Auckland, stayed true to her love and never married after Royal Air Force pilot Tom Paul died when his plane crashed in England in 1944.

Dunn and Paul met in 1934 on Auckland's Takapuna beach, fell in love and planned to marry.

In 1940, Paul enlisted as an Air Force trainee pilot. He was sent to England the following year, flying bombers on night raids over Europe. Paul was just 26 when he died.

Wellington - Air New Zealand on Tuesday reported a 24-per- cent slump in profit for the last fiscal year because of soaring jet fuel prices.

The airline, which is 77-per-cent owned by the government, announced a pre-tax profit of 197 million New Zealand dollars (about 138 million US dollars) for the year ended June 30.

Chairman John Palmer said that the cost of fuel had risen by 300 million New Zealand dollars in the year, resulting in profit declining 24 per cent on 2006-07, despite increases in fares.

Wellington  - A New Zealand judge, who is an expert on internet law, made an unprecedented ruling Monday banning publication of the names of two men on a murder charge on news websites, saying he was "concerned about the viral effect of digital publication."

Judge David Harvey said the names could be published in newspapers and on radio and television news bulletins, but he was concerned about people being able to Google someone's name "and being able to access it later."

Wellington, Aug. 23 : International students in Christchurch can now complain anonymously about racial harassment online.

A website set up by the Christchurch City Council, Canterbury and Lincoln universities and other groups in the city will enable foreign students to report racial abuse, reports stuff. co. nz.

Half the international students who took part in a recent survey said they had experienced harassment because of their race. The survey also identified that the main barrier to not reporting harassment was not knowing how and who to tell.