Photo: Getty ImagesPrime Minister Jacinda Ardern has stepped in and had a stern word to minister Shane Jones for going too far by calling for the Air NZ chairman to step down. "Calling for the sacking of any board member is a step too far and I have told Shane Jones that," Ardern said this afternoon. Jones has been under pressure for his fiery words to Air NZ for cutting its flights to Kapiti and Kaitaia. Jones said there were other models besides cutting regional services which the Air New Zealand board could pursue to satisfy investors. "Decision making is with the company board and the Treasury expects all those decisions to be commercial."

Source: Otago Daily Times March 20, 2018 21:00 UTC