Dame Jacinda Ardern has called the war in Gaza a "genocide", joining a growing chorus of international experts, world leaders and organisations saying Israel's actions meet the definition under international law.

Commuters stranded for more than three hours on a Wellington train were forced to improvise when nature called - using "travel johns", or disposable toilet bags, handed out by staff.

The Prime Minister has mounted a fierce defence of Finance Minister Nicola Willis, in the wake of calls for Willis to resign.

An injunction preventing the media from publishing certain details related to the investigation into Tom Phillips and his family remains in place.

Former Labour minister-now-New Zealand First admirer Stuart Nash has been dumped from a government trip to the United States this week due to concerns his recent remarks about women would be "a distraction".

The angry last words between two good mates in the final hours of 2022 turned out to be tragically true.

More of the public want a capital gains tax than oppose the idea - assuming the family home is exempt - but it's not by a huge margin.