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New Zealanders in Israel are not taking up the opportunity to leave, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT).

A detective in 79-year-old Helen Gregory's death has told the court he thought it was strange that her daughter, Julia DeLuney, chose to drive back to Kāpiti and get her husband instead of calling an ambulance.

Treasury advised the government not to buy rail enabled Cook Strait ferries three weeks before it announced it would.

A teen has told a gang member who raped her that what he did was “disturbing and disgusting” and she hopes he can see it was wrong.

Photos of blood smeared over the hallway walls and pooling on the mattress and floor have been shown to the jury as the trial of Julia DeLuney, charged with killing her mother, continues.