A 12-year-old giraffe and a young zebra foal have died at Christchurch's Orana Wildlife Park, leaving staff "heartbroken".

“For the rest of his life, he will have to live with the knowledge that his poor actions killed his son… It’s a sentence that has already begun.”

Israel struck Nasser hospital in the south of the Gaza Strip, killing at least 20 people, including five journalists who worked for Reuters, the Associated Press, Al Jazeera and others.

An intensive 'circuit-breaker' type treatment for OCD, which is having phenomenal results internationally, will soon be available in this country.

A man who police believe has been approaching Christchurch school girls was under a preventive detention order for sexual violence.