Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said he expected the war against Iran was "not going to take years", as the conflict widens with Israel attacking Hezbollah targets in Lebanon and Iran hitting Gulf states that host US bases.

The government's move-on orders didn't receive the backing of key ministries, the Housing and Justice Ministers confirmed on Tuesday.

Some schools spent thousands of dollars on decontamination after several brands of coloured sand were recalled last year.

A father armed and enabled a school shooter, giving his troubled son a rifle for Christmas that the son allegedly used to kill four people in Georgia, prosecutors say.

Jevon McSkimming invited a woman he was having a sexual relationship with to stay at the hotels with him, the IPCA found.

A prison detector dog has been rewarded for stopping a range of illegal drugs and other contraband material from getting into a Christchurch jail.

At Wetlands Grove in the Christchurch red zone, a homeless community of about 40 people and their pets has formed over the past 18 months.