Catherine Saunders, Dunedin-born broadcaster, has died aged 83.

A jury has been told that a grandmother, who is one of the four charged over the death of Shulai Wang, had told police she didn't know the woman, and that other "homeless ladies" lived in their house.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had directed Israel's military to take more of Gaza, initially by seizing 70% of the Palestinian territory, where the population is already penned into a tiny strip of land along the coast.

Arts Minister Paul Goldsmith has brushed off criticism of the government at the Aotearoa Music Awards as the "same old cliché", after Dame Lynda Topp delivered an expletive-laden broadside over arts funding.

A Canterbury man behind the country's biggest illegal lottery will not be going to jail but his punishment is yet to be determined.

The findings of Health NZ's independent review into the support and care of a neglected, elderly Christchurch father has highlighted systematic issues and gaps.

The US and Iran have reportedly reached an agreement to extend their ceasefire, though US President Donald Trump has yet to approve it.

An expert on the impacts of child poverty says 50,000 more NZ children are suffering from material hardship than three years ago.