The chairperson of I Am Hope, which has received millions in government funding, donated thousands to the National Party ahead of the last two general elections.
Four people have died and at least 35 are hurt after a tornado slashed through a small Iowa farming town, reducing homes and other buildings to heaps of twisted rubble.
Taiwan says it's confident it can protect the island, after China started two days of "punishment" drills around Taiwan in what it said was a response to "separatist acts".
Three New Zealanders injured on the Singapore Airlines flight that encountered severe turbulence are in hospital in Bangkok, one of them in intensive care.
French President Emmanuel Macron says security forces will remain in riot-hit New Caledonia as long as necessary, but the state of emergency shouldn't be prolonged.
A Christchurch homeowner was shocked to see her house featured in an Instagram post by Housing Minister Chris Bishop about building more social housing.