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The Kilmore St site was blessed on Monday. Photo: Supplied Work has started on a new hospital extension in central Christchurch.

Children should not be put in police cells as it puts them at risk of self-harm, the Children's Commissioner says. File photo: Getty Images By Anna Sergant of RNZ

The birthday note allegedly written by Donald Trump to Jeffrey Epstein in 2003. Image: Oversight Dems via X Democrats in the US House of Representatives made public a birthday letter Donald Trump allegedly wrote to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein more than 20 years ago, though the White House quickly denied its authenticity.

Police are investigating an ugly brawl between members of rival protest groups at Australia's best-known beach.

The northern end of Hāhei Beach on the Coromandel Peninsula, where a boy died after falling from a cliff. Photo / Al Williams A young teen and his friend on holiday had spent an afternoon paddleboarding and exploring the area before they climbed a cliff face together.

The Kilmore St site was blessed on Monday. Photo: Supplied Work has started on a new hospital extension in central Christchurch.

Photo: ODT Files A 19-year-old man is in a critical condition after falling from the roof of a two storey student flat while taking a photo.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the scene of the shooting. Photo: Reuters Two Palestinian gunmen opened fire at a bus stop on the outskirts of Jerusalem on Monday, killing six people in what police described as "a terrorist attack," one of the deadliest in the city in the past few years.

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou was ousted following a no-confidence vote. Photo: Reuters France's parliament brought down the government on Monday over its plans to tame the ballooning national debt, deepening a political crisis that is weakening the euro zone's second-largest economy.

Tom Phillips and his three children had been missing for almost four years. PHOTO: SUPPLIED/NZ POLICE Tom Phillips left his campsite early yesterday with one of his children intending to carry out another burglary. The day would end with Phillips dead and his children's 1358 days in the bush coming to an end. Sam Sherwood reports.

Sunset at Pink Beach, Banta Island. PHOTOS: JACQUI GIBSON A traditional Indonesian phinisi, flying foxes at sunset and the joy of swimming with whale sharks — Jacqui Gibson forms unexpected bonds on a small ship sailing adventure in the seas of Sumbawa and Komodo National Park.

Nice or needed? PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH What really constitutes a necessity and a nice-to-have, Selwyn Yeoman writes.

The OUSA student general meeting on BDS. PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN Otago students are teaching lessons to their elders, Otago Staff For Palestine writes.

Where do I sit on VoterGraph™? PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES Voting papers for the local body elections are being sent out from today and you may notice they involve more work for you than last time.

Fine weather led to some daring performances in the elite downhill finals that the New Zealand riders could not quite match at the UCI world championships in Switzerland yesterday.