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A closeup picture taken on February 20, 2022 shows an Etihad Airways Boeing 787 landing at Israel’s Ben Gurion International airport in Lod, on the outskirts of Tel Aviv. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP)
Caption:The government-supported flights with Etihad Airlines have helped more than 50 Kiwis and eligible travellers leave Israel. (file image)Photo credit:JACK GUEZ / AFP
A closeup picture taken on February 20, 2022 shows an Etihad Airways Boeing 787 landing at Israel’s Ben Gurion International airport in Lod, on the outskirts of Tel Aviv. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP)
A closeup picture taken on February 20, 2022 shows an Etihad Airways Boeing 787 landing at Israel’s Ben Gurion International airport in Lod, on the outskirts of Tel Aviv. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP)
Palestinians use improvised explosive devices amid clashes with Israeli security forces in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on September 27, 2023, following a protest near the border fence. (Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP)
Fijians at the arrivals area at the Nadi International Airport.
Passengers look at a departure board at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, on October 7, 2023, as flights are canceled because of the Hamas surprise attacks. The conflict sparked major disruption at Tel Aviv airport, with American Airlines, Emirates, Lufthansa and Ryanair among carriers with cancelled flights.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio testifies before a House Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs hearing on the budget for the Department of State, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on May 21, 2025. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)
Rescue workers walk across the rubble of collapsed buildings during search efforts following an earthquake in Catia La Mar, La Guaira state, about 30 km northwest of Caracas, on June 25, 2026. A twin earthquake that was Venezuela’s largest in over a century has killed at least 164 people and destroyed multiple buildings near the capital, where residents searched on June 25 for missing relatives. (Photo by Juan BARRETO / AFP)
Britain’s King Charles III and Britain’s Queen Camilla make their way back to Buckingham Palace from Horse Guards Parade during the King’s Birthday  Parade “Trooping the Colour” in London on June 13, 2026. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)
Anthony Albanese says Australians need to be in charge of social media’s extraordinary power. (ABC News: Ian Cutmore)
Swells are so large near State Highway 1 in Wellington after Ngauranga interchange that water is hitting passing cars. Lanes have been blocked as a result.
A Royal New Zealand Air Force Poseidon crew has found a solo fisherman missing for a week in the northern Cook Islands.
The missing Cook Islands fisherman was able to wave to the crew of the P-8A after they found him west of Pukapuka Island.
Housing Minister Chris Bishop announcing a major social housing shake-up at Parliament on 21 May 2026.
Richard Chambers.