Bodies coming back to NZ

The New Zealand mother of three children killed by their father is preparing to bring the youngsters to be laid to rest in New Zealand.

The bodies of Raj Osborne and his three children Asia Osborne, 12, her brother Jarius, 10, and sister Grace, 7, were found at a north Melbourne home on April 10 in what police believe was a murder-suicide.

The children's mother says the Osborne family has chosen not to appeal against a coroner's ruling this week that the bodies should be released to her.