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Sceptic or spiritual believer, you can't deny her popularity. Australian psychic Deb Webber returns to New Zealand today for a new round of live shows where she aims to connect audiences with the spirit world.
Some of the shows are sold out, reflecting the attention she and the TVNZ programme Sensing Murder have captured on local shores.
Webber, 43, regularly appears on the programme, which uses psychics to uncover clues in unsolved murders and missing person cases.
New Zealand police have praised Sensing Murder - now in its second series - saying it has generated new leads in several old cases.
Webber says she has also learned a lot in the three years she has worked on the programme, including to be more accepting of sceptics.
For many years she struggled with their desire to disprove her psychic powers, but as she has grown more confident in her abilities, she now feels only pity for them.
"The sceptics are people with pain, and I just want them to go and get healed."
Webber is also quick to deny claims that a television psychic has never found a body, saying outside of Sensing Murder she has provided a description to a family in Australia of an area where remains of their loved ones were found.
Finding bodies was not why she did Sensing Murder. "I do it to help the souls and the families."
Recently, she has turned her attention to the plight of starving children in Africa, saying the spirits of children from Kenya and Rwanda have been urging her to help.
As a result, she has become involved in the United Nations World Food Programme, and wants to channel money from her live shows into building water wells.
