Len Brown has admitted making personal purchases on his council credit card, including a $148 mini hi-fi system for a family event.

When television arrived in New Zealand 50 years ago a consumer's main decision was whether to buy a console TV or one that had legs.

NZ activist Nicola Enchmarch says she saw a man shot in the head by Israeli forces after they stormed her Gaza-bound aid ship.

The NZ woman detained in Israel after a raid on an aid flotilla headed for Gaza has been released overnight.