COMMENT: Where Britain now goes, others will follow. For all those who want to see a better European future, that is an enticing prospect.

If Britain stands to suffer most from its foolish decision last week, the EU could be hurt just as badly if it cannot eject Britain quickly.

COMMENT: Nearly everyone I went to school with in a very working class part of England voted for Leave. Everyone I went to university with voted to Remain.

COMMENT: We witnessed history on Friday when 52 per cent of the voting population of Britain voted to leave the European Union.

The killers of Moko Rangitoheriri are sentenced in the Rotorua District Court today. A New Zealander and 3 Australians who were among seven men kidnapped at gunpoint in southern Nigeria last week have been released.

A New Zealander and three Australians who were kidnapped in the south of Nigeria last week are released. The pair responsible for the death of Moko Rangitoheriri will be sentenced today

More countries will follow Britain out of the EU unless there is significant reform, according to a string of nations both inside and outside the EU.

United Kingdom's break-up looks increasingly likely as country comes to terms with shock results of EU vote.

COMMENT: If this was a romcom, Britain would be the hunky guy, NZ the clingy ex-girlfriend and Brexit the nadir - when friends finally stage an intervention.

Yet the parallels between the forces that drove the British vote and those at the core of Trump's campaign are striking.

The City will no doubt survive as a financial capital but United Kingdom is unlikely to.

David Cameron last night fell on his sword, announcing there will be a staged exit from Number 10 and a new prime minister by October.

COMMENT: Despite the views of David Cameron, a majority of MPs, the UK business community, Britain's voters have defied them all to return a Leave vote.

David Cameron had supreme confidence in his leadership when he called the Brexit vote. He over-estimated, writes Audrey Young.