Van Roijen News Today

A Catholic bishop in eastern Canada walked the length of the Gaza Strip on April 29 in support of those suffering due to the Israel-Hamas conflict. 

The bishop completed the walk in six hours and 45 minutes.

Bishop Bart van Roijen walked 42 kilometres — the length of the Gaza Strip — from York Harbour to Corner Brook on Monday as part of his calls for a ceasefire.

He has returned to Vietnam nine times over the past 16 years with the same purpose of looking for his biological mother

Months on from an upgrade to make a congested central Auckland roundabout safer, many locals say it hasn't made enough of a difference. The Royal Oak roundabout underwent changes late last year, after 61 crashes over a four year period. The Government is proposing legislation that would allow councils to make big changes to street layouts with less public consultation. But Royal Oak residents say even with public input, Auckland Transport got this upgrade wrong. Katie Fitzgerald reports