The Latest Breaking News from Everlee Wihongi

Afternoon Update: Penny Wong condemns Israeli minister; unemployment rate jumps; and taking a Tesla for a swim

Far-right Israeli minister posts a video of himself abusing bound activists captured while trying to sail an aid flotilla to Gaza

The Guardian - AU · May 21

‘If she didn’t have us, she would be toast’: a NZ mother’s fight to free her daughter from ICE detention

Everlee Wihongi was detained at Los Angeles airport on 10 April after she had returned to US from a family trip

The Guardian - AU · May 21

Family of New Zealand woman detained by ICE pleads for government help to secure her release

Everlee Wihongi, 37, holds a green card but was detained upon her return to Los Angeles due to an issue with a historic conviction for marijuana possession

The Guardian - AU · Apr 30