A Wellington woman is recovering at home after she was forcefully flung to the ground while trying to stop someone stealing fuel from a petrol station.

Bill Gates says he'll give away a vast amount of his wealth via his charitable foundation by 2045 and lashed out at Elon Musk, accusing the world's richest man of "killing the world's poorest children" through aid cuts.

The government has opted against setting up a new compensation scheme for survivors of abuse in state care - in favour of putting more money in the current system.

Many in the huge crowd awaiting the arrival of the new pope in St Peter's Square had no clue he's from the US.

An announcement on the government's long-awaited abuse in care compensation scheme is imminent, it is understood.