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They allegedly created havoc on a flight, refused to pay in an Auckland restaurant, left litter on beaches and abused residents who had complained. The family are said to have threatened journalists, grabbing one reporter's phone and deleting footage. A 26-year-old woman with the party is expected in court after being charged with theft after a bust-up at a takeaway.

Visa hope for Scottish gran in fear of deportation from Australia

The group of up to 13, including Eileen Doran, her husband, her sons John and David Johnson, their partners and their children, are thought to come from Liverpool and London.

A petition was drafted to get them deported while the Mayor of Auckland, Phil Goff, called them "trash" and "****holes".

Officials told the family to leave the country. They are expected to return this Friday, a week early.

Trouble first flared on Sunday when the group were filmed leaving large amounts of rubbish on Auckland's Takapuna beach. Footage showed one member of the group leaning on a car drinking, litter strewn on a lawn and a confrontation with other beachgoers who confronted them.

Krista Curnow, 28, who filmed the group, said she was surrounded by what she thought were Irish traveller women.