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Both overviews and a website function have given away the names of people granted suppression. Audio

PNG is reeling from the separate killings of two women in acts of extreme violence last week, prompting renewed calls for urgent action to address the country's epidemic of gender-based violence.

Danny Lee is set to make a highly anticipated return to the New Zealand Open in Queenstown next week, his first since turning professional 16 years ago.

Labour and the Greens say the government should focus spending on tourism infrastructure like tracks, toilets and protection of nature instead of more advertising.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio signalled that US talks with Russia this week were a chance to see how serious Russian President Vladimir Putin is about peace.

The evidence is mixed, according to an evaluation of eight charter schools undertaken for the Ministry of Education.

Maintaining Tasman's infrastructure this financial year is expected to cost $3 million more than was budgeted for, and the district's councillors aren't happy.

New research shows some parts of the city are up to 3C hotter than others, and experts say it's a concern.

Two repatriations earlier this week marked a signifcant milestone for the Moriori community, and was marked with a special pōwhiri and ceremony at Te Papa.

Strong English label sales of its infant milk formula offset supply constraints in the China label market, the company said.

Ongoing concerns about the lack of midwives in remote areas has led to a call for spouses to be given job opportunities too.

The council has found individuals selling cotoneaster, buddleia and an invasive succulent known as pig's ear. A commercial nursery was also found selling a variety of a wilding pine. Audio

"There continues to be a hunger ... for local stories and local material and local news," Minister Paul Goldsmith says.

How did residents of Aotearoa New Zealand come to be called by the name of a flightless brown bird? Audio

An immigration lawyer has grave concerns for the wellbeing of a New Zealand-born teenager facing deportation to India - despite never having set foot in the country.

"全面战略伙伴关系协定"的正式通过可能令新西兰政府面对棘手局面。