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  • 'Opportunity to stamp my own mark': Hipkins promises different Labour

    News
    Politics
    9:13 am today
    bridge

    The last election saw Labour's six years in government end, with Hipkins returning to the opposition benches just 10 months after becoming prime minister.

    Chris Hipkins promises different Labour: 'Opportunity to stamp my own mark'
  • Woman abused, strangled by policeman husband wins Family Court ruling

    News
    New Zealand crime
    13 Dec 2025
    marriage, wedding, wedding rings, marriage celebrant, nuptials.

    A policeman investigating complaints of violence to a woman later married her, then abused her, the Family Court has heard.

    Family Court rules in favour of woman who was abused, strangled by policeman husband
  • What Trump's latest dramatic Venezuela move means

    News
    World
    12 Dec 2025
    President Donald Trump on Wednesday confirmed that the US had taken control of an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, a move which risks inflaming tensions with that country.

    The boarding of a foreign ship is an unusual step and expands a US operation already highlighted by strikes against more than 20 boats in the Caribbean and Pacific Ocean that the administration claims…

    What Donald Trump’s latest dramatic Venezuela move means
  • "A growing crisis in welfare support" - Citizen's Advice Bureau

    Audio 11 Dec 2025
    Composite image of letters from the Ministry of Social Development & Work & Income, with a benefit payment card and a community service card

    A Citizens Advice Bureau report based on more than 10,000 requests for assistance has revealed what it calls "a growing crisis in welfare support." Audio

  • Australia: Barnaby defects, social media ban comes in and more

    Audio 10 Dec 2025
    Australia's Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce (C) speaks to journalists in Jakarta on October 8, 2015.

    The social media ban kicks in today but questions remain about whether it will work and Brisbane has become the latest town to put restrictions on short-stay rentals amid a housing crisis. Audio

  • Black Caps captain backs proposed T20 franchise league

    News
    Sport
    9 Dec 2025
    New Zealand cricket captain Tom Latham in India, 2024.

    Tom Latham says a proposed T20 league in New Zealand would boost the standard of cricket in Aotearoa.

    Cricket: Test captain Tom Latham joins chorus of support for NZ T20 franchise league
  • 'Ripped... trust to shreds': Man imprisoned for rape of his 8-year-old cousin

    News
    New Zealand crime
    8 Dec 2025
    none

    He would sneak into her room, telling her he was "scared to sleep on [his] own".

    Tauranga man imprisoned for rape of his 8-year-old cousin
  • Putin sends Trump's messengers packing

    News
    World Comment & Analysis
    4 Dec 2025
    US President Donald Trump (R) and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands at the end of a joint press conference after participating in a US-Russia summit on Ukraine at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 15, 2025. (Photo by Drew ANGERER / AFP)

    Analysis - The Russian president does not want a deal, and the sweetness of being begged is something he relishes. Audio

    Putin sends Trump's messengers packing, with eyes on a geopolitical win
  • 'Negotiate with your landlord' - Housing Minister's message to renters

    News
    Politics
    3 Dec 2025
    Housing Minister Chris Bishop (left) and Associate Housing Minister Tama Potaka (right) taking questions at a Select Committee.

    Housing Minister Chris Bishop said renters should be taking advantage of the market.

    'Negotiate with your landlord' - Housing Minister's message to renters
  • PNG parliament passes security-focused 2026 budget

    News
    Pacific Papua New Guinea
    3 Dec 2025
    Papua New Guinea parliament in session on 15 February 2024.

    However, MPs say "record budgets" are failing to translate into basic services on the ground.

    Papua New Guinea parliament passes security-focused 2026 budget
  • Police comb fire-ravaged Hong Kong apartments

    News
    World police
    1 Dec 2025
    This handout photo released by the Hong Kong Police Force on November 30, 2025 shows officers from the Disaster Victims Identification Unit (DVIU) working inside an apartment block in the aftermath of a fire at the Wang Fuk Court residential estate in Hong Kong's Tai Po district. The death toll in a fire that tore through a Hong Kong residential estate this week has risen to 146, police said on November 30. (Photo by Handout / HONG KONG POLICE FORCE / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO /  HONG KONG POLICE FORCE" - HANDOUT - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

    The city's deadliest fire in more than 75 years has claimed the lives of 146 and counting.

    Police comb fire-ravaged Hong Kong apartments, death toll at 146
  • Youth homelessness crisis escalates

    News
    New Zealand housing
    1 Dec 2025
    General vision of homelessness in Auckland central city.

    Young people are sleeping on the streets and in cars as a service says the problem is getting worse. Audio

    Number of under 16s sleeping rough 'much larger than we'd first anticipated'
  • Lost Property: How Police Lost Two Houses and an Iwi's Trust

    Audio
    te ao Maori housing
    1 Dec 2025

    MATA Reports investigates how two rundown police houses in the Horowhenua town of Shannon slipped through the cracks of government process when they were supposed to be protected within a treaty… Video, Audio

  • 'Entire lives swept away' as hundreds killed in Sri Lanka flooding

    News
    New Zealand World
    1 Dec 2025
    Cyclone Ditwah in the Spring Valley area (part of Badulla) in Sri Lanka.

    People in New Zealand say their relatives in Sri Lanka are in "complete isolation" after being surrounded by floodwaters.

    Sri Lanka flooding: 'Entire lives swept away in a single night'
  • Four bodies retrieved following major landslide in Tahiti

    News
    Pacific French Polynesia
    28 Nov 2025
    Landslide at Afaahiti in Te Honu district.

    Rescue teams in French Polynesia have recovered four bodies from the rubble of a major landslide on French Polynesia's main island of Tahiti.

    Four bodies retrieved following major landslide in Tahiti
  • Dunedin City Council will ask for interest to set up housing outreach service

    News
    New Zealand housing
    27 Nov 2025
    Dunedin City Council

    The council was originally discussing setting up an in-house service immediately for $270,000, but a new motion opted to ask for proposals from community providers.

    Dunedin City Council will ask for interest to set up housing outreach service
  • NZ's housing funk sows doubts on reliable investment strategy

    News
    money housing
    27 Nov 2025
    Blue house pointing up and red house pointing down.

    Analysis: Reuters examines New Zealand's local housing market which it says has left many Kiwis and investors scarred.

    Analysis: NZ's housing funk sows doubts on reliable investment strategy, drags on economy
  • Major landslide buries houses, residents in Tahiti

    News
    Pacific French Polynesia
    27 Nov 2025
    Landslide at Afaahiti in Te Honu district.

    Authorities say the search and rescue operation could last up to two days following a landslide that struck several houses in the small town of Afaahiti-Taravao.

    Major landslide buries houses, residents in Tahiti
  • UK's Finance Minister takes tax burden to post-war high to bolster finances

    News
    World
    27 Nov 2025
    Britain's main opposition Labour Party Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves (R) listens to Britain's main opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer (L) speaking to members of staff during a Q&A session at the end of a visit of the Airbus Defence and Space facilities, as part the Labour general election campaign, in Stevenage, north of London, on May 28, 2024.

    British finance minister Rachel Reeves announced a big tax-raising budget. Audio

    UK Finance Minister Rachel Reeves takes tax burden to post-war high to bolster finances
  • Xi tells Trump Taiwan's 'return to China' is a key part of Beijing's vision

    News
    World
    25 Nov 2025
    US President Donald Trump (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping arrive for talks at the Gimhae Air Base, located next to the Gimhae International Airport in Busan on October 30, 2025. Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping will seek a truce in their bruising trade war on October 30, with the US president predicting a "great meeting" but Beijing being more circumspect. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

    The call, not previously flagged by either country, came weeks after the two leaders met in South Korea, where they agreed to a framework for a trade deal that has yet to be finalised.

    Xi Jinping tells Donald Trump Taiwan's 'return to China' is a key part of Beijing's vision
  • Entering a new relationship is fraught with risk for women in this country

    News
    Pacific Papua New Guinea
    25 Nov 2025
    Fiona says she experienced violence in her first marriage and in her second. (ABC News: Marian Faa)

    Warning: This story contains detailed descriptions of violence and sexual assault that may be distressing to some readers.

    Domestic abuse survivors in PNG have to 'queue in front of the police station' to report their husbands
  • Advocates call for proposed Auckland homelessness ban to be binned

    News
    Politics housing
    25 Nov 2025
    Homelessness Bin the Ban letter for parliment

    The government has signalled it's considering introducing legislation that would give police the power to issue move-on orders to remove unhoused people from Auckland's city centre.

    Opposition MPs, community groups call for proposed Auckland homelessness ban to be binned
  • 'Three beautiful angels taken too soon': Funeral for children killed in Sanson house fire

    News
    New Zealand
    25 Nov 2025
    Hugo, Goldie and August.

    August, 7, Hugo, 5, and Goldie Field, 1, died on 15 November in what's being treated as a murder-suicide.

    'Three beautiful angels taken too soon': Funeral for children killed in Sanson house fire
  • Woman says son pleaded to leave boarding house days before death

    News
    New Zealand health
    24 Nov 2025
    Lisa Hawkeswood and her son Jack on mother's day in 2023.

    Lisa Hawkeswood said her son Jack lasted three days in the lodge before pleading to live with her because he hated his accommodation. Audio

    Woman says son pleaded to leave boarding house days before death
  • Government quietly rejects advice to set more ambitious 'net negative' emissions goal

    News
    Politics climate
    21 Nov 2025
    Simon Watts

    The decision to retain the 2050 net-zero target ignores Climate Change Commission advice that New Zealand can, and should be, doing more.

    Government quietly rejects advice to set more ambitious 'net negative' emissions goal
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