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Opinion - Aotearoa's current assisted dying law should stay as it is - it should go no further and not be extended, Chris Ford writes.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says legislation will be drafted for making the voting age 16 after the finding of the Supreme Court, but whether it passes is a matter for the whole Parliament. Audio

The pro-independence Caledonian Union has rejected criticism by the New Caledonia Committee of Elders, which condemned the party leader for his address at the recent congress.

The pro-independence camp in New Caledonia has reiterated that the territory's full sovereignty must be achieved by 2025.

Food payment for CNMI school children; rent avoidance probe demand; and geopolitical forum being held in Noumea

A move to bar US citizenship to American Samoans is being seen is as another blow to the territory and its people. But many people are happy with the status quo.

New Caledonia's pro-independence parties continue their push for France to return the territory its sovereignty by restricting the scope of the discussions planned by Paris.

The French government has ruled out organising a referendum on a new statute for New Caledonia next year.

The ACT Party has selected one of its existing MPs to contest the upcoming Hamilton West by-election.

New Caledonia's pro-independence Palika party says it is prepared to meet the French ministers due in Noumea this month to follow up on the aftermath of the 1998 Noumea Accord.

The French prime minister says her meeting with New Caledonia's anti-independence leaders in Paris marks the beginning of discussions on the future status of New Caledonia.

Former leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has won Brazil's bitterly fought election, ending the country's most right-wing government in decades.

The autonomous Bougainville government (ABG) wants to delay the next meeting of the Joint Supervisory Body with the Papua Guinea government, claiming Port Moresby is dragging the chain on drawing up…

None of the parties making up New Caledonia's pro-independence FLNKS movement will attend this week's talks in France on New Caledonia's new statute.

West Auckland residents have voted for new representatives on their liquor licensing trusts.

The president of New Caledonia's Southern Province Sonia Backes says she will quit her position in the French government if it fails to open up New Caledonia's electoral rolls.

New Caledonia's pro-independence UPM party says it will announce on Wednesday whether it will be at next week's talks on New Caledonia's new statute in Paris.

Winston Peters says NZ First is mounting a comeback and says people shouldn't assume next year's election result is set in stone.

New Caledonia's pro-independence and anti-independence parties are set to meet in Paris on October 27th.