As his old Labour colleagues push the Government to back away from Aukus, former defence minister Andrew Little says it would be "reckless" not to consider a role in such security arrangements

David Seymour said Ardern's 'idealism collided hard with reality'.

The news is "unexpected, but exciting", Ms Ardern said.

Penny Wong says allegations are deeply concerning as UNRWA investigates several employees accused of taking part in Hamas attacks

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has given birth to a 3.31kg baby girl.

Like ex-New Zealand PM, Scotland’s first minister speaks of duty to admit how ‘brutality’ of political life got to her

Nearly all visa applicants will have to submit social media names, email address and phone numbers.

Intel report says some accusations that aid workers participated in Hamas attacks credible but could not be independently verified

Opponents of Myanmar's Feb. 1 military coup call those killed by security forces the "Fallen Stars" of protests against the junta and Saturday was the bloodiest day so far with at least 114 civilians...

PM Jacinda Ardern condemns the "terrorist attack" in Christchurch, which was live-streamed by a gunman espousing far right, anti-immigrant views.

An examination reveals the president was warned about the potential for a pandemic but that internal divisions, lack of planning and his faith in his own instincts led to a halting response.

Rwanda has announced that women now make up half of the East African nation's 26-seat cabinet, just two days after a similar move by Ethiopia.

New Zealand is not joining other nations in cutting funding.

'There is a terrible scale of human suffering there'.

Taliban insurgents captured an Afghan provincial capital and killed the government's senior media officer in Kabul on Friday amid a deteriorating security situation as U.S. and other foreign troops...

The number of new coronavirus cases is starting to decline as the country pursues a policy of elimination rather than containment.

The former New Zealand prime minister and Head of UN Development Programme has been elected president of Chatham House.

New Zealand’s prime minister moved swiftly to ban weapons of mass killing after a gunman attacked two mosques.

The Finance Minister and PM are both warning the economy is 'fragile' and tough calls are needed.

Property investors are set to regain their ability to claim home loan interest as a cost at a faster rate than had been promised.

Kurdish Iranian refugee and journalist – a multiple award-winner for documenting life in Australia’s offshore detention system – has left Papua New Guinea•The story behind Behrouz Boochani’s flight...

From The New York Times to The Mirror and the BBC, New Zealand is in the headlines.

New Zealand is breaking new ground with a prime minister giving birth and her partner becoming a stay-at-home father

A couple were eating dinner when a police helicopter flew over their property and sprayed three cannabis plants the man had grown after an operation to remove cancer.

Girl refusing food and water the latest out of dozens of children referred for transfer by medical staff

Hind was last heard from trapped in a car under fire, surrounded by bodies of her relatives, 12 days ago.

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He would not reveal who would be gaining new positions, adding the process was not finished yet, except for Grant Robertson who looks to be keeping his finance portfolio.

A BBC Africa Eye investigation uncovers the location of a massacre, and evidence linking it to the military.

Bloomfield says only half of NZ's Covid cases are being reported.

Despite a bumpy first term, Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party earns a second, narrow election win.

Trump spends majority of White House speech attacking China but says global health body has ‘failed to make the requested and greatly needed reforms’

Helen Clark's statement on Jacinda Ardern's resignation as New Zealand's Prime Minister.

Last November's peace deal has allowed aid supplies into Tigray again, but there are still concerns about the food situation.

Drug-related hospital admissions down 95% after onsite testing at festival in Cambridgeshire

New Zealand backed away from an international plan to protect seamounts to allow Fisheries Minister Shane Jones to take stock.

The Green MP was taking part in ChildFund Water Run.

The World Health Organization's actions during the #coronavirus outbreak are guided by rules written by its member countries — including the United States.

Luxembourg has become the first country in the world to provide public transport for free. The small EU hub aims to boost tram, train and bus usage and rid itself of traffic jams blamed on commuters...

Israel will pursue its war against Hamas until victory and will not be stopped by anyone, including the world court, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a defiant speech Saturday, as the...

Women are being assaulted, drugged and held hostage in Ethiopia’s bloody conflict. Doctors say soldiers are acting with impunity.

Helen Clark's convocation address at the University of Toronto as she receives her Doctor of Laws Degree.

Plan to be tested in five cities in effort to meet EU air pollution targets and avoid big fines

New Zealand’s new prime minister is one of 13 female heads of government in the world

How much does it expect to save and spend?

Emergency services are on standby.

Airstrikes, malnutrition and disease have claimed thousands of lives in one of the most deadly but least reported conflicts in the world

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — An attempt to get U.N. Security Council approval for a statement calling for an end to violence in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region and to spotlight the millions in need of...

For more than a century, the Nordic country has blazed a trail for women in politics. But even there, the battle for equality isn’t over, writes Emma Graham-Harrison

The upcoming Budget would include $153 million in funding over four years for up to 50 charter schools.

Māori Council boss Matthew Tukaki says Nanaia Mahuta has been subjected to "offensive" headlines.

The release of the list comes after weeks of scrutiny.

Despite mass starvation in northern Ethiopia, aid officials are not calling the situation a famine.

Christine Lagarde is on track to become the first woman to run the European Central Bank.

Boochani has been in New Zealand since November.

Seyoum Mesfin, who was killed in Tigray this week at the age of 71, was Ethiopia’s longest-serving foreign minister. His untimely death robs Ethiopia of a man who exemplified the...