1+ hour, 30+ min ago   (662+ words) RNZ's Teuila Fuatai in Koror, Palau PIF flags at the Palau Cultural Center where the meetings will be held. The 55th Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting officially kicks off Monday night in Koror, Palau. The runway leading in is already proving…...

1+ hour, 56+ min ago   (303+ words) ACT has announced plans to impose a nationwide daily bag limit of 10 shellfish if elected, as part of their wider plan to rebuild fish stocks and protect vulnerable marine environments. The policy would also apply to other covered species that…...

5+ hour, 7+ min ago   (264+ words) The National Party is promising to reduce the compulsory student loan repayment rate if re-elected, while cracking down on overseas-based borrowers. It said it would reduce the repayment rate from 12 percent to 10 percent from April 2027. The party's finance spokesperson Nicola…...

5+ hour, 31+ min ago   (481+ words) By Dan Peleschuk, Reuters At least 37 people were killed after a Russian drone attack on a Kyiv-area ammunition depot sparked a detonation, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday (all times local), vowing to punish suspected negligence in the second such…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (226+ words) Thousands of youths across the country are set to lose access to unemployment benefits, after a welfare bill passed into law under urgency on Friday night. From November 2026, the government will end Jobseeker payments to 18-19-year-olds whose parents earn more…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (933+ words) Russia's harrowing history has bred a dark sense of humour in its citizens. CIA Director John Ratcliffe's hosts therefore surely appreciated the irony when he flew into Moscow this week, reportedly to tell the Russians that they are losing their…...

22+ hour, 4+ min ago   (899+ words) Analysis - Travel 25km south from Christchurch on the new 110km/h, multi-million-dollar "road of national significance" and you'll reach New Zealand's fastest-growing town. Situated within the country's fastest-growing district of Selwyn, Rolleston now boasts a population of over 34,000 - predicted to reach 50,000 by…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (1015+ words) When security camera footage emerged on Wednesday of a wave of ice, mud and water smashing into the Tibet region, people across the world were horrified. The distressing vision showed the China-controlled Tibet border crossing into Nepal being completely wiped…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (255+ words) The former boss of the financial markets regulator Craig Stobo who resigned after breaching standards of political neutrality is standing as a candidate for New Zealand First in the Prime Minister's electorate. Stobo, the former Financial Markets Authority chair, resigned…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (1419+ words) Analysis: The cartographer in chief is at it again. Calling Canadians "nasty people," President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday (US time) ordering the renaming of Lake Ontario as his frustration grows that a longtime friend he's turned…...