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The Song Crush team listen to the feminine flecked new songs from indie-rock veterans The National, and a minimalist cover of Cher’s 1998 hit ‘Believe’ amongst other great new releases. Video, Audio

Teams from Fiji and Samoa will make their Global Rapid Rugby debut this weekend, in the first step towards what organisers hope will help Pacific Islands countries become regular World Cup contenders.

Reports that National MP Alfred Ngaro is looking to form a breakaway Christian Party to contest the next election are being downplayed by Opposition leader, Simon Bridges.

The New Zealand Herald is… Audio

The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has praised Fiji for "standing up for the planet. Audio

Samoa's Deputy Prime Minister says the country is reaching a critical time for women's representation and that traditional political constructs, which were formally defined at independence, risk being… Audio

Papua New Guinea's police chief has warned against moves by MPs to coerce the public or members of his force in the country's current political wrestle.  Audio

Lynn Freeman is in Venice with Auckland sculptor Virginia King, so Simon Morris is in the presenter chair. Simon’s surprised to find a Samoan-based dance show by Tupua Tigafua inspired by the works of…

National Party is calling on Housing Minister Phil Twyford to resign as it persistently asks him if he can stick to the long-held target of building 100,000 Kiwibuild homes in 10 years. So far just 80… Audio

The former president of Nauru, Sprent Dabwido, has died at the age of 46. His final days were consumed by a battle with the current government of President Baron Waqa, a battle which drained him both… Audio

Papua New Guinea's prime minister Peter O'Neill has used his mastery of parliamentary proceedings to frustrate the opposition's attempts to remove him. Bolstered by recent defections from government… Audio

The credibility of the Housing Minister is on the line, after a week of shifting stories about a key element of KiwiBuild. Phil Twyford is under fire for a series of statements he and the Housing… Audio

How Māori do you need to be, to be Māori? And when are you Māori enough? That's the debate on the minds of some Māori MPs in Parliament this week - prompting some to suggest they're more Māori than… Audio

Is Simon Bridges going to be forced to walk the plank? It's not clear if any possible challengers have the numbers to defeat him, though, especially while the party is holding up above the 40 per cent… Audio

Rumours continue to swirl about a possible challenge to Simon Bridges' leadership by senior MP Judith Collins. The National caucus met yesterday for the first time after a two-week break. Arriving at… Audio

The National Party is calling the most recent census a "complete and utter shambles" after yet another delay in the release of data was announced on Monday. One in seven people did not complete the… Video, Audio

Papua New Guinea's prime minister Peter O'Neill is playing down the significance of a spate of resignations from his People's National Congress party. The resignation of five MPs from his People's… Audio

Major strains are again surfacing within Papua New Guinea's oldest political party, the Pangu Pati. The party's leader, Finance Minister Sam Basil, was recently expelled from the party by its… Audio

The High Court in Solomon Islands is due to rule tomorrow on the validity of prime minister Manasseh Sogavare's initial nomination to contest the top job. Audio

Parties contesting New Caledonia's provincial elections have submitted their list of candidates to be vetted by the French High Commission Audio

The Papua New Guinea MP, Davis Steven, has resigned as justice minister and attorney-general, saying the country has to seriously rethink how it goes about government business. Audio

The National Party is calling the u-turn on a Capital Gains Tax a massive failure for the Prime Minister but Jacinda Ardern says she's delivering what the public asked for - or in this case, didn't… Audio

The Prime Minister has abandoned plans for any capital gains tax in a shock move that demonstrates the power of her coalition partner New Zealand First. Jacinda Ardern made the announcement on… Audio