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The Hikurangi Cannabis Company in Ruatoria's is taking a keen interest in the debate around medical marijuana. It's at the forefront of commercialising cannabis based medicines but can't get started… Video, Audio

The Samoa Business Network is branching out to unite Pacific businesses in New Zealand and across the region. Audio

Up to a thousand people on Vanuatu's Ambae are set to leave the island because of concerns of intensifying ash fall due to the Manaro volcano. Audio

A member of Papua New Guinea's opposition says MPs don't have to be in government to achieve things in their electorates. Three MPs crossed the floor to join the government last week, claiming they… Audio

There's no relief in sight for the dying and chronically unwell, as a scrap over medicinal cannabis unfolds. The National Party has withdrawn its support for the government's bill which is currently… Audio

Government MPs are accusing the National Party of playing politics after it withdrew its support from a medicinal cannabis bill currently before select committee, and offered up its own bill. National… Audio

National insists it's put up a medicinal cannabis bill to help ease the pain of suffering New Zealanders and that it's not a political stunt. Video, Audio

Vanuatu's former prime minister Joe Natuman says his political career is not over yet. The Court of Appeal last week upheld a decision by the Speaker of Parliament to declare the Tanna MP's seat… Audio

The National Party says the decision to call in the Army to help during the nurses strike shows the Government mishandled the situation. Seventeen Defence Force nurses were called in to help in… Audio

An environmental project in Vanuatu has been helping people adapt to new laws being brought in to save the country's marine and terrestrial environments. Audio

Cabinet papers show the government continued work towards a mega-prison at Waikeria for months after taking power. Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis ultimately pulled the brakes on the billion-dollar… Audio

New Zealand's international aid and development efforts came under scrutiny recently at a workshop in Wellington.  Audio

A wastewater study's revealed Auckland's meth problems to be significant highly than many European cities. The Massey led study analysed a week of daily wastewater samples from two Auckland and eight… Audio

Nurses are returning to work as a 24-hour strike over staffing shortages and poor pay comes to an end. Yesterday about 30,000 nurses were on strike and many took to the streets to protest about their… Audio

The number of Pasifika people reaching out for help has been on the rise since the recent launch of New Zealand's first national violence prevention programme aimed at Pasifika people. Audio

A former National MP, Chester Borrows, is being put in charge of a new group that will be advising the Labour-led government on its overhaul of the criminal justice system. Mr Borrows says criminal… Audio

PNG business owners call on the government to put a stop to foreigners exploiting their traditional arts and crafts. Audio

Vanuatu's ground breaking ban on single-use plastics began this month and environmental campaigners including the government are setting their sights on new targets. Audio

The National Party says the Government's KiwiBuild ballot system is not fair. For the first years of the KiwiBuild scheme, homes will be balloted to give buyers who've registered for the programme an… Audio

The National Party has asked the Court of Appeal to reduce the amount of damages it has to pay for breaching copyright in its 2014 election campaign. Last year the High Court found the music library… Audio

National's appealing the $600-000 ruling against it after it lost the copyright infringement case after using music that borrowed from Eminem's song "Lose Yourself" in its election advertising in… Audio

Tonga is invited to the Rim of the Pacific naval exercise but China is excluded. Audio

National's crying foul after the Internal Affairs Minister and New Zealand First MP Tracey Martin was picked to oversee an inquiry into the appointment of the Deputy Police Commissioner Wally Haumaha… Audio