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The government's plan to rewrite the laws for class-A drugs are coming in for some criticism. National's Deputy Leader Paula Bennett says the bill is "defacto decriminalisation of all drug posession"… Audio

The government is being accused of trying to slip through a law change that some say would essentially decriminalise the possession of class A drugs. The Police Association says changes may be aimed… Video, Audio

The Nauru government appears to have ignored a complaint of alleged plagiarism by one of its most senior judges. Audio

Today's podcast is about Stuff investigative journalist Paula Penfold who has done a documentary on abortion. She decided to tell her own story as part of it. The podcast is about why she decided to… Audio

Journalist Paula Penfold tells The Detail why she decided to get personal when it came to abortion law reform. Audio

Samoan authorities have launched money laundering investigations into two churches with branches in New Zealand and Australia. Audio

The Vanuatu organisation Campaign for Justice says it's surprised and disappointed at the sacking of the Police Commissioner by the President earlier in April. Audio

Police have confirmed the person accused of taking 11 guns from Palmerston North police station last Thursday got into the building through an unlocked door. The deputy Police Comissioner Mike Clement… 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

Some pundits predict the “Christchurch call to action" and the PM's upcoming social media summit in Paris won’t move US-based tech companies. They've always resisted regulation and can fall b ack on… Video, 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

A long-touted Independent Commission Against Coruption could be finally about to fly in Papua New Guinea, Last week, shortly before he resigned PNG's Justice Minister and Attorney General, Davis… Audio

Three West Papuans will on Tuesday appear in an Indonesian court on treason charges. 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 Black Pearl cafe in Palmerston North has advertised for workers aged between 18 and 27. The ad was placed in the window of the cafe.  Audio

A group of West Papuans has applied for a judicial review of the process by which the former Dutch New Guinea was incorporated into Indonesia.  Audio

Parliament sped through a stage of passing gun law reform reducing the usual time of six months to one week but as Daniela Maoate-Cox writes the process didn't stray too far from the norm. Audio

Bridget Welsh is an expert on South East Asia at John Cabot University in Rome. She explains there's a political shift across the region right now. Audio

Fiji's Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama has been accused of making comments threatening marriage equality in the country based on "fake news" being published on social media and speculation some… Audio

Less than four weeks after a terrorist attacked two Christchurch mosques, Parliament has passed a law banning the semi-automatic weapons he used to kill 50 people. Stuart Nash is the Minister of… Audio

National Party MPs crossed the house to congratulate the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, after Parliament passed the government's ban on semi-automatic weapons on Thursday night. The Arms Amendment… Audio

The Cook Islands parliament sat for the first time yesterday since the nation's general election in June 2018 with several controversies looming. Audio