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DNA given to online genealogy websites, a newborn's DNA taken at a hospital and DNA taken from a discarded coffee cup. Is this, and should this, be available to the police in order to solve crimes… Audio

Rights groups are concerned for the welfare of dozens of Bangladeshis who say they were trafficked to Vanuatu and are now in limbo there. Audio

Moves by Australia to divert aid funds into an infrastructure bank as part of its 'Pacific step up' to counter Chinese influence are being questioned in a new report. Audio

A Commonwealth conference to strengthen small states' access to disaster finance and help build their resilience against external shocks is underway in Samoa this week. Audio

The doctors who treat the 125 people who end up in hospital with gunshot wounds each year are calling for much tighter gun controls than the government is planning at the moment. Ministry of Health… Audio

Jacinda Ardern did not hestitate to call for a reform of the country's gun laws, promising that the new laws will be in place by the 11th of April. How realistic is the time frame? Al Gillespie of… Audio

Major changes are happening to our gun laws, a week after the Christchurch mosque shooting. The government wants a ban on military-style semi-automatic and assault rifles to be in place by April 11. A… Audio

Journalist Mohamed Hassan and community advocate Guled Mire join Susie Ferguson for a Morning Report broadcast outside the Christchurch Botanic Gardens, continuing coverage of the aftermath of the… Audio

New Zealand's gun lobby says the Government's moving too fast on new gun laws. Millitary-style semi-automatics and assault rifles will be banned under new laws due to come into force in April. The… Audio

Police Minister Stuart Nash says he is expecting pushback from the gun lobby after the announcement that military-style semi-automatic guns and assault rifles will be banned in New Zealand.

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Banning military-style semi-automatic weapons and assault rifles has brought a sweeping show of unity across the political divide. But the one-man ACT Party isn't pledging support yet. The leader… Audio

The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says New Zealand will ban all military-style weapons and assault rifles, high capacity magazines, and parts that can turn a weapon into a military-style weapon… Audio

In 1996 a gunman shot 16 children and one teacher before killing himself in Dunblane, Scotland. It remains the deadliest mass shooting in British history. Public debate about the massacre centred on… Audio

The Prime Minister says New Zealand has been a blue print of what not to do with gun control. In Christchurch on Wednesday, Jacinda Ardern spoke to a crowd of domestic and international media that New… Audio

Firefighters are pleading for a law change to put paid to the battle they face getting the state to pay them compensation when they get cancer. They are pushing for a dozen or more cancers to be… Audio

French Polynesia's leading advocate for the victims of France's nuclear weapons tests has died, but his work is set to continue. Audio

Hunting & Fishing New Zealand has pulled all military-style semi-automatic firearms from sale nationwide. And Trade Me has stopped the sale of semi-automatic weapons and parts. But the Deerstalkers… Audio

Governing parties are keeping their cards close to their chest as to how New Zealand's gun laws will change. Little more than 12 hours after the Christchurch attack, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern made… Audio

Governing parties are keeping their cards close to their chest as to how New Zealand's gun laws will change. Little more than 12 hours after the Christchurch attack the Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern… Audio

Christchurch residents are voicing their support and relief that the country's gun laws are being reviewed. People walking near the Linwood mosque on Monday night either want stricter rules, or an… Audio