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"Four countries comprise 60 percent of the world's emissions," the Foreign Affairs Minister told a UN leaders breakfast in New York. Audio

The Foreign Affairs Minister couldn't get to the US president's reception because New York streets were blocked for world leaders.

Trump has accused a growing number of UN member states of rewarding Hamas by recognising a Palestinian state.

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters will the government's position in his speech at the United Nations later this week, after taking further soundings. Audio

It will be hard to not follow Australia, Canada, the UK and France, an expert on the Middle East says. Audio

Winston Peters told reporters David Seymour had "no authority" to make a statement on his party's position on recognising Palestine.

Paul Goldsmith is not sure how to resolve suppression issues in the Tom Phillips case but is promising to do so.

The RNZ poll asked 1000 voters whether New Zealand should recognise a Palestinian state.

A veteran music promoter says the government's new $40 million funding package will bring superstar acts back to New Zealand. Audio

More than half the funding package will go towards securing large-scale international events.

Matt Yovich says his friends were horrified after bullets tore through his election hoarding overnight.

The group has met with the party over comments made by MP Tākuta Ferris.

Newly-released text messages show Treasury warned Finance Minister Nicola Willis that then-Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr was on his way out.

The internet entrepreneur's lawyer Ron Mansfield told RNZ: "We have much fight left in us".

It says the lack of accountability has led to inconsistency, an absence of prioritisation and a lack of cohesion.

The centre-right bloc could not return to power if an election were held today.

The prime minister says he wouldn't call it a hole and says the government has a plan to fix it.

The Defence Minister travelled to eastern Europe for formal talks with her Ukrainian counterpart Denys Shmyhal this week.

The Mental Health has labelled the new strategy as the silent revolution. Audio

The government is promising to invest an extra $4 million in support services each year.

The coalition is promising changes to special licensing rules to make it easier for organisers to run events.

"The problem isn't a lack of physical bricks and mortar supermarkets, the problem is the ownership of them." Audio

A Lake Alice survivor has asked the High Court to review Cabinet's decision on redress and formally find it breaches his human rights.

The Prime Minister says there's no suggestion the US President will budge on a 15 percent trade tariff for New Zealand exports.

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters has spoken to his US counterpart about defence and trade this morning.