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Community leaders call on the government to implement a sustained strategy for social cohesion in response to the Auckland rally. Audio

Analysis: Aside from the traditional bilateral meetings with leaders, the Prime Minister's trip will have a major focus on business.

Erica Stanford is looking at reforms to family visas this term, bringing hope of a five-year visitor visa for parents and grandparents .

Analysis - Three prime ministers and two radically different governments - 2023 saw changes that sent New Zealand into a new era of right-wing conservatism driven by the first three-party coalition.

Analysis - New Zealand's new government will need to hit the ground running on foreign affairs, Geoffrey Miller writes.

Analysis - As the 15th annual summit of the BRICS looms ahead, the potential for an enlarged BRICS poses something of a dilemma for New Zealand, Geoffrey Miller writes.

It's been 50 years since the infamous Dawn Raids - an approach by the New Zealand government to search for illegal overstayers, most of whom were from the Pacific. Audio

Regional leaders will meet this week at the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Special Leaders Retreat in Fiji.

The prime minister's sudden resignation has made headlines not just in Aotearoa, but world-wide, and drawn tribute from political figures far and wide.

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown says Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern led with strength, empathy and manaakitanga.

Sitiveni Rabuka is Fiji's new prime minister, unseating Frank Bainimarama after 16 years. .

Jacinda Ardern has congratulated Fiji's new Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka, who has been sworn in today, bringing to an end 16 years of leadership by Frank Bainimarama.

Members of Auckland's Fijian community say they are "delighted and relieved" by last night's election result.

Fears about future of sanctuary; email threats aimed at schools; and more

A database that provided faulty predictions on headwinds is being blamed for the bumpy start to Air New Zealand's new service to New York. Audio

First Person - RNZ deputy political editor Craig McCulloch pulls back the curtain on some of the lighter moments behind the scenes and on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.

Watch - Jacinda Ardern met with UN Secretary-General António Guterres against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine and challenges facing the Pacific.

A senior US diplomat will travel to Samoa, Tonga, Solomon Islands, Australia, and New Zealand over the coming days.

Covid cases shoot up in Niue; Tsiamalili wins in Bougainville Regional; Pacific law enforcement officials meet in Fiji; and New Caledonia signs trade deal with Vanuatu

RNZ exclusive - The head of the international organisation tasked with cutting dangerous climate gases says NZ must follow through on its promise to halve emissions - and look at whether this could be…

A Fijian political leader is accusing the Australian and New Zealand governments of avoiding human rights issues in the region to suit their own geopolitical interests. Audio

As foot and mouth disease spreads in Indonesia, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says New Zealand has never had an outbreak - and wants it to stay that way. Watch live.

Media coverage of Pacific Islands is slanted, researchers say; most venues ready for 2023 Pacific Games; NZ told to pause on deep-sea mining; and more.

The Pacific Islands Forum has launched a new long-term strategy to address present and future challenges faced by Pacific peoples.