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Abigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill cruised to comfortable victories in the Virginia and New Jersey governors' elections.

Bougainville's vice president says the autonomous Papua New Guinea region is going full steam ahead with its political agenda to achieve independence.

Mawera Karetai did not erect a single billboard or spend a cent on her Māori ward election campaign in the Bay of Plenty, so it came as a shock when she actually won.

The new Tasman District Council has been sworn in, with councillor Brent Maru appointed as deputy mayor.

Turnout on the Māori roll in Gisborne surged 40.5 percent, from 3657 voters in 2022 to 5139 this year.

More than two dozen people have been jailed mainly for cannabis offences in the last year, the party's co-leader says.

A policy think tank is proposing big reform of the country's electoral system, including having 170 members of Parliament.

Twenty-four of the 42 councils that were required to hold a referendum voted to remove them.

Twenty-four of the 42 councils that were required to hold a referendum voted to remove them.

A controversial piece of legislation to postpone the date for New Caledonia's crucial provincial elections passed its first hurdle in the French Senate on Wednesday.

The mayor has requested the meeting be held behind closed doors, claiming there have been "all sorts of improprieties".

Whanganui's first Māori ward councillors say their election marks both a milestone for local democracy and a call to strengthen Māori participation in local government.

Two dozen districts have voted to scrap their Māori wards, while 18 voted to keep them.

As part of a never-ending rollercoaster of instability in French politics, the latest appointment of Naïma Moutchou has caused significant concern, including in New Caledonia.

Incumbent President David Adeang has been re-elected, but he is not automatically reinstated as president - that will be decided by the new parliament.

The results are preliminary, as they do not include votes made after Thursday or special votes, but numbers in the government-mandated referendums are not close.

All sitting Hawke's Bay regional councillors, who ran for re-election, have won back their seats, progress results suggest.

Sixty-seven votes separate the top two candidates in Whangārei and 74 votes in it in Kaipara.

The results are preliminary, as they do not include votes made after Thursday or special votes, but numbers in the government-mandated referendums are not close.

Newsroom projects that in 66 mayoral races, at least 31 communities have elected new mayors, with two more in the balance.

A total of 60 candidates are vying for seats in parliament.

There have been feasibility studies, a referendum and decades of fundraising for an indoor heated pool in the town.

Five candidates are taking on Upper Hutt Mayor Wayne Guppy, who is running for his ninth term in office. Audio

Nelson's incumbent Māori Ward councillor Kahu Paki Paki said despite running unopposed, this election has "been harder than you could probably ever imagine".

Manuel Valls' return to the role is expected to advance the sensitive project that directly concerns New Caledonia's political future.