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"They may make a deal, they may not make a deal," the US president said ahead of his team's meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky.

The Health ministry's head dentist has defended fluoridation, citing its safety and health benefits.

It comes as Whangārei District Council is under fire from the Director General of Health Dr Diana Sarfati after it voted in December against adding fluoridation to the water. Audio

"We can confirm that there are a number of issues on which New Zealand and the Cook Islands Government currently do not see eye to eye," the spokesperson for Deputy PM Winston Peters said.

An advocate for ocean conservation and protection claims the Cook Islands government is misleading public into believing the country is undecided on whether to allow deep seabed mining

Analysis - State asset sales have been a political dividing line for decades now, and it seems voters are again being asked to decide which side they're on. Audio

Mikaere Sydney was elected in July 2024 but was never able to take up the job.

A merger was last considered in 2012 but failed after a referendum.

Against all odds one woman has secured a seat in Vanuatu's 52-member parliament.

There are three things the next parliament should do to rebuild public trust and confidence in its integrity and concern for the national interest, writes Anna Naupa.

The prime minister has ruled out selling off state houses, but said he is open to having a wider conversation with voters, while Labour says it's a "typical right-wing government playbook" move.

Views ranged from it being an attempt to "oppress iwi Māori" to providing the chance to ease New Zealanders' anxiety over the Treaty. Audio

The Treaty Principles Bill continues to dog the National Party despite Luxon's repeated efforts to communicate the legislation will not go beyond second reading.

The prime minister says he can mend the relationship with Māori after the bill is voted down, and he would refuse a future referendum in the next election's coalition negotiations.

Coalition talks are set to be complicated because in the last parliament at least two parties had MPs split across both the government and opposition benches.

A professor from the University of Auckland says social media is responsible for people "directly engaging with these proposed changes" in the Treaty Principles Bill and the Regulatory Standards Bill. Audio

The Cook Islands will not pursue membership in the United Nations and the Commonwealth.

As Papua New Guinea prepares to mark 50 years of independence from Australia in 2025, the government faces a host of other matters that need to be addressed, urgently. Audio

A rising tide of abuse, escalating costs and the clash between central and local government - Marika Hill looks back at local politics in 2024.

The Indian community overtook the Chinese population to become the third-largest ethnic group in New Zealand.

From supermarket rat infestations, to job cuts, a hīkoi, and the Marokopa man who continues to evade police - here are some of the biggest NZ stories from 2024.

A hīkoi, a haka, and the rise of a new generation - RNZ unpacks a contentious and momentous year for Māoridom.

Indonesia's new president Prabowo Subianto has revealed plans to pardon as many as 44,000 convicts - about a third of the country's prison population.

The Cook Islands can only have its own passport if it gives up New Zealand citizenship, the office of New Zealand's Foreign Minister, Winston Peters says.

Hundreds or even thousands are feared dead from the most powerful cyclone to hit the Indian Ocean island in nearly a century. Audio