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The House: Calls to force witnesses to child abuse to speak, reforming adoption law for same-sex couples, and better protections for religious freedoms have been made by petitions to Parliament. Audio

Calls to force witnesses to child abuse to speak, reforming adoption law for same-sex couples, and better protections for religious freedoms have been made at Parliament

The Duke of Edinburgh, arguably the world's most famous husband, has died at the age of 99.

Parliament has unanimously passed legislation giving mothers and their partners three days of bereavement leave following a miscarriage or stillbirth.

There is no other way to stop tamariki Māori being disproportionately taken into state care than to disestablish Oranga Tamariki, the Waitangi Tribunal has been told.

Opponents of Myanmar's military coup sustained mass protests for an eighth straight day as continuing arrests of junta critics added to anger over the detention of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has confirmed the Foreign Minister has made fundamental changes to New Zealand's relationship with Myanmar after the country's military coup.

Oranga Tamariki head Grainne Moss's resignation today followed months of scrutiny. Here is how her controversial tenure unfolded.

Controversial Oranga Tamariki chief executive Grainne Moss has decided to step down.

Prime Minister Mícheál Martin says an investigation that found an "appalling level of infant mortality" in mother-and-baby homes reflects a shameful chapter in history, but survivors have attacked the…

When Molly Gibson was born in October of this year, it was 27 years in the making.

In her submission to the Waitangi Tribunal's urgent inquiry, Grainne Moss conceded Oranga Tamariki is yet to eliminate structural racism and has failed to fully adopt the recommendations of a 1998…

Analysis - Fighting between government loyalists and the Tigray People's Liberation Front threatens to bring the country to civil war, Ethiopia analyst Alex De Waal writes.

An investigative journalist who has extensively written about how Māori children end up in state care has told the Waitangi Tribunal that Oranga Tamariki are the ambulance at the bottom of the cliff…

Mediawatch's midweek catch-up with Lately on RNZ National. This week in the wake of Kim Kardashian's kaning for that tone-deaf 'private island' tweet, he looks at chats with celebrities and their…

A kaumātua has told the Waitangi Tribunal "cultural sovereignty" should be the foundation for making Oranga Tamariki compliant with Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

The French Polynesian government is criticised for inaction on a planned study of the genetic impact of the French nuclear weapons tests.

Labour's promise to ban conversion therapy is being welcomed by the Greens and rejected by ACT, while National is not commenting on the policy.

An Opposition MP in Fiji has urged the government to ratify a UN convention on the rights of Children, saying it has been delayed too long.

Rotorua Lakes Council's climate action plan stated the main climate risks for the district were extremes of heat, wind, rainfall, cold and drought.