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The Auckland City Mission says there's been a disturbingly large increase in people needing food parcels in the last twelve months.

National's deputy leader Paula Bennett has called for Speaker of the House Trevor Mallard to involve the police immediately if he believes there is a rapist in the parliamentary precinct.

Speaker of the House Trevor Mallard says it's his impression from the report on bullying at Parliament that people have been raped there, and he is urging the victims to go to police or support… Audio

New Zealand and global investors worth more than $NZ5 trillion are uniting to put pressure on companies who have signed up to the Christchurch Call.

There are ways to address teacher workloads that do not require more money and teachers' claims of a crisis cannot simply be solved with more people, the head of the Education Ministry says. Audio

Education Minister Chris Hipkins says imminent strike action by teachers is unjustified, given the size of the offer on the table.

Previously classified documents released by the inquiry into Operation Burnham show the NZDF thought civilians may have been killed in the days following an attack in Afghanistan.

British MPs have urged the government to do more to press Indonesia to stop human rights abuses and violence in Papua.

A senior mortgage advisor is warning that the government's flagship KiwiBuild project is in danger of becoming worthless if it can't deliver.

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido's deputy has been detained by the country's intelligence services.

A US House of Representatives panel has voted to hold the attorney general in contempt of Congress amid a showdown over the Mueller report.

Latest - Two Reuters journalists jailed in Myanmar for their reporting on the Rohingya crisis have been freed.

Donald Trump said he and Vladimir Putin discussed the possibility of a new accord limiting nuclear arms that could eventually include China in what would be a major deal among the three atomic powers.

Gaza militants fired more than 250 rockets into Israeli towns and villages through Saturday, while Israel hit back with tank shelling and air strikes that Palestinian officials said killed four…

Latest - Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó has called for an escalating series of strikes to force President Nicolás Maduro to give up power.

Florida's legislature has passed a bill allowing teachers to carry guns in the classroom, expanding a program launched after the deadly high school shooting in Parkland.

Juan Guaidó has appealed for his supporters to take to the streets of Venezuela again on Thursday, after a day of violent clashes on Wednesday.

The country's biggest bank has reported a smaller first half profit as the housing market slows and international uncertainty makes businesses cautious.

Violence broke out at anti-government protests as Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido declared he had military support but defence force leaders appear to be backing President Nicolas Maduro.

Housing New Zealand's been accused of leaving older state houses to rot in a Whangārei suburb - while it plans to build new ones.