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Dame Jenny Shipley says Judith Collins could become the fourth woman prime minister, but Jim Bolger warns this is not the time for nasty politics. Audio

Legalising cannabis would significantly improve police bias against Māori, a report by the prime minister's chief science adviser suggests.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced Cabinet's decision to keep ACC levies at their current rate through to 2022. Video

After the Labour's annual conference, pundits were quick to criticise Jacinda Ardern for taking a 'self-congratulatory tone' in her remarks, but the PM says that was not her intent at all. Audio

Labour has announced its plans to extend the Small Business Loan Cashflow Scheme and spend $162 million on a waterway clean-up package.

US President Donald Trump is vowing to defeat the "radical left" in a speech at the White House, condemning efforts to remove monuments to historical figures as attempts to destroy the US.

Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to converge in the heart of Washington, for fireworks and a military flyover, while protesters will march for racial equality.

Protesters have marched through Wellington's CBD, in solidarity with similar protests in the US and calling for better support for the black transgender and non-binary community in Aotearoa.

President Donald Trump railed against "angry mobs" that tried to tear down statues of historical figures, warning thousands of supporters at Mount Rushmore that protesters were trying to erase US…

Wellington Night Shelter has officially closed its doors after more than 50 years of providing emergency accommodation to men in the capital.

Three women's world cups to be played in New Zealand over the next three years - but how well does this country really do when it comes to equity in sport? 

Lockdown temporarily eliminated rough sleeping in New Zealand - but what's the long-term solution?

A researcher says the maternity and infant healthcare system is failing Māori women and their babies, who suffer poorer outcomes than non-Māori.

Anyone who has ever complained about their 'life admin' should see what disabled people go through - it's an inefficient, incomprehensible, ineffective mess, Emily Tilley writes.

The government should abandon some recommendations in the "appalling" Health and Disability review, and set up a separate ministry, people across the disability sector say.

Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton condemned Bernie Ecclestone for "ignorant" comments about racism after the sport had distanced itself from the 89-year-old former supremo.

Both familiar and fresh faces will be in the running to topple Todd McClay as Rotorua MP in the 2020 election.