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Two-thirds of motel space in Hawke's Bay is being used by seasonal horticultural workers and government emergency accommodation for the homeless, the Hastings District Council chief executive says. Audio

An official opening for 23 new state houses on Auckland's North Shore was held this afternoon.

New research suggests there could be a link between areas with high housing costs and a big concentration of Airbnbs.

Sudanese protest leaders have vowed to escalate demonstrations to confront the country's military rulers, as part of a widening campaign to push for the transfer of power to civilians.

Swedish teenage activist Greta Thunberg has urged climate change protesters in London to never give up as police arrests over disruptions to the city's landmarks rose above 830.

A large hoard of cash has been found at the home of Sudan's ousted president Omar al-Bashir and he is being investigated for money laundering, prosecutors say.

While many business organisations are cheerful that a capital gains tax has been ruled out, others say a growing wealth gap is a disservice to the country's most vulnerable. Audio

It's often been remarked that capital gains tax is the shortest suicide note in New Zealand politics, RNZ Business editor Gyles Beckford writes.

Thousands of environmental activists have brought traffic on central London streets to a standstill in a bid to force the government to do more to tackle climate change.

An open letter to the government calling for greater scrutiny to tidy up what they say are unacceptable loopholes in the End of Life Choice Bill has been signed by 75 lawyers and academics. Audio

Over the past four years, a small  team of local journalists at multimedia outlet Vice has published New Zealand and Pacific stories watched and read around the world over the past four years. A new…

The effects of the Wellington housing crisis on the city's most vulnerable is being laid bare in a new monthly report on homelessness and begging in the city.

Hundreds of thousands of New Zealand children are still living in poverty because of housing costs, according to new figures released today.

The UK prime minister will ask the EU for a further delay to Brexit beyond 12 April to give her time to sit down with the opposition Labour Party in a bid to break the impasse over leaving the EU.

British MPs reject the latest Brexit alternatives, two British bankers jailed for corruption and a White House whistleblower raises security concerns.

National MP Judith Collins says the Housing Ministry's spending on contractors and consultants shows it is struggling to attract staff with industry experience for the KiwiBuild programme. Audio

Five cases of cholera have been confirmed in Mozambique as the region reels from the aftermath of Cyclone Idai that has left hundred dead.

The attack in Christchurch has forced our news media to rethink the way they work, whose voices they amplify and why. Telcos, bloggers, advertisers and the government have also reacted in ways that…