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Analysis: Prime Minister Chris Hipkins rules out taxing the wealthy, polls show support for the government slumping, and the Greens set out their election manifesto.

The fact that Prigozhin sat down with Putin after the Russian leader denounced the mutiny as treasonous is certain to raise more questions about what is going on behind the scenes.

An Australian cloud computing trailblazer says New Zealand is in real danger of giving away its capabilities to big foreign firms.

When Yevgeny Prigozhin challenged his leader, he fractured Vladimir Putin's power. The Russian president is attempting to seal up that crack, but what is broken can rarely be whole again.

The US Supreme Court has struck down race-conscious admissions programmes at two major universities.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the bulk of the package will go on military support while $A10 million will help meet humanitarian needs.

Abortion rights supporters and opponents held duelling rallies across the US on the anniversary of a court decision to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that had legalised the procedure nationwide.

The North Canterbury Hunting Competition has clarified its rules around killing feral cats after it received backlash earlier this year.

A teacher has been struck off after he was found guilty of serious misconduct in his treatment of a transgender student.

A young Gisborne man accused of punching an elderly woman in the head during the heated Posie Parker counter-protest in Auckland has been granted diversion.

Round up of news from around the Pacific including Papua New Guinea, Cook Islands, Solomon Islands, Guam, Wallis and Futuna, Kiribati, Samoa, and French Polynesia

Labour's campaign chair is standing by a social media post which likens National's prescriptions policy to dystopian TV show and novel The Handmaid's Tale.

A panel investigating historical allegations of mistreatment of First Nations players at the Hawthorn Football Club has concluded.

Three's new current affairs show Paddy Gower Has Issues walks a tonal tightrope - balancing comedic heckling and faux-serious investigations with in-depth reporting on important issues of the day.

A US doctor who provided an abortion to a 10-year-old rape victim has been fined by a medical board after speaking to media about the case.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis suffered a chaotic start to his 2024 presidential election race today when glitches marred an online forum hosted by Twitter owner Elon Musk that was meant to showcase…

The Transport Accident Investigation Commission has released its findings into two hot air balloon crash landings where people were injured - one near Methven in 2022 and one near Arrowtown in 2021.

The jury trial of David Hawken and Rebecca Wright-Meldrum began last week, but Justice Cameron Mander has told the court it must be abandoned.

A Democratic senator called the bill "devastatingly cruel", and warned that women would be forced into seeking illegal abortions.

Joe Biden would be 86 by the end of a prospective second term, almost a decade higher than the average US male's life expectancy.