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Samoa by-elections set for November 12; Gender and ethnic pay gaps in New Zealand wide; Thousands of students in Fiji will return to classroom next month, and more.

Small businesses in Auckland say Minister of Finance Grant Robertson has failed to read the room when it comes to the dire realities they are facing. Audio

Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has stepped down, after pressure triggered by a corruption scandal.

Is a Saudi takeover an early Christmas present for Newcastle United?

The Reserve Bank has ignored the Covid-19 outbreak and raised the official cash rate for the first time in seven years to head off growing inflation pressures.

Waikato law professors explore the importance of names, how they can change, the history of 'Nieuw Zeeland' and the origin of 'Aotearoa'.

An investigation into sexual abuse in the French Catholic Church has found that an estimated 216,000 children were victims of abuse by clergy since 1950, Jean-March Sauve, head of the commission that…

Power Play - Another decade, another review of electoral laws - but in the end any fundamental decisions will end up in the hands of politicians, Political Editor Jane Patterson writes.

The government is launching a sweeping review of the country's electoral laws including voting age, the three-year term, party funding and the "coat-tailing" rule.

Analysis - Sir John Key stirs up the pandemic debate and stands by his North Korea comparison as the government scorns National's plan for ending lockdowns and re-opening the border, writes political…

Tongans go to the polls on November 18 with less candidates than the previous two elections.

Former foreign minister Fumio Kishida has won a ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leadership race, virtually ensuring he succeeds Yoshihide Suga as prime minister within days.

Parliament went into urgency this afternoon, for the first reading of legislation making a raft of changes as part of the Covid-19 response.

The Samoan Parliament has amended the Electoral Act 2019 following a late night sitting on Tuesday.

Analysis - When the latest 1News Colmar Brunton poll was released, the most telling part of the result for me was that there's no intense battle for the National Party, writes Tim Watkin.

Opinion - In the environment created by the Covid-19 pandemic, it is more important than ever that people know how to access official information and have the confidence and the tools to do that…

More medical personnel arrive in Noumea from France; Samoa's Parliament resumes today; Papua New Guinea's leader says the UN must assess human rights in West Papua, and more

Explainer: The election is over but months of talks are just getting started to see who will succeed Angela Merkel.

ACT leader David Seymour says the government's Covid-19 strategy is no longer viable, and is calling for an end to regional lockdowns.

Comment: From a distance, the big news about Germany's election tonight is the end of Angela Merkel's reign after 16 years of leadership in Germany and Europe.