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The jury in the trial of three Taranaki police officers charged with manslaughter over the death of a man in custody has watched video of the moment when the officers realise their detainee has…

Lawyers for disgraced US film producer Harvey Weinstein have launched an appeal against his conviction for rape and sexual assault.

Roadworks on the way to Wellington Airport, ambulance wait times in Taieri, Waitematā water quality, and churches in Levin have been highlighted by MPs in a special debate at Parliament.

Opinion - People like former NRL player Jarryd Hayne, who was found guilty of sexual assault this week, need to know that their behaviour will not be tolerated, Hamish Bidwell writes.

I was at Pukeahu, the National War Memorial Park teaching students about the horrors of the influenza pandemic as lockdown loomed a year ago, writes Emma-Jean Kelly.

Palau triggers Forum withdrawal, the Cook Islands names new Speaker, activists calls on Pacific to remember those suffering in West Papua, key Bougainville department changes name and more.

MPs tackle bills on revenge porn, miscarriage bereavement leave, abortion clinic safe zones and cannabis in this Parliament's first members' day 

US President Joe Biden has talked by phone with King Salman of Saudi Arabia as he seeks to put relations with America's old ally on a new footing.

One of the men on trial over the shooting and robbery at the Red Fox Tavern more than 30 years ago told the police he knew they would be after him over the crime, a jury has been told.

A US judge on Monday rejected Ghislaine Maxwell's effort to keep under wraps an excerpt from a 2016 deposition that she fears could undermine her criminal trial.

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said he had tricked a Russian secret agent into disclosing details of the botched plot to kill him and had been told that poison had been placed in his underpants.

Convicted murderer David Lyttle continues to deny he killed his friend Brett Hall almost a decade ago.

A Vatican report has found that two recent popes and Church officials ignored allegations about a US cardinal later found guilty of sex abuse.

Two men were granted immunity for murder and rape in exchange for a story that sent Gail Maney to prison for life. Should they have been? Guyon Espiner investigates.

Analysis - Nanaia Mahuta's appointment as foreign minister makes headlines around the world and the PM chooses her ministers and sets out the government's programme, writes Peter Wilson.

US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell said she never witnessed "inappropriate underage activities" by him, according to transcripts of a 2016 deposition.

Unexpected arrivals in Arctic waters as sea ice shrinks is part of a race among global powers for control over resources and waterways in the north.