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Plans are underway for an information hub in Auckland to help immigrants stranded or jobless because of Covid-19 and desperate for news on visas.

French backpacker Marine Baiguerra is among more than 13,000 people who have signed a petition seeking a six-month extension to Working Holiday Visas.

Analysis - Serious concerns are being raised about Victorians' capacity to comply with the new orders and the mental health impacts of such prolonged social isolation, Ian Hickie writes.

Analysis - The landmark report concluding the investigation into allegations made in Hit and Run - about a 2010 SAS killing raid in Afghanistan - must have raised serious doubts about trust of the…

Restoring two cob cottages at Burkes Pass has become a labour of love for retired Christchurch couple Jane and Graham Bachelor. One of cottages was built by shepherd James Keefe in 1876 and was in a…

I was at home, standing in the kitchen, when my husband told me the unthinkable had happened to friends. Babies don't die. That was my reaction, writes Susie Ferguson.

The late satirist, John Clarke, has left another lasting legacy - this time, to conservation.

In a first for Parliament, a widened FGM ban has passed into law with formal female champions from all the corners of Parliament.

The victims of New Zealand's first convicted slaver and human-trafficker are "ecstatic" to learn their abuser will spend the more than a decade behind bars, Immigration New Zealand says.

A 23-year-old Sydney man has been charged by federal police in Australia with sexually exploiting a young New Zealand girl he groomed through social media. Video, Audio

National says anyone coming into New Zealand will be charged if it is elected and New Zealand First says the government's plan is "dreadful", but the Green party says it is "fair". Audio

The astonishing story of a young Māori woman who started life amongst gang culture, went through homelessness, got hooked on helping people and is now the president of the Waitakere Rotary Club. 

Fiji's Budget debate in parliament this week has taken a twist for the worse, as one MP called it, when the government was accused of handing out sub-standard food to rural communities.

Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak has been found guilty on seven corruption charges in his first trial linked to a multi-billion-dollar scandal at state fund 1MDB.

A Hamilton family whose two young boys were killed when a trucker who had been at the wheel too long rear-ended their car, accuses agencies of failing to fight for justice or protect road safety. Video