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Bougainville's President Ishmael Toroama says the autonomous region is preparing to become independent by 2025. Bougainville expert Anthony Regan talked to RNZ Pacific about if and how that could…

Two of the seven remits for the Local Government NZ conference will not be supported by Waitomo District Council's delegate - mayor John Robertson.

Analysis - The government's management of the pandemic is under scrutiny; the prime minister is criticised over the proposed hate speech laws and a former National minister berates his own party.

As West Coast ratepayers face the shock of hefty rate increases this year, the four councils explain why the hikes are necessary.

Ten dead from inter-clan fighting in PNG's Enga province, Date set for New Caledonia referendum, and Vanuatu chocolates have been recognised at an international competition in Paris.

History won't be re-written, but it will be re-learned and taught under the new New Zealand history curriculum. 

Myanmar's authorities will free around 700 prisoners from Yangon's Insein jail on Wednesday in a release that is expected to include some of the thousands of people detained for opposing military…

France's far-right National Rally (RN) have failed to win their first ever region, as results from the second round of regional elections come in.

At his first rally since leaving the White House, Donald Trump lambasted the Biden administration's immigration policies and sought to energise Republicans to take back majorities in Congress next…

Opinion - Could a backlash to "woke politics" be the basis for the revival and return of New Zealand First? Bryce Edwards asks.

Swedish centre-left Prime Minister Stefan Lofven was defeated after nearly seven years in power over a plan to ease rent controls for new-build apartments.

At his first news conference since his victory in Friday's election, Ebrahim Raisi insisted that Iran's ballistic missile programme was "not negotiable".

Up to 10,000 domestic spectators will be allowed in Tokyo 2020 venues, a decision that cuts against the recommendation of medical experts.

Armenia's acting prime minister, Nikol Pashinyan, and his Civil Contract party won a parliamentary election with 53.92 percent of the vote, the Interfax news agency reported, citing the electoral…

Hardliner Ebrahim Raisi has won Iran's presidential election in a race that was widely seen as being designed to favour him.

Having no spectators at the Tokyo Olympics is the "least risky" option, Japanese medical experts have said.

Iranians are voting to elect a new president, with all but one of the four candidates to succeed Hassan Rouhani regarded as hardliners.

The court upheld the law which gave millions of low-income Americans access to medical insurance and bans insurers from denying coverage due to pre-existing conditions.

Headache, runny nose linked to Delta variant

The prime minister will deliver an official apology from the government for the 1970s Dawn Raids.

Benjamin Netanyahu's 12-year run as Israel's prime minister has ended, with parliament approving a new "government of change" led by nationalist Naftali Bennett.