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The president of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics organising committee, Yoshiro Mori, is set to step down over sexist remark.

Submissions are invited on a bill changing laws around the establishment of Māori wards by councils but they must be in by is 5pm Thursday 11 February.

Twenty-seven people in Tonga breach home quarantine rules, Pacific communities in Hawaii get funding in the fight against Covid-19, and more.

Māori ward campaigners are thrilled the Labour government is using urgency to push through a bill to get rid of a public veto on Māori wards.

In today's sports news - Bangladesh tour delayed, Tokyo Olympics boss may be forced to resign, and Super Bowl fans told to isolate.

Olympic officials have unveiled the first of many Covid-19 rules for the Tokyo Games, banning singing and chanting during events and mandating participants to wear masks.

Scientists have given Russia's Sputnik V vaccine the green light saying was almost 92 percent effective in fighting Covid-19 based on peer-reviewed late-stage trial results.

Signatures collected in opposition to Māori wards will have "no effect" following the government's move to dump polling provisions, East Coast MP Kiri Allan says.

Wellington City Councillor Jill Day has filed a motion to establish a Māori ward for the city at the next election.

Former New Plymouth Mayor, Andrew Judd, says he feels vindicated now the government has stepped in to scrap citizen-initiated polls on the divisive issue.

The government is to introduce legislation to uphold council decisions to establish Māori wards, the Local Government minister says.

A by-election is imminent in Carterton after councillor Steffen Bertram resigned 15 months into his first term.

The Council of Trade Unions is calling on Parliament to ditch the rule that requires workers to be employed for six months before they can get sick leave.

The International Olympic Committee remains fully committed to successfully organising the Tokyo Olympics despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

The New Plymouth District Council has signalled its support of expected changes to the Local Electoral Act, scrapping the provision allowing for a poll following a decision to establish a Māori ward.

The Tokyo Olympics will top the agenda when the International Olympic Committee's executive board meets today.

New Zealand's richest man made $3.4 billion during the Covid-19 pandemic, highlighting the urgent need for a wealth tax to help fix inequality, an Oxfam manager says.

Portugal's centre-right President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has won a second term, in an election marked by strict rules as the country battles a crippling third wave of Covid-19.

Police have detained more than 3000 people and used force to break up rallies across Russia as thousands of protesters defied police warnings to demand the release of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.

Japan doubled down on its commitment to host the Tokyo Olympics this year and flatly denied reports of a cancellation.