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A 400-bed acute hospital is to be built south of Auckland City in the next 20 years and possibly another new hospital north of the city.

The government has committed to addressing issues of racial bias against non-Pakeha premature babies.

Māori, Pacifica and Indian premature babies are less likely to recieve resuscitation attempts than babies of other ethnicities, a national report has found.

A government-led strategy has been launched to increase equality for women and girls in sport.

A study on banking and markets since the financial crisis warns that "dangerous undercurrents" are a rising threat to stability.

Power Play - It's the political curse of Finance Ministers past - deliver a surplus and immediately come under pressure to spend large, writes Jane Patterson.

The far-right candidate, Jair Bolsonaro, has won the first round of Brazil's presidential election.

The leader of FijiFirst, Frank Bainimamara, says he wants to lead a government without an opposition after the 14 November general elections.

This week's Beyond Kate looks at a number of trends, events and individual actions that played a hand in winning women the vote.

That was the question put to 900 Māori participants in a new study, of which 90 percent believed structural racism was to blame. Audio

Another opinion poll suggests that an overwhelming majority in New Caledonia will next month reject independence from France.

New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has not condemned the United States for excluding unmarried same-sex partners of foreign diplomats in visas.

The Ministry of Health is being urged to review a bowel cancer screening decision, to reduce health inequity.

The Greens are renewing calls for welfare reform that were over-shadowed by former co-leader Metiria Turei's admission of benefit fraud last year.

Gender inequality will always be on the agenda both domestically and internationally, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says.