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An attempt to re-enter the Pike River mine is planned for tomorrow, families confirm.

Learning about the deaths of two people at a Waitematā District Health Board unit felt like déjà vu for Dave Macpherson, whose son committed suicide while under the Waikato DHB's care in 2015.

RNZ will be dissecting the unexpected result in Australia, with presenter Philippa Tolley hosting a series of guests exploring the politics, implications for New Zealand, and where Australia goes from… Audio

NIWA freshwater ecologists hope sophisticated satellite tags will solve the msytery of where New Zealand's longfin eels go to breed in the Pacific.

The Battles of Cassino in 1944 were the last significant fights involving New Zealanders in World War II and are being commemorated in Italy today.

Distressed survivors can't get support because ACC doesn't cover mental injuries the way it covers physical ones. Can a government which says it's prioritising mental health continue with this model?

The seafood industry's responsibility for the decline of rare dolphins has been downgraded in new research.

Nearly every country in the world has agreed on a legally binding framework to reduce pollution from plastic waste except for the United States, UN environmental officials say.

From 1 July, Oranga Tamariki must partner with Iwi and Māori Organisations in decision making. The Children's Commissioner says that should have been that way all along.

Water supplies in the Solomon Islands capital, Honiara, have been restored.

All he was doing was taking his dogs for a swim in a local swimming hole, but Ranfurly man Michael Johnston ended up making a discovery of international significance. Audio

An Otago family is at the mercy of floods that sweep into their house every couple of years, unable to either renovate or sell and move out.

Fiji's national airline has suspended use of a charter plane from Miami Air after a plane operated by that airline slid off a runway into a river in Florida.

A chartered Boeing 737 jet with 143 people on board slid off a runway and into the St Johns River in Jacksonville, Florida, while attempting to land at a military base in a thunderstorm.

Police have found no evidence the second explosion at Pike River mine was caused by a conveyor belt being turned on.

Faulty monitoring equipment is "almost certainly" to blame for the delay in the re-entry of the Pike River mine, the minister responsible says.

Forest and Bird is worried the government's contribution to the Fox River landfill clean-up on the West Coast won't be enough.

About 50 family members gathered at the entrance to Pike River mine today, the first time they had made the trip up to the portal.

A re-entry attempt to the Pike River mine could resume within weeks, or less, the Pike River Recovery Agency boss says. Video, Audio