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Auckland is the fourth most unaffordable city in the world in which to buy a house, up from ninth a year ago, according to a major survey. Audio

Candidates for the Democratic race for the White House have clashed on gun control and healthcare in their liveliest TV debate so far.

The Chairman of a House Committee in American Samoa says high paid employees should have their salaries cut to resolve the shortage of supplies at the LBJ hospital.

A homeless shelter specifically for women will now be a permanent fixture in Christchurch.

The governor of California, Jerry Brown, has declared a state of emergency in response to a major gas leak that has forced thousands of people from their homes on the outskirts of Los Angeles.

The shortage in rental housing is forcing women to stay in Women's Refuge safehouses, as they struggle to find suitable accommodation

New Zealand's housing market has continued to heat up in the past 12 months, with prices in Auckland reaching new records. What will 2016 hold? Audio

Authorities have confirmed the number of houses lost to a bushfire along Victoria's southern coast has risen to 116, with the fire not yet under control.

Child poverty is a national, economic and moral crisis that requires a national response, the outgoing head of the Auckland City Mission says. Audio

More support has already been given to desperate families so far these holidays than for the entire Christmas period last year, the Auckland City Mission says.

Auckland Council is sneaking changes to the city's Unitary Plan through the back door, community groups say.

Despite our many successes, New Zealand's domestic violence rate hangs over us like a dark cloud. It's time to bust some common myths about abuse.

We have the highest reported rate of intimate partner violence in the developed world. What can be done to bring the numbers down? By Mava Moayyed.

Why is travel the holy grail? Are OEs really so meaningful? Jess Freeman reflects on her flightless path.

UN rights experts say Pacific Islanders losing their homelands to encroaching seas show that human rights are already being violated by climate change.

Carol co-stars Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara have both been nominated for the best actress award at the 2016 Golden Globe Awards.

In a rare address from the Oval Office, US President Barack Obama has re-assured Americans in the wake of last week's terror attack in San Bernardino. Audio

The Labour Party will back the government's proposed resource management legislation to at least select committee stage, it says.

Changes to the Resource Management Act aim to streamline the building consent process; but will they improve housing affordability in overheated Auckland? Audio