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The latest entries in New Zealand's food composition database reflect the nation's growing ethnic diversity and rising demand for plant-based options and allergen-friendly foods.

A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including reports of PNG nurses wanting payment for writing patient referrals.

"[It] shift the mentality from homelessness being an individual problem caused by individuals to actually an understanding that homelessness is a collective responsibility," Hendry says.

How many of these home remedies actually work? Are they rooted in fact or just an old wives' tale?

The Cook Islands prime minister has suggested a double standard, after the New Zealand government cut its development assistance to the tune of nearly $20 million.

The only staff member at the notorious Lake Alice child and adolescent unit to face prosecution over the horrors at the Rangitīkei institution in the 1970s has died.

Following a raft of complaints about wait times for resource consents, the West Coast Regional Council has conceded it needs to take on more employees.

The US strikes targeted three sites, including the crucial underground uranium enrichment facility at Fordow.

An Otago-led team has uncovered a genetic cause for a rare children's brain disorder.

Polls show health is a huge concern, so it's no surprise it's hotly contested in politics - and the media. This week sick leave suddenly surged to the top of the news agenda.

Tehran says Iran won't halt its nuclear programme as Israel's strikes continue, killing top commanders.

The bill now proceeds to Britain's upper chamber, the House of Lords, where it will undergo months of scrutiny.

There's a well-known saying that justice delayed is justice denied. And in Northland, where the region is facing a growing number of homicides, the wheels of justice are getting increasingly slow.

Side effects of the drug, tested as both a weekly injection and a daily pill, were mostly gastrointestinal with rates similar to other recent weight loss drugs.

RNZ's money correspondent answers your questions.

A nurse who took more than $100,000 from three colleagues after claiming her mother had died spent the money on gambling and trips overseas.

Felt like staying in bed longer this morning? It might be because the shorter days are affecting your circadian rhythm.