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The police crackdown on the Comanchero motorbike gang will have no significant impact on the drug trade, warns a gang researcher. Audio

The news comes despite a new policy forbidding live use except in rare situations where there is an immediate risk to life.

"I think ratepayers would agree $8000 per step is just too much, it's a real gold plate standard at this rate," a ratepayers' group says.

Analysis - The latest fire took place on Sunday evening at the iconic Saint Denis Church of Balade, in Pouébo, on the northern tip of the main island of Grande Terre.

A man Australian police believe poured boiling coffee on a baby in a Brisbane park fled the country as little as 12 hours before investigators confirmed his identity, they say.

Edmundo Gonzalez is wanted on charges of falsifying public documents and conspiracy over claims he won the presidency.

Analysis - Space has rapidly become more hostile for geopolitical reasons, but what are the threats, and what is New Zealand doing to assess them?

Thousands of people demonstrated across France on Saturday against Emmanuel Macron's decision to pick centre-right politician Michel Barnier as prime minister, with leftist parties accusing the…

Different countries are using slightly different Covid vaccine - some newer than the ones available in NZ. Does that matter? Audio

In 2024, spying has gone high tech - but it's not all cybercrime and internet hacking

The Ministry for Primary Industries is working to mitigate the impact of any avian influenza outbreak brought to the country by migrating birds.

The New Zealand Defence Force is helping the United States to train the Japanese military to monitor satellites.

RNZ inquiries have revealed the ministry secretly used the fake profiles for years, before suspending the practice in 2021 when Parliament was asked about it.

Samsudeen was shot dead after stabbing shoppers at the LynnMall in Auckland in 2021.

A US surveillance company says it had no access to New Zealand data that it collected under a contract with a big government ministry.

A quarter of herds in the small West Coast farming community of Hari Hari had been infected.

Three New Zealanders die from accidental drug overdoses every week, with the number continuing to rise, new research shows.

As cases mount overseas, NZ officials are bolstering their avian influenza plan. Here's what you need to know.

The High Court in Auckland has heard that police intercepted Philip Polkinghorne's calls for weeks following his wife's death.

The internal research by Taiwan's armed forces, reviewed by Reuters, offers a rare look into a slice of China's defence spending.

A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including Northern Mariana Islands looking into cannabis tourism industry, and major arrests in Tonga for methamphetamine importation.

Analysis - When the time is right, the government should implement rules giving workers a true right to disconnect and privacy outside the workplace, experts say.

It says there must be a delay between gathering the footage and analysing it, as the risks of live facial recognition "outweigh the potential benefits". Audio

An FBI request that led to a police raid, numerous court hearings and a failed launch of a political party - Dotcom's fight against extradition has had many ups and downs.

A little red flying fox found in a Blenheim backyard was only the second time one had ever been seen in New Zealand - and the first to be spotted alive.