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A round-up of news from around the region, including an arrest after a stabbing in Samoa.

Cabinet is moving to simplify regulations for Early Childhood Education centres by the end of this year.

Even though very few people want to admit it, concussion and its after-effects remains one of the sport's biggest issues.

The protest organiser said people are rallying throughout the US and around the world to protest the removal of due process under the Trump administration.

It cannot be lifted until the water regulator Taumata Arowai is satisfied the council has complied with directions. Audio

More Māori are choosing to have tangihanga at home instead of marae, says the Funeral Directors Association. Audio

Whānau Āwhina Plunket a million-dollar contract to set up its own childhood immunisation service five months ago and says progress will "speed up" Audio

Is New Zealand really risking billions by changing its genetic modification laws?

New Zealand's medicinal cannabis sector is warning that "onerous" regulations around production are restricting the local sector, while international players flood the market.

The player turned commentator was sentenced to four years' prison after pleading guilty to domestic violence charges but will walk free.

New Zealand already has several checks and balances in the health system, but advocates have called for another to make "effective change".

A $2 billion industry faces new rules to protect new parents - and it's pushing back.

A pest eradication project at a lake north of Auckland is cleaning up water that has not been the same since a fanatical fisherman illegally introduced invasive fish more than 50 years ago. Audio

Grey District Mayor Tania Gibson said the government's fast-tracking process for mining was good for the region.

Olivia Podmore's experiences as a whistleblower was the "dominant feature" in her deteriorating mental state in the lead-up to her death, a forensic psychiatrist has told an inquest.

New Zealand First is pushing for the term "woman" to be defined in law as "an adult human biological female" as the party vows to fight "cancerous social engineering" and "woke ideology".

Several protesters climbed into cable cars used to transport coal, in order to halt operations.

The Electric Power Corporation said there is now enough generation capacity to supply power across the entire island of Upolu.