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The US Supreme Court appears poised to accept a Mississippi law that would bar abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, if accepted the ruling would cut off abortion access for tens of millions of…

National's new deputy leader Nicola Willis says she brings a centrist, moderate perspective of a parent of four, along with a familiarity with Parliament that balances out the new leader.

Christopher Luxon told Checkpoint he is in favour of banning gay conversion therapy but was steadfast in his views on abortion. Audio

Analysis - Massey University Professor of Politics Richard Shaw breaks down the uphill battle Christopher Luxon faces as he leads the National Party into a new era.

Colourful and controversial, with a killer eyebrow raise - she may be best known as "Crusher" but Judith Collins' nearly 20 years in politics cannot be summed up so succinctly. Audio

The United Nations has glaring problems in Samoa where the government is calling for the UN's role in the country to be reviewed.

The House wraps Parliament's week; asks who really runs the country and outlines the repeal of the three strikes law.

An advisory group to US bishops has urged the Catholic leaders to avoid making communion "a tool for division" amid debate over whether President Joe Biden's support for abortion rights should…

Tuesday’s Covid protest at Parliament was a spectacle that had to be covered, but reporters who did so were targeted by protesters - and not for the first time. Does coverage risk ramping up the…

The House was at the vaccine mandate protest this week. Here are some photos from an unusually eclectic event.

Parliament’s select committees have an endless menu of work, but seem to especially enjoy work that involves extra chewing.

An independent review of the Mycoplasma bovis eradication programme has found it is on track to rid New Zealand of the devastating cattle disease.

A serial winner with Premier League success on his CV. It is easy to see why Tottenham Hotspur have appointed Antonio Conte as their new manager, but why would he take the position? BBC takes a look.

Sales of natural health supplements have soared in the time of Covid, but some can cause life-threatening reactions.

Joe Biden received communion after his meeting with Pope Francis, widening a gulf between the pontiff and conservative American bishops who want to deny the president communion over his support for…

Devout Roman Catholic Joe Biden meets Pope Francis in the Vatican on Friday at a time when the US president is under pressure from conservatives in the Church for his conflicted position in the…