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Hundreds of youths in Sweden have set fire to cars and attacked police and rescue services in poor immigrant suburbs in three nights of rioting in Stockholm.

Pacific community leaders are supporting a call for the Government to address high Pacific unemployment and low incomes.

New Zealand's minister of Pacific Islands Affairs says there has been no cut to funding at the ministry, despite claims by an opposition MP. Hekia Parata says the baseline figure...

A New Zealand Pacific parliamentarian has criticised New Zealand's Minister of Pacific Islands Affairs for failing to stem growing inequality. Labour's spokesperson for Pacific Island Affairs Su'a…

Police had to physically restrain protesters outside a post-Budget business meeting in Auckland attended by Prime Minister John Key.

Former Cape Town Archbishop Desmond Tutu says he will no longer vote for the governing African National Congress party.

Cases of infection with the superbug MRSA have doubled and more Maori and Pacific people are affected, a study has found.

The International Monetary Fund says the Government and the Reserve Bank are on the right track to deal with the challenges that face the domestic economy, but the country would be vulnerable to large…

The United Nations Development Programme's Resident Representative in the Pacific says mineral extraction in the region could do more harm than good if it is not managed properly. Knut Ostby...

The new Chinese President, Xi Jinping, has said he will fight for "the great renaissance of the Chinese nation," in his first speech as head of state.

The Government's books are in better shape than forecast in December 2012, but the Green Party says it is at the expense of the unemployed.

Waitangi Day celebrations have wound down in the Bay Islands, after thousands of people flocked to both the upper and lower maraes on the hot, sunny final day of celebrations. Audio

Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz says the richest 1% of Americans now hold 25% of the country's wealth and more needs to be done to boost equality.

The 100 richest people in the world earned enough last year to end extreme poverty suffered by the poorest four times over, aid agency Oxfam has said.

Pope Benedict XVI has highlighted unregulated financial capitalism as a major source of tension and confrontation in the world.

The World Bank Group has announced a four-year strategy designed to support the Papua New Guinea Government's efforts to improve the livelihood of thousands of families, further its economic…

Australia's Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Islands Affairs, Richard Marles, has been in Tonga, speaking about Canberra's plan to try and cut gender inequality in the Pacific. During this year's…

A paediatrics researcher says a far more comprehensive approach is needed to reduce the stark health inequalities between Maori and Pacific children and other young people in New Zealand.