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A Wellington researcher hopes to learn more about why beneficiaries committing welfare fraud are three times more likely to go to jail than white collar criminals avoiding tax.

United Nations Development Programme administrator Helen Clark says New Zealand must protect its social welfare system as a safeguard against future shocks.

Barack Obama has won a second term as president of the United States, beating Republican challenger Mitt Romney after a long and bitter campaign.

The head of the Ministry of Education says New Zealand's education system is not world class because Maori and Pasifika children and children from poor communities are under-performing. Audio

An Australian protester who disrupted this year's university boat race on the Thames in London has been sentenced to prison for six months.

Campaigning is over in a presidential election in Venezuela on Sunday. Nearly 19 million people can vote.

Kiribati's President Anote Tong has been named the 2012 Hillary Laureate by the Hillary Institute of International Leadership. The Institute's chairman, David Caygill, says no nation symbolises more…

New Zealand is being asked to re-consider the way it delivers aid in the Pacific.

A forum on child poverty has been told the public must sting the Government into action like a swarm of mosquitos.

A Canadian advocate for indigenous children says governments around the world need to stop under-funding services for indigenous children, including Maori.

Wednesday's headlines: Schoolgirl who had a rash at 3pm, was dead by 5pm; severe hailstorm in Christchurch; Govt accused of having ''covert agenda'' to impose user-pays education.

The New Zealand Government says it will commit 50 million New Zealand dollars or over 39 million US towards increasing surveillance and protection of fisheries in the Pacific. John Key...

New research from the Ministry of Social Development shows the gap between rich and poor in New Zealand is at its widest ever.

The Labour Party has issued a report card on National's economic record in government which gives it a fail mark for just about every one of its initiatives.

The Race Relations Commissioner is critical of New Zealand's public services, saying they disadvantage Maori, Pacific and ethnic people.

Police in Chile have detained 139 people, most of them teenagers, who were occupying three schools in the capital, Santiago, in continuing protests against the Government's education policies.

With the ninth parliament elected and a new government in place, Papua New Guineans are hoping their elected leaders can turn their efforts to improving basic services across the country.