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Round-up of news from New Caledonia, Samoan, Fiji and the Cook Islands

New Zealand's largest privately-owned healthcare group is having to intermittently close urgent care and general practice clinics.

The number of communications staff working in the core public service has tipped over the 500 mark, an increase of more than 50 percent since Labour took office.

Most people today cope with the rising cost of living individually, but not so long ago many workers approached the same problem in far more collective ways, Toby Boraman writes.

About 50 properties have been damaged after a tornado tore through the Tasman district near Nelson on Monday afternoon.

Ten-metre sea swells buffeted Wellington's coast and temperatures dropped to single figures in Northland and Auckland as the wintry weather continued to bite. Audio

Waka Kotahi is revealing 'a timeline to reopening' State Highway One over the Mangamuka Gorge on Friday as the road undergoes a $100 million repair job.

A student at a respected music school says she was given just over two weeks' notice that her course had been called off.

Northland Mayoral Forum chair Vince Cocurullo says Cyclone Gabrielle exacerbated existing infrastructure damage, spreading across the region like smallpox.

Cyclone Gabrielle was almost the final nail in the coffin for the $33 million tourist attraction.

The smell of smoke was still heavy in the air on Thursday, with ash and debris spilling out of businesses into the carpark.

Samoa's director general of health says he is not concerned about another measles outbreak like the one in 2019 after recent suspected cases returned negative. Audio

Credit card knives, bongs, counterfeit cash and fireworks are among the hundreds of items seized at the doors of our courthouses over the last year.

Coromandel businesses say they're doing 50-90 percent less business than they were last year due to the fragility of road access to the region. Audio

Ngāpuhi parents who challenged an anti-co-governance roadshow in Kerikeri last night hosted by Julian Batchelor say it was a display of ignorance.

This year's expected strike of about 50,000 school and kindergarten teachers comes after years of pandemic-driven disruptions and soon after cyclone-related school closures.

Homes were evacuated and part of Auckland southern motorway closed after a truck carrying canisters containing highly flammable gas burst into flames. Audio

Northbound traffic on Auckland's Southern Motorway will be closed again overnight on Wednesday after a truck fire damaged the road.

SH25 in Coromandel has partially reopened to light vehicles after a section of the highway fell away, but the mayor says the latest slip is bringing more anxiety to the region. Audio