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The Northern Marianas wants the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to force airlines flying to the islands to adopt pre-screening and other strategies to deter travel to the islands for...

Federated Farmers says Fonterra should adopt the recommendations made in a review of its handling of the botulism scare and to break down its "fortress Fonterra" mindset. Audio

Police in China have rescued 92 children held by a huge trafficking network.

An inmate at Spring Hill prison in New Zealand says joining the prison choir and recording traditional Pacific hymns has helped him get in touch with his culture and identity.

A prison choir, made up of inmates from Samoa, Tonga, Fiji and the Cook Islands have recorded and released a CD of Pacific Island hymns and traditional songs for charity.

Seventeen pregnant teenage girls and 11 babies have been rescued from a house in south-eastern Nigeria. The babies were intended for sale.

The Institute of IT Professionals says most Government departments are likely to make significant changes to their email security systems in the next few months after another breach of privacy.

A lawyer for a digital rights group says Kim Dotcom's new website is still vulnerable to legal action but may have extra protection because it is based in New Zealand. Audio

Police say alcohol is considered to be a key contributing factor in a quad bike accident in Hawke's Bay on Wednesday night.

A couple from Missouri have claimed their share of a Powerball lottery jackpot worth $US587.5 million in the United States.

Guam's Legislature has passed the Women's Reproductive Health Bill by one vote The bill requires that information on alternatives be provided to pregnant women who are considering terminating their…

Iwi Education Authority (Te Maru o Nga Kura o Aotearoa) executives say a greater emphasis on cultural learning as part of the national curriculum would lead to many children doing better at school.

Prime Minister John Key has ruled out a universal child payment as recommended in a new report on poverty. Audio

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to water and sanitation has called on Kiribati to make safe water and sanitation a national priority. Catarina de Albuquerque, who visited...

Delegates at the National Party conference have agreed the party should adopt a policy of legalising adoption for civil union partners but Prime Minister John Key says it's not a priority.

Business New Zealand is urging firms to get involved in their communities, saying they can do more to help reduce child poverty.

Police in China have broken up two major child trafficking gangs and freed 181 children, officials say

The lawyer for George Gwaze says police should have consulted experts in HIV before laying charges against him over the death of his adopted daughter. Had they done so, the case may never have gone to… Audio

A hospital registrar has told a murder trial that a girl was deeply comatose when she arrived at the emergency department.