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PNG's police commissioner says provincial and divisional police commanders won't be left unassisted if unrest flares during the elections.

People who dive or fish for crayfish off the north-east of the North Island think size and availability of crayfish is down, according to a survey.

Prime Minister Bill English may be open about charging companies for bottling water, but told Morning Report today that nothing would change before the election.

A group representing Māori economic interests is concerned about a poll showing a preference for schoolchildren to learn Chinese.

The anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders has conceded defeat and declared Prime Minister Mark Rutte as the winner of pivotal parliamentary elections in the Netherlands.

Voters are going to the polls in the Netherlands in the first of three crucial eurozone elections this year.

Unvaccinated children would be banned from childcare centres and preschools under an Australian government plan.

An opposition politician in Fiji Tupou Draunidalo says the new political group she's joined aims to gain the support of the large number of voters who are undecided going into next year's election.

A national public opinion poll in Fiji shows the cost of living and jobs are the top election issues facing the country.

The inventor of the world wide web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, has unveiled a plan to tackle data abuse and says the impact of fake news is increasingly concerning.

In a huge insult to Labour Party MP Nanaia Mahuta, the Māori King has endorsed his senior advisor in the contest for her seat. Audio

A woman who intends to stand in this year's Papua New Guinea general election is relishing a chance to better understand the rules of engagement in parliamentary politics.

Labour's new deputy Jacinda Ardern will be the voice of a generation that the current government has ignored, leader Andrew Little says. Video

Controversial Australian politician Pauline Hanson says Australians are calling out for a leader like Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Today is National Children's Day, and the Children's Commissioner says it's a good time to think about lowering the voting age to 16.

New Zealand is the third-highest priority for British businesses ahead of the country's move towards post-Brexit trade deals, a poll shows.

The European Parliament has lifted French far-right leader Marine Le Pen's immunity from prosecution after she tweeted pictures of Islamic State violence.