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The National Party is proposing four steps to give police new powers to tackle the gang problem.

Vanuatu's speaker was forced to suspend a special parliamentary sitting this morning after the opposition and several government MPs did not turn up.

Is Poto Williams's job in jeopardy as public concern builds over gang violence? That issue as well as health restructuring legislation and the PM in Sydney feature in the Week In Politics.

Whangārei Mayor Sheryl Mai says the government needs to get a loud and clear message that her council would not be fluoridating its water unless the government pays.

The US House of Representatives has voted through a series of measures regulating the sale of guns, but which are destined to fail in the Senate.

Emails reveal Napier City Council bowed to pressure from anti-vaxxers, closing most of its main library earlier this year over complaints unvaccinated people couldn't use it.

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The government is proposing to change the electoral law to allow Māori voters to switch electoral rolls at any time.

In Vanuatu, one key party in the government says it will boycott tomorrow's planned session of parliament.

Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom is the story of the cynical teacher learning life lessons in a Himalayan mountain village.

After fighting so hard to have Māori wards established, both locally and nationally, standing in Whakatāne District Council's first election to include them may seem to be a given for Toni Boynton.

New research has uncovered the presence of microplastics in Antarctic snowfall, shattering the myth that the great southern continent is relatively untouched by humans. Audio

National Party leader Christopher Luxon is calling for Police Minister Poto Williams to be removed from the role, saying she's "not equipped". Audio

A health expert says offering a second vaccine booster to vulnerable groups is the right thing to do, but more work is needed to gain an adequate uptake of the first booster. Audio

It has emerged the seismic assessment that Hutt Hospital relied on for 10 years used a non-standard method that reduced the earthquake effects on a tower block since found to be quake-prone.

Legislation to create a new public health system has passed its third reading in parliament, and the bill is now just one step from becoming law.

New Zealand has seen this kind of gang crime before and people should be wary of politicians promising action, expert Jarrod Gilbert says.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her deputy Grant Robertson will meet their Australian counterparts this week and Samoa's prime minister will visit Aotearoa next week.