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The Prime Minister says he will continue to push for Helen Clark to become the next United Nations Secretary-General.

One of the third-party candidates in the US presidential election has been ridiculed after being wrong-footed by a question on a key Syrian battleground.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has said he will expand all areas of the US military if he wins November's election.

Four of Auckland's leading mayoral candidates acknowledge the city has a housing crisis, but none want house prices to fall, an RNZ debate has revealed. Video

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's party has been beaten into third place by an anti-immigrant party in a state election, according to exit polls.

Helen Clark has won a poll taken among United Nations staff on who the best candidate for secretary-general is.

France's far-right National Front party leader has vowed to hold a referendum on whether France should stay in the EU if she wins the 2017 presidential election.

New Zealand First's coffers are in good shape, its leader Winston Peters says ahead of the party's annual conference this weekend.

New Zealand First believes it has its political foes worried as it heads into election year.

The city of Nice has lifted a controversial ban on burkinis - the latest French seaside resort to do so, in line with a national court ruling.

New Zealand has begun its second month-long stint as President of the United Nations Security Council.

The man who lost to Ban Ki-moon in the last race to lead the United Nations says Helen Clark's bid is likely doomed. Audio

Another government MP in Fiji has resigned.

Opinion - Helen Clark is keen to be the next titular world leader but after this week's straw poll that is looking less likely. Phil Smith runs the numbers and offers strategy.

Helen Clark remains in seventh place in the third straw poll of the UN Secretary-General race. Audio

New Zealand's candidate for the UN top job, Helen Clark, is vowing to stay in the race despite a static polling result.

The police officers' union fears the policing of organised crime will suffer if too many staff are diverted to focusing on burglaries.

Helen Clark's bid to be the next UN Secretary General has nothing to do with New Zealand's position as Security Council head, John Key says.

Many Chinese in New Zealand are not happy with how police are tackling crime, according to new research findings.

Helen Clark faces a crucial vote in the next 24 hours when the UN Security Council holds its third straw poll on who should be the next Secretary-General.

Power Play - The Māori King's politically driven statements have put a spanner in the works for Labour, writes Chris Bramwell.

A Labour Party MP says the government is passing the buck after a law went through letting local councils decide whether to allow Easter Sunday trading. Audio

Opinion - Will the Republican Party quietly abandon ship and leave Trump to go down alone? Phil Smith checks the GOP's supply of life jackets.