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Papua New Guinea's opposition leader, Don Polye, has won a recount in his Kandep constituency which he had won in 2012.

US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his team have come out fighting after a storm over vulgar comments he made about women.

More than 100 people have missed out on voting in Horowhenua thanks to a "shonky" election process, the newly elected mayor and residents association says.

Local controversies have failed to unseat two North Island mayors, but both have been re-elected with slimmer margins.

A leading New Zealand diplomat says the reasons for Helen Clark's failed campaign to be the next Secretary-General of the United Nations are still unclear. Audio

Senior Republicans have condemned obscene comments Donald Trump made about women in a 2005 videotape.

New Auckland mayor Phil Goff is vowing to tackle homelessness, the housing crisis and what he calls 'Yes Minister' syndrome within council. Video

Analysis - Auckland's new mayor and council will be named today after a low-turnout election and, writes Todd Niall, the region's voting patterns make the winner's margin hard to call.

Analysis - Wellington has a reputation politics, but as Dean Bedford writes, this year's mayoral election has failed fire up.

The United Nations Security Council has unanimously nominated Antonio Guterres to be the next UN secretary-general.

Children as young as nine, afraid of missing out, check their cellphones day and night, research in Britain has found.

Opinion - The US Republican candidate retains a solid core of supporters regardless of what he says or does. Phil Smith looks at who these people are.

Helen Clark has congratulated Portugal's Antonio Guterres as the "clear winner" in the selection for next United Nations Secretary-General. Audio

Analysis: The race for the job of head of the United Nations is heating up overnight. Kim Griggs explains the world's weirdest job selection for the world's top diplomatic job.

Democrat Tim Kaine tried to make the only vice-presidential debate all about Donald Trump on Tuesday, calling him a danger to US national security.

Hillary Clinton has attacked Donald Trump as the symbol of a "rigged system" after it emerged that he may not have paid income tax for 18 years.

The election office in American Samoa is reminding voters that next Monday is the deadling to submit request for local absentee voting.

Colombians have narrowly rejected a peace deal with Marxist insurgents to end the country's 52-year civil war.

Power Play- Don Brash's back with a reheated take on his Iwi-vs-Kiwi rhetoric. Chris Bramwell looks back at his many incarnations.

People in Hungary are voting in a referendum on accepting mandatory EU quotas for relocating migrants.