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As Covid cases surge in Europe, the World Health Organisation has warned that 500,000 more deaths could be recorded by March.

Facebook says it is introducing new features to give people more control over what appears in their news feeds.

Days after Austria imposed a lockdown on the unvaccinated, it has announced a full national Covid-19 lockdown starting on Monday.

A book providing an overview of the legal systems of a selection of Pacific nations and territories has been published. Audio

ACC staff are still facing huge workloads and a backlog of tasks running into the tens of thousands, despite the agency's insistence that things are improving.

The lifting of Auckland's border will not lead to a sudden surge in Covid-19 cases but some will pop up across the country, the Director-General of Health says. Audio

While Rhythm & Vines is important for the East Coast, the priority is a 90 percent vaccination rate, the Gisborne mayor says. Audio

Opinion - Electric vehicles give us the illusion we are dramatically reducing our environmental impact while changing virtually nothing about our lifestyles, argues Timothy Welch.

Falling for Figaro is the story of a successful bank executive who drops it all for opera. With Danielle Macdonald (Unbelievable), Hugh Skinner (Fleabag) and Joanna Lumley (The New Avengers). Directed…

Covid-19 may dominate the news but Parliament does also have other things on its agenda. Quite a few things including a repeal of Three Strikes sentencing law.

The government has offered assurances that police will be ready and able to help businesses enforce vaccine pass use, saying officers "know what's coming".

KFC refuses to say if it will sign up to the "Better Chicken Commitment" its competitor Domino's Pizza has adopted which promises a switch from fast-growing "Frankenchickens" to slower growing breeds.

A bill to allow three homes up to three storeys high on one existing section is stirring controversy as it is rushed through Parliament.

President Emmanuel Macron has switched to using a darker navy blue on the official French flag, replacing the previous brighter shade, officials have told local media.

While we've been wrapped up in our Covid worries and woes, across the world in Africa a catastrophe of immense proportions is unfolding - putting our problems into stark perspective. 

A Te Arawa representative says it is "insulting" and a "farce" the council did not consult with iwi about a proposed new governance structure.