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Analysis - The use of artificial intelligence by New Zealand police is putting the spotlight on policing tactics in the 21st century, Alexandra Sims writes.

Israel's military has rallied after an initial chaotic scramble to halt an assault by Palestinian Islamist group Hamas and is retaliating with airstrikes on roads, buildings and other sites in Gaza…

The commission says it has seen an increase in inquiries from schools wanting to use surveillance technology to reduce problems such as vaping and bullying.

A round-up of news in brief from around the region.

Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles will be hosting his counterpart from Papua New Guinea, Win Bakri Daki, with a view to forming a new defence security agreement.

Serious charges against two young Māori brothers stopped and searched by police because they looked like gang members have been dismissed, and the officers' actions condemned.

The government's super-ministry has quietly embedded itself in the country's spy agency network, more than tripling the size and spending of its own intelligence-gathering arm.

The New Zealand Police has been spending millions on its main technology system in the face of glaring deficiencies, while at the same time adding in high-tech data-mining tools.

A drug-resistant infection is "a ticking time bomb" in the Pacific - including New Zealand, according to new Otago University research.

A mental health nurse who had a sexual relationship with a prisoner in her care has been struck off the register and suspended from practice.

Police are using powerful new AI to help them assess the risk posed by offenders when officers are called out to emergencies, sparked by the shooting murder of an unarmed constable.

More long-term support is needed for people who have witnessed violent attacks, advocates say.

One bird was run over outside the Te Ara Tupua construction site in June while three more were found inside the site last month.

A US lawyer is cautioning New Zealand police to think twice about becoming more reliant on American taser and drone supplier Axon.

Fish and Game says it is disappointed with MPI and the Waikato District Council's haven't invested more into isolating the clam at 'ground zero'.

Niue has taken its scheme to get sponsors to pay for protecting much of its surrounding ocean to the UN General Assembly in New York.

Police have found a "large quantity" of fentanyl, other narcotics, and drug paraphernalia hidden in a trapdoor at a New York City daycare where a boy died from fentanyl exposure.

Five people suspected of spying for Russia are to be charged in the UK with conspiracy to conduct espionage.

A son of the infamous drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán has been extradited to the US on drug trafficking charges.

Iran's rulers have intensified a clampdown on dissent one year since the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini sparked widespread dissent.

A Russian pilot tried to shoot down an RAF surveillance plane after believing he had permission to fire.

China, which claims democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, has ramped up its military activities near the island in recent years.

Doctors are grappling with mistrust around information entered into the IT systems at Hawke's Bay hospital, including what it tells them about patients and critical scan results.