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Lecretia Seales' family is calling on Parliament to debate the issue of assisted dying, after a judge ruled that was where any change had to happen. Audio

The Fiji attorney general has issued a High Court challenge after the Electoral Commission awarded a vacant parliamentary seat to Mikaele Leawere.

A total of 29 of the 39 seats in the new Bougainville parliament have now been declared as the deadline for the return of writs approaches.

The National Party has lost some support in the latest 3News Reid Research political poll.

The incumbent president of Bougainville, John Momis, holds the lead in the race for the presidency of the autonomous Papua New Guinea region.

A former Bougainville president, James Tanis, says he hopes whoever wins the just completed election will work co-operatively with the unsuccessful presidential candidates. Two weeks of polling in the…

A survey by an Australian think tank shows most Australians support recent budget cuts to Australia's overseas aid.

A former Bougainville MP says as many as a third of voters in her area could not vote in the recent election because they were not on the roll.

The Government has rejected accusations it has broken pre-election promises by introducing new taxes in the Budget. Audio

Bougainville's electoral commissioner says polling has now been completed in the autonomous region's third election.

Vote counting has begun after a historic referendum in the Republic of Ireland on whether to legalise same-sex marriage.

New Zealand golfer Danny Lee has climbed into a tie for sixth after the second round of the latest PGA Tour event in Texas.

Ireland is on the eve of making world history today with the first-ever referendum on same-sex marriage. Audio

Young men aged 18 to 24 have the worse drinking rate with 43 per cent showing hazardous drinking patterns, report says.

The acting elections commissioner in Bougainville, George Manu, says the election, the first run by Bougainvilleans themselves, has gone smoothly. Audio

Tasman Island in the Atolls constituency of North Bougainville is the final constituency yet to complete polling in the Bougainville election.

The electoral commissioner in the Papua New Guinea region of Bougainville has shut down polling stations for people voting outside their constituencies after reports of abuse.

A French Polynesian candidate who failed to win a French Senate seat earlier this month wants the election outcome to be voided.

Bougainville officials say almost all electorates have now completed voting in the elections, which are scheduled to run until next Monday.

John Key is rejecting suggestions he's clamping down further on property investors because polling says people are worried about the Auckland housing market.