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From the Treaty Principles Bill submissions to Rātana to the Waitangi Tribunal shake-up, 2025 looks to be a big year for race relations in Aotearoa.

Some principals are reporting major problems with the revamped school lunch scheme - including late meals and ham in halal lunches. Audio

Many Palestinians are returning home to only rubble, but an agreement between Israel and Hamas has boosted recovery efforts. Audio

Advocates say many in the disabled community, particularly deaf people, submitted on the bill - but are now being excluded.

The country is short of 1000 doctors, the General Practitioners Aotearoa sector group says.

A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including the autonomous Papua New Guinea region preparing for its mid-year elections.

The team of 20 will loop around the Taranaki Maunga stopping at four main points for health promotion events, before finishing at the national kapa haka competition.

If anything, 2024 taught us to expect the unbelievable, but what else should we expect from this year? Audio

"People were wandering around the ward looking for water," one patient at Auckland Hospital says.

Ruth Cross Kwansing, a New Zealand-born Kiribati MP, has come to her president's defence in the diplomatic row between Wellington and Tarawa.

Medsfae has approved an application to move towards individually assessing each donor rather than a blanket policy.

The handling of their contract review process with providers has not met expectations, Karen Chhour says.

Surfing's world tour is set to get underway in the sport's spiritual homeland of Hawaii this week, but without its reigning men's champion and some other big names.

They have severed links with the secretive sect which is being investigated for historical child sexual abuse.

Former minister of Justice Kiritapu Allan made a submission as the committee heard from organisations such as YouthLaw Aotearoa, Te Hunga Roia Māori o Aotearoa and the Council of Medical Colleges.

Providers are grappling with having to do more with less, and experts say the country will see much bigger costs down the line. Audio

The water was shut off in one of the main buildings while a leak in ward 38 was fixed. Audio

A senior Northland doctor was so worried about a lack of medical staff in Dargaville overnight she was convinced it was too risky to keep the town's hospital open.

Donald Trump's controversial pick to lead the department of Health has been accused or promoting mistrust of vaccines. Audio

Kennedy sought to defend his record before the Senate Finance Committee, promising lawmakers he was not against vaccines. Audio