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G7 countries say they will support poorer countries in a "values-driven" and transparent partnership.

Wellington commuters may have to pay for the privilege of driving to work in future with the city council's plans to accelerate congestion charges.

The US Attorney General says voting rights will be aggressively enforced by his Justice Department, in contrast to tightening election laws in many Republican-led states and ongoing claims of a stolen…

A bird almost driven off the mainland by introduced pest species is returning in numbers to the Waitākere Ranges and other areas, credited to pest control work by conservationists and volunteers. Audio

A hīkoi of far North Māori arrives at their district council today, to protest what they say are rushed changes to land use rules that amount to a land grab. Audio

Veteran National MP Nick Smith apologised for voting against gay marriage, and cited his work in conservation as a career highlight, in his valedictory speech in Parliament. Video

New documents show tensions arose between government departments over who should get border exemptions and how the dairy industry lost out in favour of space and film projects.

Australia is under pressure to release a refugee family from a Christmas Island detention centre after their three-year-old child had to be medically evacuated to the mainland.

A bill on water fluoridation decisions has passed its second reading at Parliament - more than four years after it was first introduced.

The ACT Party says the government's being asked to "ban and ban and tax its way out of climate change" by the Climate Commission.

Ngāti Pāoa members occupying a site at Putiki Bay on Waiheke Island are vowing to stay put until the resource consent for the development of a marina is revoked.

A bill transferring control of water fluoridation from local councils to the Director General of Health is back before Parliament this week

The bosses of all airlines that offer UK-US flights and Heathrow Airport issued a joint call for a trans-Atlantic travel "corridor".

Singing the national anthem in te reo at the 1999 Rugby World Cup started a conversation on the absence of te reo Māori in our everyday lives, says Dame Hinewehi Mohi. Audio

A sweeping new law in North Korea makes the smuggling of foreign news, films or drama punishable by death.

It might not have looked like it after Lewis Hamilton disappeared up the escape road before the end of the race, but ultimately he and Mercedes got away with a poor weekend at the Azerbaijan Grand…