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Opinion - An effective way to achieve US Climate Envoy John Kerry's goal of decarbonising global shipping is to introduce a greenhouse gas levy, Marshall Islands Ambassador to Fiji Albon Ishoda writes…

Three weeks on from their rally calling for more action against sexual violence, members of the newly-formed Wellington Alliance Against Sexual Violence have voiced their demands to politicians.

Opinion - Pacific Islands countries can't survive without the shipping industry, and yet cannot survive with the contributions it makes to climate change, writes Albon Ishoda.

More than a 1000 people are expected to request to end their lives in the first year of New Zealand's assisted dying regime, the Ministry of Health says.

People on both sides of the Irish border were polled for a BBC programme marking 100 years since Ireland was partitioned.

Japan's government is considering a state of emergency for Tokyo and Osaka which would allow curbs to be introduced to stop Covid-19 infections spreading, a broadcaster says.

Massive house-to-house screening in Fiji's western towns is being rolled out amid fears hundreds of people may have picked up Covid-19 at a funeral.

Patients requesting euthanasia will be given unapproved, unregulated and "off label" medicines, sparking warnings of prolonged and distressing deaths.

After a year of waiting, quarantine-free 'green' flights between Australia and New Zealand will run from today - only the second such travel bubble operating in a world still under siege from…

Families of critical health care staff and a small number of other highly-skilled workers will soon be able to enter New Zealand.

Some Auckland principals are expecting confusion and hostility when they introduce enrolment zones for the first time next month.

Some Auckland principals are expecting confusion and hostility when they introduce enrolment zones for the first time next month. Audio

China and the US have issued a joint statement saying they agree that stronger pledges to fight climate change should be introduced before a new round of international talks go ahead.

The mayor of Central Otago says he hopes his region will see some of the benefits of the Amazon Lord of the Rings series that has begun filming in New Zealand.

The rate of coronavirus infections in Canada's biggest province has reached an all-time high as hospitals warn they are close to being overwhelmed.

The police have introduced a specialist Firearms Investigation Team as gang tensions escalate across the country.

Christchurch's population of endangered tarāpuka/black-billed gulls may have a new home. Video

A Waikato animal sanctuary is determined all 2000 battery hens will be adopted in its latest rescue.