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A New Zealand woman who as a child was abused by a member of a secretive sect under investigation says its leaders spent years trying to get the man to admit guilt. Audio

While TV news and current affairs shows are becoming an endangered species here, they seem to be still going strong in Australia where broadcasters back the shows with big budgets. But intense…

The former Australian PM has revealed his experience with acute anxiety while serving as the nation's leader, saying it is a conversation that should be normalised in politics.

The US Secretary of State says he had made clear to his counterparts they were "helping fuel the biggest threat" to European security since the Cold War.

Baby Sabreen was delivered by an emergency C-section after an Israeli air strike killed her mother, but has now died in hospital.

Consumer confidence has turned more pessimistic, and the capital is the most downbeat region of all.

A transitional government with a mandate that runs until February 2026 has taken over in Haiti.

Former members of a secretive sect under investigation by the FBI for historical child sexual abuse warn it is a highly controlling and insular group with many unwritten rules.

Construction industry concerns about a potential drop in the quality of building products have been brushed aside as superficial.

Israeli warplanes pounded the northern Gaza strip for a second day in a fierce assault, shattering weeks of relative calm.

Protests against the war in Gaza have spread from Columbia and Yale to other US universities as officials scramble to defuse demonstrations.

An entire community has been told it'll be evicted - but some are feeling stressed and cannot afford to buy anywhere else.

The city centre is undergoing a major transformation and while businesses can see the good in it, they are battling to stay in the game in the meantime. Audio

The legislation now proceeds to the Democratic-majority Senate, which passed a similar measure more than two months ago.

As global tensions escalated this week, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon was touring South East Asia, strengthening defence and security ties. 

Back home, his government was accused of drifting away…

The secretive house-church has no official name, but is known as Two by Twos to those who have left, and The Truth to those who belong.

Analysis - School truancy has been a concern across the political spectrum for years, but proposed solutions have largely failed.

Tauranga is "not coping" with its biggest issue, its commission chairperson Anne Tolley says. Audio

In his sentencing, Judge Garry Barkle said Pask's offending was "utterly destructive" to the victims and their families.

A month ago, Joel Cauchi's parents were relieved to see him enjoying the beach. The next time they saw him was on TV attacking people.