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New Zealand needs a government who "can get things done" but Christopher Luxon wouldn't go as far as to say he would beat the new prime minister in this year's election. Audio

Increase in illegal food businesses; stowaway incident triggers police response at Apia airport; and wage hike in New Caledonia due to rising prices

Dog cull begins in Cook Islands More than 20 dogs have been put down by the Cook Islands Police in a bid to tackle the growing canine population in...

A French law professor says it is up to the French people as a whole, and not the voters in New Caledonia, to decide the future statute of New Caledonia.

Analysis - This year's general election will mark the 30th anniversary of the binding referendum that ushered in the MMP system of voting, as well as the 10th election held under the proportional…

The leader of French Polynesia's Tavini Huiraatira party, Oscar Temaru, says he'll treat next year's election as if it was an independence referendum.

The ACT Party is promising it will put a stop to what its leader says is pattern of past National governments campaigning from the right and governing from the left.

Ocean and island biodiversity top of agenda; lack of forest rangers in West Papua; and more

The French government says it won't organise another referendum in New Caledonia during the president's current five-year term.

Canala marks New Caledonia referendum, Goa fined for drink-driving, Vanuatu shores up habitat, Takeuchi's work honoured

Russian forces shelled the entire front line of Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine on Thursday, Ukrainian officials said, part of what appeared to be the Kremlin's scaled-back ambition to secure only…

Explainer - RNZ helps unpack what entrenchment law is and its significance, after the topic became a key issue in the Three Waters legislation's passage into law. Audio

Acting Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napat has confirmed his Government's support for a Congress of New Caledonia plan for airlinks between Lifou Island in New Caledonia to Tanna, Port Vila and…

Parliament began its final sitting block of the year this week by cancelling a reservation it made two weeks ago. No, it wasn’t for a Christmas function. It was confusing, but we can help with that.

The French interior minister Gerald Darmanin has wrapped up a week of wide-ranging talks in New Caledonia trying to advance work on a new statute for the territory.

Chris Hipkins has admitted Labour made a "mistake" with the entrenchment clause in its Three Waters legislation.

Pro-independence groups in New Caledonia have proposed the Kanak flag as an official flag for the territory.

The French interior minister Gerald Darmanin has held a day of meetings with the leaders of New Caledonia's political parties on the territory's future.

Andrew Little says the way many drugs are regulated "causes social harm" but there's no mandate for radical change.

In a new documentary, RNZ's Guyon Espiner asks what business Richard Nixon has in sending hundreds of New Zealanders to prison each year for low-level drug offences.