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The big job of repairing the roads and bridges comes with big decisions for central and local authorities - which ones get fixed first?

The US has warned China of consequences should it provide support to Russia in its invasion of Ukraine, US officials say.

New Zealand is not upping the ante against Chinese-made surveillance cameras despite moves in Australia to rip some out.

US President Joe Biden expects to speak with China's President Xi Jinping about what the US says was a Chinese spy balloon shot down this month over US soil.

Emergency Management Minister Kieran McAnulty says he would not be surprised if the death toll in Hawke's Bay rises in the aftermath of ex-tropical cyclone Gabrielle.

It is the latest incident since a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon put North American security forces on high alert.

A US F-22 fighter jet has shot down an unidentified object over Canada, the second such shootdown in as many days.

White House spokesperson John Kirby said the object over Alaska was travelling at 12,000m and posed a "reasonable threat" to civilian aircraft.

The Australian government says it will examine surveillance technology used in offices of the defence department, amid reports the Chinese-made cameras installed there raised security risks.

A former Olympic boxer was caught with more than 200kg of drugs in Hamilton after a tip-off from Australian law enforcement.

Analysis - US President Joe Biden delivered an animated and at times combative State of the Union speech at a pivotal moment for his presidency.

The Philippines president's visit comes at a time when Manila increasingly sides with the US in its regional tussle with China.

The US is trying to recover debris from the suspected spy balloon that was shot down and fell in shallow waters off South Carolina.

The US military hopes to recover debris from the suspected Chinese spy aircraft that flew across America.

China's flight of a suspected surveillance balloon over the US appears to mark a more aggressive - albeit puzzling - espionage tactic, security experts say.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has postponed his trip to China after a Chinese spy balloon flew across the US.

The US is tracking a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that has been spotted flying over sensitive sites in recent days.

Hopes Samoa will return to RSE scheme; Eighty-four Solomon Islanders to take part in Australia Labour Mobility Scheme; French authorities control over French Polynesia's EEZ stops illegal fishing

The Christmas holidays acted as a "circuit break", helping stop the most recent Covid-19 peak getting any higher, Dr David Welch says. Audio

Police say the suspected gunman has been found dead inside a van they were seeking over the mass shootings.

Todd Energy says it has identified the root cause of safety problems which has shut its Kapuni gas plant for nearly a month.