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The ACT Party has selected one of its existing MPs to contest the upcoming Hamilton West by-election.

New Caledonia's pro-independence Palika party says it is prepared to meet the French ministers due in Noumea this month to follow up on the aftermath of the 1998 Noumea Accord.

Russian-installed officials in Ukraine's southern Kherson region said on Monday they were extending an evacuation zone from the Dnipro river, repeating claims rejected by Kyiv that Ukraine could be…

The French prime minister says her meeting with New Caledonia's anti-independence leaders in Paris marks the beginning of discussions on the future status of New Caledonia.

Former leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has won Brazil's bitterly fought election, ending the country's most right-wing government in decades.

The autonomous Bougainville government (ABG) wants to delay the next meeting of the Joint Supervisory Body with the Papua Guinea government, claiming Port Moresby is dragging the chain on drawing up…

Russia is sending more troops into the key southern city of Kherson and may be preparing to defend it, Ukraine's spy chief has said.

None of the parties making up New Caledonia's pro-independence FLNKS movement will attend this week's talks in France on New Caledonia's new statute.

West Auckland residents have voted for new representatives on their liquor licensing trusts.

The president of New Caledonia's Southern Province Sonia Backes says she will quit her position in the French government if it fails to open up New Caledonia's electoral rolls.

New Caledonia's pro-independence UPM party says it will announce on Wednesday whether it will be at next week's talks on New Caledonia's new statute in Paris.

Winston Peters says NZ First is mounting a comeback and says people shouldn't assume next year's election result is set in stone.

The United Nations General Assembly has voted to condemn Russia's attempts to annex four regions of Ukraine.

New Caledonia's pro-independence and anti-independence parties are set to meet in Paris on October 27th.

Russian strikes continued in regions across Ukraine, including central Kyiv, with at least 19 killed and scores injured on Tuesday.

ACT has released a policy document setting out its opposition to co-governance, and proposals for how to counter it.

Local government newcomer Andrew Tripe has ousted two-term mayor Hamish McDouall and will lead a Whanganui council that has gender equality.

The government is welcoming the United States' move towards decriminalising cannabis but says it has no plans to follow suit.

The Green Party is calling on the government to decriminalise cannabis following dramatic moves in the United States towards that aim. Audio

Ukraine continues to take back territory from Russia but Moscow says it will regain it.

US President Joe Biden has promised another US$625million ($1 billion) in assistance, prompting a warning from Moscow that such a move risked a direct military clash between Russia and the West.

The group of candidates vying for New Plymouth's mayoral chains are among the country's strongest believers that Māori wards will boost participation in local elections.