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The Labour Party says Prime Minister John Key has either had a brain fade when making his latest comments on the drinking age or has simply not told the truth. Audio

A readers poll of the American travel magazine Condenast has put French Polynesia's Bora Bora island first among the top Pacific destinations. Australia's Great Barrier Reef was listed in second...

The Vanuatu Prime Minister's political advisor, Richard Kaltongga, says errors made by the Principal Electoral officer in the compilation of the candidates list for the election led to his suspension.

Our correspondent in Vanuatu says the caretaker Prime Minister, Sato Kilman, is yet to clear his bill of about 140,000 US dollars for outstanding rent. Mr Kilman was one of...

The Prime Minister has confirmed no video footage has been deleted at the Government Communications Security Bureau as part of its handling of the Kim Dotcom case. Audio

The exclusion of the name of Vanuatu's Prime Minister from the candidates list for the October 30 election has prompted the suspension of the Principal Electoral Officer as well as...

The latest 3 News poll shows National maintaining a comfortable lead over Labour, despite a week during which the Prime Minister came under pressure over the Kim Dotcom saga.

US vice-presidential candidates Joe Biden and Paul Ryan have clashed sharply in their only debate as polls show a tightening campaign ahead of the election on 6 November. Audio

Vanuatu's caretaker Prime Minister Sato Kilman has repaid a multi million vatu debt for government housing in order to be able to stand for re-election in the coming polls. Mr...

The Election Office in American Samoa says just over 17,700 voters have been registered for next month's polls. The Chief Election Officer Soliai Tuipine says youth voters make up the...

The New Zealand falcon has been crowned Bird of the Year in a conservation organisation's annual poll.

Some retail investors in Fisher & Paykel Appliances want to meet to discuss a $870 million takeover bid, and assess whether there's a strong appetite to sell.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has won a fourth term in office, after opposition leader Henrique Capriles admitted defeat.

Voters in Venezuela are set to go to the polls in what is predicted to be the country's most tightly contested presidential election in a decade.

United States President Barack Obama has fired back after giving a lacklustre performance against Republican candidate Mitt Romney in their first election debate. About 58 million people watched the…

Analysts and opinion polls in the United States suggest the first of the televised presidential election debates was won by Republican candidate, Mitt Romney. Audio

United States President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney have clashed over their economic proposals in the first of three presidential debates.

Tens of thousands of anti-austerity protesters in Portugal have backed a call by some trade unions for a general strike.

In Samoa, former ruling HRPP party MP, Moefaauo Lufilufi and his wife have been found guilty of two charges of bribery after a trial in the district court. The couple...

A flurry of polls showing widening leads for US President Barack Obama has heaped pressure on Mitt Romney to use their first head-to-head debate next week to launch a major comeback bid.

Presidential hopeful Park Geun-hye, the daughter of South Korea's former leader Park Chung-hee, has apologised for human rights violations committed during her father's rule.

Polls have opened in the former Soviet state of Belarus for a parliamentary election being boycotted by the two main opposition parties.

Support for the National Party has fallen, according to an opinion poll released on Sunday.

The Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill, the Opposition Leader Belden Namah and the Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare are among the 28 MPs whose victories in the 2012...