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Officials said the designation was aimed at cutting off funding and weapons the Houthis have used to attack ships in Red Sea shipping lanes.

China's population fell for a second consecutive year in 2023, as a record low birth rate and a wave of Covid-19 deaths when strict lockdowns ended accelerated a downturn that will have profound…

Tsunami waves generated by the eruption killed three people and resulted in damage to thousands of homes and infrastructure.

It has been a busy summer season for police and crisis intervention teams helping women and children living with violence in unsafe homes.

The United States carried out an additional strike against Yemen's Houthi forces on Friday, two officials told Reuters.

One website has recorded its lowest monthly figure in 16 years, but some regions are still bucking the trend.

A US$500 million agreement has been announced in Hawaii to create 3000 stable housing units for those displaced by last years' Maui wildfires.

Aaron and Summer Hendry are digging into their own pockets to build the first 24-hour youth emergency centre in the country.

A proposed 'pet bond' could help counteract the hesitation tenants feel when deciding to introduce a furry friend into their family, says a greyhound rehoming agency.

RNZ Pacific has covered stories on a diverse range of topics this year.

Analysis - Three prime ministers and two radically different governments - 2023 saw changes that sent New Zealand into a new era of right-wing conservatism driven by the first three-party coalition.

For current generations the housing dreams proffered to their parents are out of reach. At the age of 31, Justin Dowswell never imagined he'd be living in a shared room in his childhood home.

Gillian Millane, whose daughter Grace was tragically murdered while travelling in New Zealand in 2018, has raised more than $60,000 for the UK's White Ribbon charity.

Three prime ministers, four ministerial scandals, one general election and a three-way coalition: New Zealand's political landscape has been well and truly shaken up in 2023. 

In this week's Focus on…

The Green MP initially refused to apologise after saying in Parliament the prime minister's claim the government was not weakening its action on climate change was a lie.

French President Emmanuel Macron faces cracks within his ruling alliance after parliament passed a toughened immigration bill, spurring the resignation of the health minister amid tensions over the…

A round-up of news in brief from around the region.

Labour's leader Chris Hipkins says Kāinga Ora is an efficient house builder and he suspects the government is trying to "manufacture a crisis" and stop the house building programme.

Analysis - The government sets a cracking pace in dismantling Labour's legislation, Winston Peters has a fine time as Acting PM and Nicola Willis springs the surprise of the week.

Australia workplace ministers have agreed to implement a national ban on engineered stone, over concerns its use has led to a surge in silicosis cases among workers.