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In today's Focus on Politics podcast Political Reporter Anneke Smith exposes the vulnerable state of New Zealand's democracy and examines the political response. 

Explainer - Local body elections are a big yawn to many but having a say in who runs our cities and towns is important. RNZ has some pointers that might spur you on to vote.

As Local Government NZ unveils a guide to local body candidates in the wake of conspiracy theorists and extremists seeking elected office, RNZ asked some of them why they are standing and what they…

Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War without bloodshed but failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union, died at the age of 91, hospital officials in Moscow said.

The President of the New Caledonian Congress Roch Wamytan says a visit with French representatives will take place on September 12.

The former Disability Rights Commissioner will take over from the interim chief executive on Thursday.

A strategy meeting of the pro-independence Caledonian Union has been told that France must give a firm and irreversible date for New Caledonia's sovereignty.

The governor-general has been dragged into a backlash over former prime minister Scott Morrison's secret ministries.

Australia's prime minister has enlisted the support of NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal in calling for constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians and a Voice to Parliament.

Activists say Vanuatu political turmoil won't stop climate action move Civil society groups in Vanuatu will continue to fight for climate action despite the political uncertainly faced by the country.

The Autonomous Bougainville Government has rejected a call from the Papua New Guinea Government for a nationwide consultation on the independence referendum.

The Cook Islands government is looking at how the new legislation on medicinal cannabis will work in practice.

Opinion - The latest phase of the Abuse in Care inquiry has offered insight into the big four government agencies' role in historical abuse in state-operated residences, writes David Cohen.

An opposition party in the Cook Islands has announced it will file petitions challenging two results in the recent election.

Analysis - Last week's visit to New Zealand by US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman was another in a series of high-level calls on the country by top US military and political figures this year…

Cook Islands opposition parties are refusing to say whether they accept the election result or if they will lodge petitions. Audio

The Cook Islands Party has gained two more seats following the final count of the general election, edging it closer to power.

First covid death in Marshall Islands, election results near in Cook Islands, and Santa says Accord meeting is too soon

Ukraine says renewed Russian shelling has damaged three radiation sensors and hurt a worker at the Zaporizhzhia power plant.

The holding of New Caledonia's referendum on independence from France is being challenged in the European Court of Human Rights.

Coalition talks have begun in the Cook Islands, with the governing Cook Islands Party confident of being able to form government.

Kansas voters on Tuesday rejected a state constitutional amendment that would have declared there is no right to abortion, delivering a win to abortion rights advocates in a deeply conservative…