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The former Hurricanes and Crusaders number eight Thomas Waldrom has been named the England Rugby Players' Association player of the year. Waldrom, who has helped Leicester Tigers top the table...

Social media sites including Twitter and Facebook will be monitored on election day to ensure electoral rules are not breached, the Chief Electoral Officer says. Audio

The trademark holder of the Hollywood sign in Los Angeles is threatening legal action if a similar sign is erected in New Zealand's capital. Audio

Sebastian Vettel's great start to the Formula One season continues with the world champion making it four wins in five races when he pipped Lewis Hamilton to win the Spanish...

The final results have been announced in local elections in South Africa and the main opposition party has increased its share of the votes. President Jacob Zuma said the election was about basic…

A wave of nationwide protests against soaring unemployment and the economic crisis is overshadowing local elections in Spain in which the ruling Socialist Party faces the prospect of a humiliating…

The Maori Party has announced a shortlist of three names from which it will select a candidate to contest a by-election in Te Tai Tokerau.

Alassane Ouattara has been formally inaugurated as president of Ivory Coast after six months of unrest. He has promised to promote reconciliation.

Police in Niue are hoping tensions will ease in the village of Hikutavake as people charged over recent disturbances are processed by the courts. On election night a house belonging...

The law commission of the French Senate has proposed merging French Polynesia's six electorates into one. The legislature in Paris is in process of changing French Polynesia's electoral system for...

A spokesperson for Vanuatu's Prime Minister says Sato Kilman's indicated that the wisest solution to the ongoing political instability is for the country to go the polls. An advisor to...

New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully has told United States officials that a firm stand needs to be taken towards Fiji to stop political instability in the Pacific.

Radio New Zealand's political editor Brent Edwards analyses the 2011 Budget.

The former Fiji army commander who has fled the country says the military regime has never had any intention of holding democratic elections. Lieutenant Colonel Ratu Tevita Mara fled to...

Vanuatu's Prime Minister Sato Kilman has indicated he is considering requesting the Head of State to dissolve parliament for the country to return to the polls. This comes as the...

In 2008 when Labour Finance Minister Michael Cullen delivered his final Budget, he introduced tax cuts worth $10.6 billion over four years. Three years on under National's Bill English, the picture is…

US tycoon and television celebrity Donald Trump has ended weeks of speculation by saying he will not be running for the United States presidency in 2012.

Voters in the Swiss city of Zurich have overwhelmingly rejected proposals to ban assisted suicide, and to outlaw it for foreigners.

A new poll released on Sunday suggests support for the ACT party has jumped since Don Brash became leader, and also shows the newly launched Mana Party outpolling the Maori Party.

The Elections Office in Fiji is recommending the interim government hold one-day elections in 2014. The Acting Supervisor for Elections, Soro Toutou has told FijiLive that as part of the...

New details of the American raid on Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan have emerged through footage recorded on the commandos' tiny helmet-mounted cameras.

United States President Barack Obama has called for a comprehensive overhaul of US immigration laws.

There are reports from Niue linking last weekend's election to the alleged arson of a house on the island. The Niue Confidential website reports there was violence at the small...

Auckland has been named one of the most unhealthy places in the country to live.

US President Barack Obama has visited Ground Zero, the site of the September 11 terror attacks in New York, four days after American forces killed al Qaeda head Osama Bin Laden. Audio