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A Rotorua resident believes the district council could avoid "misinformation" spreading if it opened closed-door "forums" to the public.

Suva port call "normal" for French surveillance ship; Fritch and Brown meet in Papeete; more funds for Nauru port; four travellers from Hawaii isolate in Pago Pago; case against Vanuatu top official…

China has responded to Australia's claim a surveillance ship has been travelling along their coast on an intelligence-gathering mission

A high-tech Chinese surveillance ship has been tracked off the West Australian coast, close to a secretive naval communications base that supports American and other allied submarines.

Thousands of new cases of Covid-19 are being reported every day in NZ, but this is likely to be half of the number of actual cases, Dr Ashley Bloomfield says. Watch the latest Omicron briefing here.

An athlete's every step, heavy collision, restless night, missed period or spike in heart rate can be recorded but what happens with the personal data is concerning experts.

Another variant of the Omicron strain has been detected in New Zealand, as 5647 new community cases and three further deaths are reported.

Four years into a campaign to eradicate Mycoplasma bovis in cattle, just one infected property remains in New Zealand. Audio

Border crossing arrangements between Papua New Guinea and Queensland through the Torres Strait have been suspended.

It is the next step in the gradual opening of the border after it was slammed shut in March 2020 as part of the government's Covid-19 response.

The BA.4 Omicron variant has arrived in New Zealand from South Africa - but that is expected, and there is no evidence it is more transmissible or severe than other variants.

There have been 5656 new community cases of Covid-19 and six further deaths reported today, with New Zealand also recording its first case of the BA.4 variant of Omicron.

A company commissioned by the government has been monitoring social media comments about the Covid-19 response for almost two years, reporting back every four days.

Podcast - The threat of new Covid-19 variants has health officials working on a plan for restrictions and surveillance testing. Political Reporter Katie Scotcher investigates. Audio

This week, The Detail's covered everything from Russians' support for their strongman leader Vladimir Putin to the on-going clean-up in the flood-hit East Coast town of Tokomaru Bay. Catch up on any…

In today's Focus on Politics podcast, Political Reporter Katie Scotcher assesses where the government's planning is for new and potentially more deadly variants.

All over the country, ratepayers are forking out millions of dollars for CCTV cameras. But are they actually making us any safer?