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Immigration and human rights lawyers say there needs to be clear oversight of the software Immigration New Zealand is using to help process visa applications.

Two villages in Tonga, Vaini and Pili, are under close surveillance after residents tested positive for Covid-19 according to the government.

A ministry statement admitting rapid antigen tests in the government's order were already in the country has led to incorrect conclusions, the minister says. Audio

Israel's government will set up a commission of inquiry to examine allegations that the police used spyware to hack the phones of Israeli public figures without authorisation.

Dutch-owned trawler FV Margiris, the world's second-biggest fishing vessel, shed more than 100,000 dead fish into the Atlantic Ocean off France.

British freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy says China is "not well suited" to host the Winter Olympics because of its human rights abuses.

There could be significant rates of Covid-19 in the community once overseas New Zealanders can self-isolate at the end of the month, Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins says. Audio

So how significant is this new report?

An estimated 1.18 billion trips will be made across China this year, a far cry from pre-pandemic numbers.

Ukraine's president has signed a decree to boost his armed forces by 100,000 troops over three years, as European leaders lined up to back him in a standoff with Russia.

The Kingdom of Tonga will go into nationwide lockdown from 6pm on Wednesday.

National is calling for a new strategy as New Zealand prepares for a wave of Omicron cases, including opening the border immediately to fully vaccinated New Zealanders and twice weekly rapid antigen…

The problem of illegal fishing in the Pacific is far less than a 2016 report that estimated losses of over US$600 million a year.

The director of a company importing rapid antigen tests says the government should not try to be "all things to all people" in ensuring tests get to vital businesses. Audio

The Omicron variant has caused serious disruption to schooling overseas. As Aotearoa prepares for an Omicron outbreak, calls to close schools as case numbers rise are expected, Jin Russell writes.

Isolation periods for Covid-19 cases and close contacts will be reduced as NZ goes through a new three-step approach to Omicron unveiled today. Watch the government's announcement here.

US President Joe Biden said on Tuesday he would consider personal sanctions on President Vladimir Putin if Russia invades Ukraine, as Western leaders stepped up military preparations and made plans to…

A Catlins camping ground manager who concealed $50,000 of methamphetamine inside his body on a flight into Dunedin has been jailed for three and a-half years.

New Zealand's PCR capacity has increased to 58,000 per day, in part thanks to robotics from a local engineering firm, and accessibility of rapid antigen tests is being improved.

Countdown is expecting supermarkets and their stock will be hit by Omicron before the general population and a spokesperson is urging people to shop normally.

Air New Zealand is expecting more cases of Omicron among its crew, with some now showing symptoms, its CEO Greg Foran says.

Five flights have now been linked to the Nelson Tasman cases of Covid-19.

A case of Covid-19 detected in Palmerston North has been confirmed to be the Omicron variant.

More National Olympic Committees are advising their athletes to use temporary phones due to cybersecurity concerns at the Beijing Winter Olympics.

The New Zealand Defence Force's Commander of Joint Forces Jim Gilmour speaks about the operational response in Tonga.