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Hamilton West polling for a new MP closes on 10 December - a litmus test for next year's general election. Crime and the cost of living are top of mind for most voters, but so far they're not rushing…

Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon is calling on Kaipara's new Mayor to reconsider his ban on karakia at the start of council meetings.

Voters may be feeling slightly apathetic and suffering election fatigue but a crucial seat is up for grabs in Hamilton this month.

Community leaders say most people are more concerned about getting by day to day than worrying about an election that does not affect who is in power.

Hawaii volcano erupts; PNG govt set to table its Budget; Fiji election will officially begin next week; Fiji nurses deployed to Tuvalu, and more.

Parliament Journalist Phil Smith has a crack at making a submission to MPs. Here is why you should bother, how you do it, how you really shouldn't, and how his went.

Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan has been spekaing to hundreds of thousands of supporters, weeks after being shot at a similar event.

Opinion - Sometimes it feels as if election year has begun already, with an old kingmaker back on the scene, writes Grant Duncan.

Analysis - The Supreme Court's voting age ruling age brings joy to campaigners but there's no way Parliament is going to lower it, while the Reserve Bank's possible recession could be Labour's…

The two camps in the Governor run-off in the Northern Marianas are calling for calm after an alleged assault incident this week involving rival supporters.

Fiji's human rights boss has a new role; French Polynesia has twice as many drug infringements than mainland France; Fred Hollows Foundation celebrates 30 years of restoring sight, and more.

National Party leader Christopher Luxon is not ruling out working with New Zealand First, after Winston Peters said Labour could not be trusted.

Opinion - Aotearoa's current assisted dying law should stay as it is - it should go no further and not be extended, Chris Ford writes.

Former Waiariki MP Tāmati Coffey has been unsuccessful in his bid for a third term on the Rotorua Trust.

Donald Trump has no interest in returning to Twitter despite 51.8 percent of voters being in favour of his reinstatement.

The special counsel will ultimately decide whether to file criminal charges against the former president.

Hundreds of Twitter employees appear to be leaving the beleaguered social media company following an ultimatum from new owner Elon Musk that staffers sign up for "long hours at high intensity".

Auckland youth development worker and advocate Aaron Hendry says targeted interventions, which have proved successful, can be achieved without boot camps. Audio

More than 63,000 Māori and Pacific people will become eligible for a second booster shot, in the face of rising Covid-19 cases. Audio

Fiji's prime minister Frank Bainimarama believes "hard-working Fijians" want his government to "keep working for the country" as campaigning for the December 14 election heats up.

342 candidates from nine political parties and two independents have received the green light from the Fijian elections office to contest in the December 14 polls.

Sources close to Donald Trump say he has planned to push ahead despite a poor showing by some candidates he endorsed in the US midterm elections.