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Britain's interior minister has quit with a thinly-veiled criticism of Prime Minister Liz Truss who is fighting to reassert her authority over restive lawmakers who are openly calling for her to quit.

A Westland District councillor has tended his resignation 10 days after being voted in, saying doing the job would compromise his personal beliefs.

A Pacific media expert says Fiji is still not a fully-fledged democracy and is recovering from the impacts of the 2006 coup.

The country's largest insurer IAG says property damage claims from bad weather are up a third on last year.

The final results for Auckland Council races confirm Wayne Brown won the mayoral race by a decisive margin, while one local board has seen a shift in its winners.

Prominent Otago regional councillor Michael Laws says he has been taught a valuable lesson after being re-elected by 21 votes.

North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast, South Korea's military said.

Analysis: There's rural outrage over the government's emissions pricing proposals for agriculture , and a swing to the right in council elections.

A new political poll brings more bad news for the Labour government, with a coalition between National and ACT polling higher than one between Labour and the Greens.

Voting in parts of Vanuatu was reportedly extended more than two hours past the cut-off as people were still waiting in line.

The football that was at the feet - and hand - of Diego Maradona as he shocked the world with acts of both brazen gamesmanship and breathtaking skill in Mexico 36 years ago is up for auction.

It is election day in Vanuatu as polling stations throughout 18 constituencies open their doors. Audio

Invercargill ratepayers are coming to grips with a city without long-serving mayor Sir Tim Shadbolt at the helm.

Rehette Stoltz has secured a second term as mayor of Gisborne with an emphatic win, more than 4000 votes clear of her nearest rival.

Local Government New Zealand wants an independent review of voting to improve participation across the country, after preliminary analysis showed 36 percent turnout.

Nobby Clark has taken the top job in Invercargill, ousting the country's longest serving mayor Sir Tim Shadbolt.

Analysis - In the end it was a trouncing. Aucklanders had a clear choice between two distinctly different mayoral candidates in Wayne Brown and Efeso Collins, and resoundingly went Brown's way.

Phil Mauger has won the Christchurch mayoral race and is on track to be joined by seven new councillors and nine returning councillors.

Wayne Brown has claimed victory in the Auckland mayoralty race and says he is privileged and humbled to be the city's new mayor.