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The Environmental Protection Authority has given the green-light to the use of a predator to fight any invasion by the brown marmorated stink bug.

Legislation has been rushed through to its final reading at Parliament today to beef up the country's animal tracking system, NAIT.

The global chemical company Monsanto is describing Roundup as safer than household bleach, with a lower toxicity than table salt, days after a jury found the weedkiller gave a man cancer. Audio

A just completed Pacific operation to combat illegal fishing found no breaches of the region's rules.

A state of emergency remains in place on the Vanuatu island of Ambae following an increase in volcanic activity in late July and a mass evacuation of the island is currently underway.

A New Zealand Defence Force Orion has joined the search for a missing fisherman off the coast of Tuvalu.

There is growing concern over the presence of polio in Papua New Guinea, the World Health Organisation says.

The government said work was underway to develop new rules that will support a reduction in carbon emissions from aircraft.

Forest and Bird is closing seven North Island reserves thought to be free of kauri dieback disease to try to stop it getting into the parks. Audio

A shark disguised by thieves as a baby in a pram and abducted from a Texas aquarium has been found and returned.

The police in Samoa have charged five young men with reckless driving.

A park that is home to 400-year-old kauri trees on Auckland's North Shore has temporarily closed after kauri dieback was found.

The European Union has lifted a so-called "yellow card" it had given Tuvalu over its fisheries management.

Documents show the FBI believed Carter Page was "collaborating and conspiring" with Russia in 2016.

A public health expert warns the end of the school holidays could mean the start of more influenza outbreaks.

The government and a key agency are at odds over what's being called a "broken" and "failing" building products assurance scheme.

Doctors are urging the government to step up in the fight against sharply rising rates of syphilis - which has taken the lives of two babies.

DNA evidence links an Indiana man to the murder 30 years ago of an eight-year-old girl, police say.

New Zealand's new military aircraft will be a step up for search and rescue in the Pacific, a defence expert says. Audio

Analysis - Monday's announcement that the government would be spending billions on surveillance planes was in stark contrast to the nurses' placards, writes Guyon Espiner.

Defence Minister Ron Mark is now under pressure to replace the Air Force's ageing Hercules fleet before their useby date in three to five years.