Australia
Jack Charles: 'a reformed and rehabilitated old coot'
Aboriginal actor and activist Jack Charles brings the show Jack Charles V The Crown to next year's Auckland Arts Festival. Everyone likes the story of a "reformed and rehabilitated old coot like… Video, Audio
Australia correspondent Peter Munro
A high-profile Opposition Senator has resigned from federal parliament over his controversial links to China, the first same-sex couples planning to marry in Australia have set January 9th as their… Audio
Tourists warned as crocodiles appear on Cairns beaches
A local councillor in Cairns says it's only a matter of time before Queensland's growing crocodile population leads to tragedy. Croc sightings are becoming more frequent in popular swimming spots. In… Video, Audio
Report says Manus Island refugees' health suffering
Advocates highlight what they call a medical crisis among refugees exiled to Papua New Guinea. Audio
Taking aim at Australia's hard-line refugee policy
While set in the near future, Jock Serong's polemic on Australia's border protection policies could almost be mistaken as a factual tale. Set in the waters of Indonesia, and in Canberra, On the Java… Audio
Australia cuts Pacific Leadership Programme
Australia's aid funding for the Pacific Leadership Programme has been axed and the scheme will finish at the end of this month. Audio
Turnbull to 'stand up' for Australia
The Australian Prime Minister has used unusually strong language to hit back at China, for complaining about his remarks about foreign influence in local politics.
98-year-old Sydney man can finally marry partner of 39 years
Neville Wills, 98, talks to John Campbell about how he never thought he'd live long enough to marry the man he loves. But now Australia has legalised same-sex marriage, the couple can talk marriage… Video, Audio
Kerry-Anne Walsh with news from Australia
It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio
Australia forces refugees to make tough choices, advocate
A refugee advocate says Australia is forcing refugees on Nauru to make impossible choices between their families and their freedom.
Australia expected to pass bill on marriage equality
Australian Liberal MP Tim Wilson talks to John Campbell just minutes before Australia is expected to pass a bill on marriage equality. Audio
Detained Kiwis say they are being offered cash to leave Australia
"I believe they're trying to do a big dump, get everybody out that they can" - Iwi n Aus co-founder.
NZers in Australian detention offered cash to leave
New Zealanders being held in Australian detention centres claim they're being offered a cash incentive of up to 2000 dollars to leave before the end of the year. An advocacy group says despite the… Audio
NZ unlikely to follow Oz move to ban foreign donations
The Prime Minister says the government is not planning to follow Australia's move to ban foreign political donations.
Surprise that NZ hasn't acted earlier on foreign influence
New Zealand's being warned it needs to crack down on foreign political interference like Australia. Across the Tasman, the government is planning to ban foreign political donations, the legal… Audio
No threat to Aust from Manus refugees - former Tampa refugee
The Australian government has not taken up an offer from New Zealand to take 150 of the Manus Island asylum seekers on the basis they might use this country as a back door in to Australia. Audio
Turnbull govt revokes temporarily passed refugee motion
Two Australian MPs' absence from the House of Representatives temporarily allowed a Greens motion - to accept New Zealand's offer to take Manus Island refugees - to pass.
Australian man deported to New Zealand after 21st goes wrong
A young man who's lived in Australia since he was six-years-old has been deported to Christchurch after being involved in a fight after his 21st. Audio
Aussie man's deportation to NZ 'unfair' and 'unjust'
A night out in Brisbane celebrating his 21st birthday has turned into exile in New Zealand for a young Australian man.
'Kwaussie' named Australia's 2017 word of the year
The Australian National Dictionary Centre has chosen "kwaussie" - a word used to describe dual citizens of New Zealand and Australia - as its word of the year.
