The state of emergency in New Caledonia presents a considerable challenge for NZ's foreign policy efforts in the Pacific, international relations expert Prof Robert Patman says.
A man who met a young woman on a dating app while on a working holiday in New Zealand is to be deported later this year after he finishes a sentence of home detention for rape.
Forest & Bird has raised concerns about the power that ministers could have, after it was revealed Regional Development Minister Shane Jones dined with a mining company's deputy chair and failed to report it.
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says do not expect any curveballs in this month's Budget, nor any bells and whistles, but he has reaffirmed a commitment to tax relief.
A warning for New Zealanders in New Caledonia or those planning to visit - contact your travel insurance providers immediately, in light of the civil unrest.
A teen on bail ordered his mate to shoot at police who were pursuing them, with the bullet hitting the bonnet of the patrol car and leaving the officers fearing for their lives.