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Unsparing inflation across basics from food and energy to housing is pushing millions into poverty, as our correspondents report

Social media abuzz with pictures and theories about formations thought to be from exhaust plume of SpaceX rocket

The frequent use of the term “shared values” to describe developments in the Pacific tends to obscure a distinct shift in New Zealand and Australian relations with their Pacific partners over the past two decades.

After decades of avoiding inclusion in the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), New Zealand’s primary production sector has begrudgingly acknowledged that reducing on-farm emissions of greenhouse gases is an imperative.

Foreign Minister Penny Wong was no doubt expecting a cooler reception than her three previous visits to the Pacific when she touched down in Honiara last Friday. The Solomon Islands government website had not even listed the Australian minister’s visit – but it did note the first visit of a…

Five seconds warning could be enough to take action to protect yourself in a major shake. Does New Zealand need an earthquake early warning system?

A pair of Civil Defence-funded projects aims at teaching different ethnic communities and their children how to plan for when disaster strikes

Frustrated in the pool last year, top Kiwi medley swimmer Mya Rasmussen sought a new start in Brisbane - and now she's off to her first Commonwealth Games.

The Government has turned down seafood industry pleas for overseas fruit-pickers to be allowed to complete their visas processing fish

Former All Black Geoff Old and his wife, Irene, are struggling to get the condition taken seriously by the game’s authorities

Dylan Brown will make his New Zealand debut this week and with age on his side could well become the face of the Kiwis for a new generation of fans.