New Zealand has rejected a proposal by the Cook Islands to introduce a separate passport for its citizens while allowing them to retain New Zealand citizenship.
Cook Islands, a self-governing Pacific nation, is in "free association" with New (...)
A New Zealand warship that crashed into a coral reef before it caught fire and sank had been left on autopilot, an official inquiry has found.
Crew members of the HMNZS Manawanui had thought the ship was under manual control while sailing in Samoan (...)
More than 40,000 people have protested outside New Zealand's parliament against a proposed bill seeking to reinterpret the country's founding document between British colonizers and Māori people.
Tuesday's demonstration marked the end of a nine-day (...)
New Zealand's parliament was brought to a temporary halt by MPs performing a haka, amid anger over a controversial bill seeking to reinterpret the country's founding treaty with Māori people.
Opposition party MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke began the (...)
New Zealand's Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has formally apologized to victims of abuse in care homes, following an inquiry into one of the country's biggest abuse scandals.
The historic apology, delivered in parliament, comes after a report (...)
New Zealand's navy lost its first ship since World War II after the HMNZS Manawanui sank on a reef off the coast of Samoa on Sunday creating a potential environmental disaster in waters used for fishing and tourism. The specialist dive and (...)
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon expressed regret on Wednesday after a public inquiry found some 200,000 children, young people and vulnerable adults were abused in state and religious care over the last 70 years.
Nearly one in three (...)
A powerful hurricane has hit Jamaica with heavy winds and rain, damaging buildings and felling trees on the Caribbean island.
Beryl - a category four storm with winds of up to 130mph (215km/h) - struck the island's southern coast.
Photos on social (...)
New Zealand announced it has tightened its visa rules, introducing language and skill criteria and shortening work permit lengths in response to "unsustainable net migration."
The changes to the Accredited Employer Worker Visa (AEWV) scheme have (...)
New Zealand's deputy prime minister Winston Peters says he "does not care" about the row over using Chumbawamba hit Tubthumping at a political rally.
The UK band had accused him of "hijacking" the song and had asked their recording label to issue a (...)
A New Zealand court has ordered NZ$10m (£4.8m; $6m) in compensation to the victims of the White Island volcano disaster, where 22 people died.
In December 2019, 47 people were touring the volcano when it erupted, killing nearly half of the group and (...)
A New Zealand MP has resigned following multiple allegations of shoplifting, which police are investigating.
Golriz Ghahraman, of the Green Party, is alleged to have stolen three times from two clothing stores — one in Auckland and the other in (...)
New Zealand's former prime minister Jacinda Ardern has married her long-term partner Clarke Gayford in a small private ceremony in North Island.
The couple had intended to tie the knot in 2022 but canceled during strict COVID restrictions that (...)
A fisherman who fell overboard and spent nearly 24 hours in cold, choppy waters — rousing a shark's attention — was rescued off New Zealand's coast Wednesday after using his watch reflection to signal for help.
Whangamatā Police Sergeant Will (...)
When New Zealand's new government announced it was scrapping the country's world-leading tobacco laws, it came as a particularly hard blow to Māori people.
With the Indigenous community having the highest smoking rates, its leaders had fought for (...)
Thousands of protesters across New Zealand have rallied against the new government's plans to reverse policies which boosted Indigenous rights.
Prime Minister Chris Luxon's right-wing government wants to re-interpret the nation's Indigenous treaty (...)
New Zealand's new government says it plans to scrap the nation's world-leading smoking ban to fund tax cuts.
The legislation, introduced under the previous Jacinda Ardern-led government, would have banned cigarette sales next year to anyone born (...)
An Australian woman charged with murdering three people in a suspected mushroom poisoning case is also accused of trying to murder her ex-partner on four occasions, court documents say.
Erin Patterson, 49, was charged with three counts of murder and (...)
An Australian woman has been charged with murder over the suspected mushroom poisoning deaths of three people.
Erin Patterson was arrested on Thursday morning and police have spent the day searching her home east of Melbourne.
Ms Patterson, 49, had (...)
A New Zealand landlord who was locked in a dispute with the Chinese embassy over rubbish disposal has lost a NZ$960 ($559;£462) claim.
Chandler Investments Limited claimed the embassy left a rented Wellington mews house without covering cleaning and (...)
The opposition National Party has won the New Zealand election, taking enough seats to form a coalition with its allies on the right wing of politics.
Incumbent Prime Minister Chris Hipkins, of Labour, phoned National's leader Chris Luxon to concede (...)
A memorial service in Australia for the couple who died after eating a mushroom beef Wellington cooked by their former daughter-in-law has drawn hundreds.
Gail and Don Patterson were two of three guests who died after the lunch last month at Erin (...)
New Zealand's justice minister has resigned with immediate effect, after failing an alcohol breath test in the wake of a car crash.
Kiri Allan, 39, was charged with careless driving and resisting arrest.
She is the fourth minister from Prime (...)
New Zealand has become the world's first country to expand its ban on plastic bags in supermarkets to thin bags, which are typically used to hold fruits or vegetables.
The move, which took effect on Saturday, is part of a wider government campaign (...)
Former New Zealand leader Jacinda Ardern, who stepped down from her post earlier this year, has been made a dame in one of the country's highest honors.
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins announced the appointment on Monday to mark the King's Birthday (...)
