Bob Hawke, Australia’s 23rd prime minister and former Labor Party leader, has died at the age of 89. Former Australian prime minister Bob Hawke (L) and wife Blanche d’Alpuget. Ph... Read more

The Ministry of Justice interviewed more than 8000 people in 2018 about the crime they had experienced in the past year. The key findings of the New Zealand Crime and Victims Survey were fir... Read more

Mr Twyford was under pressure this week over the Crown underwrite process. Now he’s facing persistent questions about whether he will stick to the long-held target of building 100,000... Read more

Members of the Resident Doctors Association are into their second day of a five-day strike over their expired employment agreement. In Parliament today, Health Minister David Clark was asked... Read more

Prince William has met some of the first responders to last month’s mosque attacks, during a brief, high-security visit to Christchurch’s Justice Precinct this afternoon. St John... Read more

Hidden away from the streets of Wellington, surrounded by 100-year-old houses, is a medieval fighting pit where a handful of armour-clad warriors clash twice a week. This backyard in Newtown... Read more

At the same time, there has been a battle between pluralist Muslims, and those who would see the state as an enforcer of a puritanical and often intolerant religious piety. Indonesia is the... Read more

Currently, the size of the cabinet can not exceed a quarter of the number of MPs. However, Mr Salwai wants this to be increased to a third, which means cabinet can be increased from 13 to 17... Read more

The sitting has been called by the Speaker Esmon Saimon on the advice of the prime minister Charlot Salwai who wants to amend the constitution to that end. Currently, the size of the cabinet... Read more