Opinion by Audrey Young Audrey Young, Senior Political Correspondent at the New Zealand Herald based at Parliament, ...

Diplomatic storm clouds are gathering around the Cook Islands, a picturesque tourist destination in the South Pacific known ...

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has condemned a video of two NSW nurses apparently bragging of killing Israeli patients, as NSW Health launches an investigation and calls in police.

New Zealand expressed renewed concern on Monday about the Cook Islands' prime minister travelling to China this week to sign ...

The Cook Islands lie halfway between New Zealand and Hawaii and are made up of 15 islands and atolls spread over 700 square miles (1.9 million square kilometres) ...

An army major has become the 11th person to complete the 'triple crown' of ocean swimming after he swam the Foveaux Strait at ...

A snub by the Cook Islands prime minister will be watched by any nations keen to see how deep New Zealand's partnerships in the region really are, an expert on geopolitics in the Pacific says.

Today on The Panel, Tim Beveridge is joined by Kyle MacDonald and Wilhelmina Shrimpton to discuss the biggest stories from the week that was.  David S ...

Marlborough volunteers joining Havelock Coastguard and police to continue the search.

If you’ve recently become the first person to run the entire length of Africa, what do you do next? If you’re Russ Cook, aka ...

NRL season rapidly approaching, we take a thorough look at each of the teams battling it out for the premiership title.

A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people has been recognized as a legal person after a new law ...