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WorldNancy Pelosi stands down as US House Speaker, will stay in CongressDecision after Dems lost House majority to Republicans in midterms, and attack on husband.17 Nov 06:34 PM
WorldTrump criminal probes will proceed — even as a candidateTrump is legally and politically exposed as he seeks the 2024 Republican nomination.16 Nov 11:13 PM
World'Reckless words': Mike Pence hits out at Trump in new bookBook recounts Trump's effort to push him to overturn the election results after Biden win.15 Nov 06:31 PM
WorldTrump expected to launch third campaign for White House todayTrump is hoping to move on from disappointing midterm defeats and defy history.15 Nov 05:29 PM
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World‘Where is Nancy?’ US House speaker's husband attacked in home invasionIt was a chilling echo of the calls for the speaker during the Jan 6, 2021, Capitol riot.28 Oct 06:55 PM
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WorldSwedish parties make deal to govern with hard-right supportSweden Democrats founded by people from right-wing extremist groups, including neo-Nazis.15 Oct 12:45 AM
World'Heroic' Chinese protester's manifesto that urged revolt scrubbed from internetProtester has been dubbed the "new tank man" after staging the bold protest.14 Oct 11:41 PM
WorldExplainer: Trump’s subpoena and what’s next for the US Capitol riot panelSubpoena a last effort to get the full story of the insurrection as the inquiry concludes.14 Oct 10:48 PM
New Zealand'They thought we were over': Winston Peters announces NZ First's comebackThe New Zealand First leader gave his opening address in Christchurch this morning.14 Oct 10:14 PM
World'None of this is normal or acceptable': US Capitol riot hearing on Trump's behaviourThe panel into deadly Capitol riot is summing up at last hearing of year before midterms.13 Oct 06:30 PM
New ZealandThe bad, the sad and the downright mad: Wild and wacky moments on the campaign trailIt's been a campaign season to forget for some local body election contenders.08 Oct 04:00 PM
New Zealand'Very disappointing': Local Govt NZ execs echo Ardern in seeking review of voting process after 40% turnoutThe data shows voter turnout compared to the same time in the last election.08 Oct 07:33 AM
New ZealandFirst blood: Auckland Transport chair resigns after blast from new mayor Wayne BrownBrown has also promised "no sudden shocks" in the form of rates rises.08 Oct 06:51 AM
New Zealand'Feels really good': Lewers wins Queenstown mayoralty raceOne-term councillor Glyn Lewers will lead the district for the next three years.08 Oct 06:28 AM
New Zealand'Appetite for change': New mayors elected in most major centres in strong election for right-leaning candidatesTory Whanau's mayoral win in Wellington bucked a national trend of right-leaning mayors.08 Oct 05:25 AM
New Zealand'I feel surprised': Shadbolt fails to get on Invercargill City Council"I feel surprised not to be re-elected as a councillor, it will take some time to digest."08 Oct 04:20 AM
New Zealand'It's devastating': Hawkins surprised at decisive Dunedin mayoral lossFor Aaron Hawkins there was no simpler way to describe losing the Dunedin mayoralty.08 Oct 04:13 AM
New ZealandOdd Auckland vote outcomes: Viv Beck amasses almost 6000 votes in abandoned mayoral campaign; Lisa Lewis gets votesBeck pulled out of the Auckland mayoral race on Sept 16 but was still on ballot papers.08 Oct 04:10 AM
New ZealandLosing Auckland mayoral candidate Efeso Collins says he will quit local politicsCollins is passionate about young people and seeing them realise their full potential.08 Oct 03:57 AM
New ZealandNZ's longest-serving mayor Sir Tim Shadbolt soundly beaten in InvercargillThe country's longest serving mayor Tim Shadbolt has lost the top job to Nobby Clark.08 Oct 01:03 AM
New Zealand'Clearest possible message': Wayne Brown celebrates Auckland mayoralty - 54,000 vote majorityThe mayoralty came down to a two-horse race between Brown and Collins.08 Oct 12:50 AM
World'Significant changes': US Supreme Court poised to keep marching to right in new termThe US Supreme Court's new term starts this week. What is on its agenda?01 Oct 06:56 PM
WorldTrump: I can declassify anything just by thinking about itThe former president's Florida home was raided by FBI agents in August.23 Sep 12:00 AM
World'Storm is coming': Trump embraces QAnon conspiracy theoriesMost social media platforms have banned QAnon content.16 Sep 09:45 PM
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New ZealandVoting age appeal gets under way in Supreme CourtThe group Make it 16 say their human rights have been breached.12 Jul 04:30 AM
Opinion'They are nice to me, and I'm nice to them': What motivates political party donorsCurrent rules require public disclosure of donations over $15,000.08 Jul 01:00 AM
World'New war crime': Macron says Russia 'cannot and should not win' after mall attackUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy calls Putin "terrorist", asks UN to expel Russia.28 Jun 09:41 PM
New ZealandKiwis support stronger regulations for social media - reportStronger regulations are wanted for social media content, Classification Office finds.28 Jun 09:24 PM
