North Korean escapees relate how secretive country changed under the 'Great Successor.'

Ardern's smart move: pledging up to $3 million in aid for the desperate asylum seekers.

The new Government can show its credibility by taking more refugees from Burma.

Jacinda Ardern reflects on Apec in Vietnam and the East Asia Summit in Manila.

Prime Minister revealed the spend after conversation with Aussie PM Malcolm Turnbull.

Kiwi officials will be discussing Kelly Savage's death with Japan's Foreign Ministry.

Sixty-one per cent of the vote was for same-sex marriage.

Philippines president says he only answers to Filipinos, not foreigners.

Duterte last week revealed he killed a person when he was 16.

Comment: Refugees should be accepted because we are human.

Prominent Australians urge New Zealand PM to work with PNG to save Manus refugees

Twitter account owner still mocking Zimbabwe President, after saying he wore a catheter.

UN human rights tells Australia to restore food, water, and health services to group.

Calls for PM Jacinda Ardern to take Manus refugees even if Australia disagrees.

Fertility advocates say laws around surrogacy and donors are outdated and need reform.

Students say forcing them to take makeup off is more disruptive than wearing it.

Louisa Wall says the cartoons promoted racial disharmony towards Maori and Pasifika.

COMMENT: Manus Island detainees forced to rot in tropical purgatory.

COMMENT: Food security is closely linked with inequality.

Frontline health workers can help victims of "modern slavery", researchers say.

The Catalan government claimed 761 people were injured in yesterday's violence.

Today Barack Obama's former nanny lives a very different life.

Susan Devoy is asking the next PM to open an inquiry into abuse of children in state care.

Sex workers slam deceptive tactic Aussie's cities using in war against illegal brothels.

Hospitals in rebel-held Idlib province in Syria have been hit, says a human rights group.

Thomas Middlemas stood up for Maori in 1872; a descendant is kneeling for black Americans.

A new mum is 'livid' after being told her sleeping 4-month-old had to leave.

Victims should be given the chance to manage their grief, Andrew Little says.

The final leaders debate will include an NZ Sign Language interpreter.

Tickets to a "hit rock musical" about women's suffrage are being discounted for women.