WorldWho could be in Trump's cabinet?Donald Trump could award some of his closest campaign advisers with big league jobs in his cabinet come January.10 Nov 01:00 AM
WorldWhat happens now that Trump has won?Donald Trump has promised that as president he will honour the pledge stitched into his white and red baseball caps: Make America Great Again.09 Nov 04:24 AM
WorldEx-soldier jailed for pretending to have cancerA former soldier who defrauded people out of thousands of pounds by pretending to be a decorated war veteran with cancer has been jailed for 16 months.08 Nov 12:15 AM
PoliticsGovt spends $380k on Clark UN bidThe Government spent hundreds of thousands on Helen Clark's UN bid, including fees for Washington lobbyists.04 Nov 04:00 PM
WorldRecord numbers of migrants drowning in MedThe United Nations have said that at least 239 migrants have drowned this week in two shipwrecks off the coast of Libya.03 Nov 10:42 PM
WorldHaitians left starving after hurricaneA month after Hurricane Matthew blasted through southwestern Haiti, at least 800,000 people need food urgently.03 Nov 06:40 PM
WorldWorld's most extreme punishmentsCastration and stoning are among the most extreme forms of punishment carried out in parts of the world. WARNING: Graphic.24 Oct 02:52 AM
WorldWonder Woman appointed to the UNUN move to show support for empowerment of women and girls has backfired.22 Oct 03:34 AM
EditorialEditorial: Brownlee should stick to his gunsDefence Minister Gerry Brownlee got a stern rebuke from China when he made the mildest of observations about Beijing's expansionist maritime policy.16 Oct 04:00 PM
World'A famine unlike any we have ever seen'They survived Boko Haram, now millions are at risk of starvation. It has been described as one of the world's biggest humanitarian disasters.14 Oct 05:44 AM
WorldNZ pushes to break UN deadlock on SyriaNew Zealand believes it has found a good middle ground for a Security Council resolution demanding an end to attacks that may kill civilians in Syria - days after Russia vetoed a similar text.13 Oct 05:36 AM
New ZealandGovt on defensive over UN child reviewMinister Anne Tolley says the UN Rights of the Child committee in Geneva asked her 250 questions but only one on child poverty.09 Oct 07:55 AM
New ZealandSyrian regime 'blatantly lying' - NZNew Zealand has accused Syria of telling "blatant lies" about the delivery of humanitarian aid to its own people.09 Oct 05:28 AM
WorldJohn Kerry urges war crimes probeUS Secretary of State John Kerry called for the Syrian and Russian governments to face a war-crimes investigation over attacks on civilians in Syria.08 Oct 10:07 PM
WorldWhy Guterres won race for UN jobThere are a number of reasons Antonio Guterres may have been the popular choice.07 Oct 04:00 PM
OpinionAudrey YoungYoung: Helen Clark was loved by too fewCOMMENT: Helen Clark did not go to ground following her failure this week to secure the job of her dreams, the head of the UN.07 Oct 04:00 PM
EditorialClark should feel proud of achievementsCOMMENT: Helen Clark's push for the top United Nations job failed through no fault of her own.06 Oct 04:00 PM
PoliticsWho is Antonio Guterres?The United Nations' next boss is a charismatic, former socialist prime minister who led the UN's refugee agency during one of its most difficult times.06 Oct 05:32 AM
OpinionSoper: Clark a victim of her own successHelen Clark is politically astute enough though to know that she was always going to be an outside choice for the top UN job.06 Oct 05:18 AM
New ZealandJohn Key: 'You've got to be in to win'The feeling in Europe was that it would be a "tragedy" if it had not been able to provide the next Secretary-General, said Foreign Minister.06 Oct 04:58 AM
New Zealand10 reasons Helen Clark lost UN bidCOMMENT: Political editor Audrey Young looks at why Helen Clark's bid to lead the United Nations has failed.05 Oct 11:39 PM
WorldIs amnesty being used for 'kill list'?Lawyers and activists in the Philippines fear that drug users who sign up to the government's amnesty end up on so-called "kill lists".05 Oct 05:28 PM
New ZealandNZ ratifies climate change agreementNew Zealand has ratified the Paris Agreement, becoming one of the countries to do so before the threshold at which the historic agreement will come into force.05 Oct 04:30 PM
WorldClark's bid for UN Secretary General overThe former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres is poised to become the next Secretary General of the United Nations after topping the sixth ballot.05 Oct 04:14 PM
New ZealandUnited Nations' power players to reveal position on Helen ClarkHelen Clark will face her sixth ballot early tomorrow in her bid to become UN Secretary General but it will be the first one in which the permanent five will vote with a red ballot.05 Oct 04:45 AM
Banking and financeInterest rate spike biggest risk - KeyJohn Key has signalled a rapid and unexpected rise in interest rates and "something big that happens internationally" as the biggest threats to the NZ economy.03 Oct 01:41 AM
WorldDuterte likens drug campaign to HitlerPhilippines President Rodrigo Duterte says he would like to "slaughter" millions of addicts just like Adolf Hitler "massacred" millions of Jewish people.30 Sep 04:52 AM
New ZealandFamily 'dismayed' over Ashley Peacock proposalHealth authorities are considering plans to move mental health patient Ashley Peacock, to the dismay of his parents.29 Sep 05:00 AM
WorldUN needs to 'join 21st century' - KeyHelen Clark to continue campaign despite a drop in the latest straw poll for Secretary General of the UN.27 Sep 12:06 AM
New ZealandBarry Soper: Has Key's advocacy helped Clark with votes?COMMENT: Politics throws up some strange bedfellows and that's certainly the case with Helen Clark and John Key.26 Sep 12:27 AM
New ZealandUN ambassador: Why Clark is strugglngHelen Clark faces her fifth Security Council ballot Tuesday to choose the next UN Secretary General , amid rumours that another contender is set to join the contest.25 Sep 04:00 PM
World'Why did they wait to kill us?'On a clear afternoon last Monday a line of humanitarian aid trucks eased to a stop in front of a cluster of warehouses packed with aid supplies 24km outside the Syrian city of Aleppo.24 Sep 08:48 PM
New ZealandJohn Key among friends in the big applePrime Minister John Key reflects on his big week at the United Nations.23 Sep 05:00 PM
