A King's College student found dead near Auckland's southern motorway has been hailed as a...

Runaway soldier Tevita Mara says he has no interest in being another military leader, but he wants the opportunity to tell the NZ Government the "reality of the situation on the ground in Fiji."

Foreign Affairs officials will meet with Tevita Mara - who ran away from Fiji to avoid sedition charges - when he arrives in NZ. He is currently in Australia to address pro-democracy groups.

A security lapse may have exposed secret Labour Party emails, member data and other information.

A top Govt scientist says there is an "appalling" lack of information about synthetic cannabis products.