Barbara Dreaver has been released by Nauru authorities after being detained earlier today.

We can fix laws to allay Australian fears over refugees, Peters says.

Grant Robertson says Kiwis should be proud that Ardern can attend Nauru forum.

COMMENT: It's like the old public service mentality: if you've got a budget spend it.

Ahead of forum, Nauru has hit back at what it calls 'fake news' about refugee treatment.

New Zealand must now get used to new faces in foreign affairs, trade and defence.

Winston Peters snapped at reporter who asked about the leadership crisis in Canberra.

New Zealand would never treat Australians the way they have treated us, says Peters.

"They lack adequate healthcare, education, and protection from sexual and physical abuse."

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

After years of limbo on Manus Island and Nauru, refugees will soon know their fate.

Forget the old rivalries - Australians love us underneath it all.

COMMENT: NZ should press Nauru and Australia to fulfill their international obligations to refugee and asylum-seeking children.

Joe Hockey, Australia's ambassador to the United States, has reportedly met with two of the most powerful members of Donald Trump's administration.

The United States has agreed to consider taking refugees from Australian detention centres, Secretary of State John Kerry said at a press conference in New Zealand.

COMMENT: It's time to revive the Tampa spirit and rescue refugees our Australian neighbours have sent off to rot in hellish prison camps on remote islands.

Documents were leaked detailing examples of harrowing abuse, sexual assault, child abuse and self-harm attempts in a Nauru's detention centre.

Foreign affairs officials say they have not heard from Nauru about the help Wellington gave Roland Kun which allowed him to flee the troubled state.

Foreign Minister had hoped to meet with Nauru's justice minister to discuss suspended aid, but with only hours left David Adeang was playing hard to get.

Government has put aid money for Nauru's justice sector on hold for what Foreign Minister Murray McCully said was Nauru's failure to address concerns.

Foreign Minister Murray McCully says removing aid funding for Nauru's justice system is a decision that will not be lightly taken.

Foreign Minister Murray McCully has sought a meeting with the Nauru Government and indicated New Zealand's $2.3 million annual aid funding is under review.

The Nauru Government says it has activated off-duty police to secure the tiny Pacific island against the threat of further protests.

Yesterday, as the Senate began public hearings into conditions in the Australian-funded detention centre, those words seemed not too far from the truth.

The tiny Pacific country of Nauru has blocked access to Facebook in a move criticised as a "dictatorial" attempt to stifle dissent.

It's a safe, diverse and democratic country with a high standard of health care, a low cost of living, and virtually no violent crime or stray dogs.

Australian taxpayers will prop up Nauru's ailing finances more than residents of the tiny Pacific Island nation.