'I was looking for an encounter to kill'
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte recently described hunting down criminals on his motorcycle to show the police how it was done.
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte recently described hunting down criminals on his motorcycle to show the police how it was done.
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs has sent the death toll to 5,927 in five months and has said the way to stop the slaughter is to stop taking drugs.
The murder of an anti-crime campaigner points to police involvement in the wave of vigilante killings.
Fortunately, the Government has experience in turning out all the lights and pretending it's not home when faced with the prospect of diplomatically unwelcome visitors.
COMMENT: They call me The Punisher but at the end of the day I'm just plain old Rodrigo Duterte, President of the Philippines.
Today I've decided to out myself - as the reporter who was asked by the President of the Philippines if I was married.
Among his many duties, Foreign Minister Murray McCully gets to rub shoulders with some fairly noxious individuals.
Philippine ambassador defends President Duterte's astonishing interview to the Herald, saying the president was ambushed.
In an exclusive interview with the Herald, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte twice confuses New Zealand with Australia ... and asked a reporter if she was married.
COMMENT: Philippines President's dog leg to New Zealand has seen a softly-softly approach.
The Philippines' president Rodrigo Duterte is set to make a pit stop in New Zealand on his way to the APEC summit.
Two leaders of a violent street gang were contracted to murder a debt collector, a murder trial has heard.
With four children to support, this couple have turned to the only way they can make money - killing.
Any decision to rejoin Anzus is up to New Zealand says Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop.
Anti-American sentiment that the Philippines' new president has whipped up for months has turned violent as a police van rammed a crowd of protesters.
Controversial President Rodrigo Duterte has already told Barack Obama to "go to hell". Now he has struck another blow against the US.
As Damien Berg was led out of his apartment in zip ties, he thought he would be shot. He opens up about escaping death
Tauranga job listings have seen a huge spike in the past three months and businesses are struggling to fill vacancies - with one employer
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte recently admitted what has been plain since he took office and the killings started: He's committing genocide.
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".
Since Rodrigo Duterte became president, at least 3,300 people have been killed.
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte says he would like to "slaughter" millions of addicts just like Adolf Hitler "massacred" millions of Jewish people.
In the city of Davao, stories of Rodrigo Duterte's brutal rule haven't dimmed his popularity.
GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING: The Philippines may bring back the death penalty just to execute a child molester, Australian Peter Scully.
They say actions speak louder than words and it's pretty hard to misinterpret what Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte is conveying here.
The daughter of an aristocrat with criminal ties to Australia is the latest casualty of The Punisher's death squads.
Here's 'The Punisher' Rodrigo Duterte's right hand man. The Philippines' top cop, dubbed 'The Rock'. He's every bit as dangerous as the firebrand president.
A Waikato woman was arrested in October and accused of creating fake CVs so that Filipinos could work in New Zealand.
Eat My Lunch founder Lisa King on the nation of smiling, singing people that first sparked her sense of injustice in the world.
Find a fisherman to drop you off at a secluded beach, writes Mauricio Olmedo-Perez.