Miss Universe New Zealand is winning hearts in her mother's homeland - being voted one of the people's favourites.

Philippines President Duterte took time out from warring with drug-dealers to meet beauty pageant contestants and had the best time ever.

The President of the Philippines has a list with more than a million names on it. Here's what it's like to be a "marked man".

Miss Universe NZ Tania Dawson believes she will be a crowd favourite at the 66th Miss Universe pageant in the Philippines because she is part-Filipino.

Amid rising tensions in the South China Sea, Russia is making a surprising move.

With global growth under pressure, the outlook for the export-dependent region is faltering.

It's hard giving up summer for an overseas holiday, so why torture yourself? We've come up with five of the world's best summer destinations.

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.

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.

Filipino president Rodrigo Duterte has ordered a banquet lunch be delivered to his Auckland hotel ahead of his expected departure later today.

"He's a tough guy but he was warm, courteous and actually quite charming," McCully told the Herald afterwards.

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.

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 has been ruthless in his crackdown on suspected drug dealers in his country and now he has banned smoking.

Philippine President Duterte's state of mind is under scrutiny as the death toll in his war on drugs exceeds 3600.

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.