Trump v Ardern -- the bad and the good of 2018

She set out with her dad for a better life in the US. Yesterday she returned in a coffin.

NZ to vote in favour of UN Migration Compact following legal advice it is non-binding.

World's worst humanitarian disaster is happening in Yemen with 14m pushed to starvation.

COMMENT: In 36 years in this business have I ever been silenced on anything?

Almost 200 countries agree on this crucial issue, but just four could force a showdown.

COMMENT: It's time to look at what we have achieved and what more we need to do.

New images show the Supreme Leader secretly working on expanding missile facility.

In 2016, a disturbing viral video showed red liquid pouring from a drain outside a home.

Russia closes water route in fresh confrontation with Ukraine.

But in a cruel irony she has only received $96 and won't see the rest for years.

The PM is offering help in a very complex conflict in Myanmar.

If we think we are a player here, we are dreaming.

NZ publicist Richard Hillgrove has worked for Charles Saatchi and Steven Seagal

These three factors should really worry the President.

PM removes device from table before talks with Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Aung San Suu kyi has been stripped of her award by Amnesty International.

Prisoner and "jailhouse lawyer" Arthur Taylor was behind the legal challenge.

Nia joins other new characters including Ashima from India and Shane from Australia.

A UN-backed fund has approved more than US$1 billion ($1.52b) for 19 new projects.

COMMENT: How do you feel about no more rice, chocolate or coffee? It's time for a rethink.

There's one resource we all need and it's becoming increasingly scarce.

Amid the jokes and jabs the outgoing UN Ambassador had a sobering message.

This is the age of authoritarians and would-be authoritarians.

Yemen is on the verge of the "worst famine in a century", the United Nations has warned.

It seems women and girls will continue to be treated as "the weaker sex" in sport

Readers write: Stop seabed mining; putting virtue on show; guilty till proven innocent

COMMENT: More must be done to do justice for Rohingya driven from their homes.

Nikki Haley's resignation is the latest shake-up to the turbulent Trump administration.

Even Hollywood stars can't help falling in love with New Zealand's First Baby.