Labour says it would not enter a conflict without a mandate from the UN.

Parties explain their tackling-inequality strategy as election looms.

The UN has condemned North Korea's "outrageous" firing of a ballistic missile over Japan.

Maori Party and Labour call for probe after UN investigation into NZ abuse record.

America imposed sanctions on 10 companies it said had conducted business with North Korea.

Green MP Kennedy Graham has farewelled Parliament a week after resigning in protest.

United Nations asked to intercede in calls for inquiry into state-care child abuse.

North Korea has threatened to use its own people to "blow the US from this planet".

Customs have laid charges against Pacific Aerospace for breaching UN sanctions.

Customs are investigating Pacific Aerospace for allegedly exporting parts to North Korea.

The family of a young Kiwi who died in a Japanese hospital are demanding change.

Kiwi scientists have helped build the most comprehensive global climate database yet.

The US President's pledge to partner with Putin has drawn swift condemnation.

If the world didn't take the North Korea seriously before, it certainly is now.

Conservationists say Govt will face a furious backlash if it changes conservation laws.

Horseshoe crabs have survived four mass extinctions, but humans could wipe them out.

US requests urgent UN Security Council talks on North Korea following missile test.

Life expectancy set to soar in NZ as the country's population looks to crack 6 million.

Celebrities, scientists, doctors and businesspeople join a new push for climate action.

The North Korean leader has reportedly become concerned about attempts to remove him.

Dame Nganeko Minhinnick, who led a claim to clean up the Manukau Harbour, has died.

Bill English has defended his decision to head to the Pacific just before an election.

The sweetener is a New Zealand cyber security delegation to Israel.

A six-month political crisis between NZ and Israel appears to be over.

NZ Govt funds used for projects from orphanages to tractors for a "NZ friendship farm".

Trump has called his decision a 'reassertion of America's sovereignty'.

It was the trip of a lifetime for Helen Spiers, to New York and a seat at United Nations.

Helen Speirs: I was left with several main impressions from my experience.

Aides serve a US president who demands absolute loyalty, but don't get it in return.

Heavy clashes erupted between rival militias in Tripol, Libya.