About one baby per month is dying of HIV related complications, and one baby is being born with HIV every week.

MV Matui, Vanuatu's inter-island ferry sank in rough seas off the coast of Vanuatu over the weekend, leaving one person confirmed dead and more than 30 people missing.

The president of the Autonomous Bougainville Government has condemned the arson attack on a foreign mining company's equipment at the Panguna mine site.

Laisa Waka Tunidau was stabbed to death by Zakariye Mohamed Hussein outside her Sockburn home in June 2022.

Papua New Guinea's Police Commissioner David Manning is seeking the assistance of the public to locate four men suspected of stealing gold.

Nicola Yvonne Perry, 48, died at a property on Parkers Road in Tāhunanui on 4 September.

Bede Crestani who's daughter Sophia died at an overcrowded party in Dunedin says it's devastating to hear a coroner's report into another alcohol-related death in the city.

KiwiRail and Vector say escalating thefts and vandalism are delaying projects, draining resources and putting both offenders and the public at risk.

Police, St John and Fire and Emergency NZ all responded to the incident off Tangimoana Beach.

An independent review found shortcomings in the oversight, procurement process and the value for money offered by the site.