The man installed a security camera after a washing machine delivered to his home was stolen. But his problems were just beginning.

The flight from Auckland was unable to land in the capital because of wind shear - a sudden change in the speed or direction of wind.

Drops include popular two-year rate.

Kiingi Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII met with PM Christopher Luxon and Māori Development Minister Tama Potaka on Monday.

The Serious Crash Unit had been advised of the death, police said.

The call has been made as hundreds of scientists, global leaders, and climate adaptation experts around the globe gather at the Adaptation Futures Conference in Christchurch.

The Fijian Teachers Association is advocating for "leather belt" discipline, but the government emphasises its zero-tolerance policy on abuse and corporal punishment.

A former football administrator is calling for major reforms, accusing "a small clique of long-tenured officials" for keeping Fiji football "locked in a permanent slump".

A round-up of news from around the region, including Palauans divided as Japan lobbies for more fishing grounds.

Under Tonga's Electoral Act, only in-person voting at polling stations within Tonga is allowed. There are no provisions for postal, absentee, or overseas voting.

After falling to about 160 birds in the 1990s, the rowi population is now up to about 700 in the West Coast sanctuary.

The flatbed truck carrying a digger was stopped on the tracks, when the freight train smashed into it.

"It's not just your fitness, it's the resilience", says DOC as it launches a new cadet programme.

Ricky Balloch says he's never seen his local river so swollen, after downpours caused chaos in the central North Island.

Council hydrologist Craig Goodier was cross-examined over whether logs or concrete may have blocked the waterway.