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.

Papua New Guinea's prime minister has urged the nation to appreciate the gravity of the Bougainville decision before parliament.

Bougainville's leader accepted an offer from an Indian firm to cover the cost of his wife's life-saving kidney transplant before signing a major mining deal, an investigative non-profit says.

New Caledonia's President Milakulo Tukumuli on Monday outlined the urgent issues facing the French Pacific territory.

A fisherman from a remote island in the Cook Islands feared for his life after a reef fishing trip led to a mysterious package he initially thought were mutilated human remains or a bomb.

Saula Ma'u couldn't hold back the tears after achieving his dream of becoming an All Black.

The pool had failed compliance inspections over a period of four years prior to the family moving there in 2020.

The change means about 260,000 more children will be eligible next winter.

The leavers say Gloriavale's Overseeing Shepherd failed to provide them with basic employment entitlements including wages, holiday pay, KiwiSaver contributions and parental leave.

It was part of a suite of changes from a regulation review announced in Ashburton last December.

Consumer NZ says it will feel "wrong" to many New Zealand shoppers that supermarket chain Woolworths has been able to spend $400 million on store refreshes and still banked a $163 million profit.