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.

"Our priorities are albacore and high seas transshipment," Marshall Islands official says, as Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission members meet.

American Samoa has reached the second round of the FIFA women's world cup qualifier, for the first time, beating the Cook Islands 4-0 in Rarotonga.

The major landslide left no survivors in the small township of Afaahiti-Taravao, southeast of main island of Tahiti, on 26 November, with a three-year-old girl the youngest victim.

Earlier this year, New Zealand extended its funding pause to its realm country, the Cook Islands, "reluctantly".

Analysis - As Papua New Guinea's population has grown and climate pressures intensified, the nation's infrastructure has struggled to keep pace, writes Scott Waide.

"We rely completely on the Compass Group to deliver and then take the food that isn't eaten," says the principal at the centre of the saga.

And staff say they love working at Te Oraka so much, they'd do it for free.

Police spiked the man's car on State Highway 6, south of Winton, causing him to crash into a water table.

Alister Thorby spent the fraudulently obtained DHB funds on buying a house, vehicles, and overseas travel.

Lawyer Linda Clark filed an urgent injunction, preventing media from publishing certain details related to the case, hours after Tom Phillips was shot.