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.

Samoa, Tonga and Fiji have each decreased their fuel price caps for August, though each of them remains higher than before April when the global fuel crisis began.

Tonga's Supervisor of Elections says his office will now work on the two by-elections as per the Tonga Constitution.

This comes despite efforts by the sport's global governing body to mediate a resolution to the current impasse between the Samoan government and Lakapi Samoa.

The Trump administration's visa bond programme, which includes 50-odd nations, came into effect late August last year, to crack down on illegal visa overstayers in America.

Manoa Kamikamica, one of Fiji's two former deputy prime ministers in the coalition government, has been formally acquitted of all criminal charges by a Suva court on Monday.

They say they've been handed "unreasonable" water bills for basement car parks and granny flats.

Controversial Dunedin city councillor Benedict Ong has also been kicked out of a council meeting to discuss amalgamation plans.

A review found the national cervical cancer screening programme was not providing a comprehensive safety net.

Police are investigating the incident.

It remains unclear if a fast-track application has been made to bulldoze a golf course to make way for hundreds of homes.