Why do we give $41 million each year to private law firms to conduct public prosecutions? Guyon Espiner investigates.

Local Government New Zealand wants an independent review of voting to improve participation across the country, after preliminary analysis showed 36 percent turnout.

Around 850 years ago Polynesian explorers found an empty land and the story of people in Aotearoa began. A new culture emerged; tangata whenua had arrived and started to thrive.

Nauru's government has partnered with a deep sea mining company which is exploring the country's waters for valuable resources on the seafloor.

The five Micronesian member states of the Pacific Island Forum have decided to quit the organisation in response to last week's appointment of a Cook Islander as the new Secretary General.

Ukrainian defenders of the besieged port of Mariupol will fight to the end against Russian forces, the country's prime minister says.