Perlina Lau

For the first time in US history a black woman is set to become a Supreme Court judge.

The Senate has confirmed President Biden's nominee - Ketanji Brown Jackson's appointment by 53 votes to 47.

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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has visited the Ukrainian town of Bucha, to see first hand the devastation left by Russian forces.

The visit comes after the world has reacted with shock and horror to… Audio

Actor Will Smith has issued a formal apology for his assault on comedian Chris Rock at yesterday's Academy Awards Ceremony.  RNZ World Watch editor, Perlina Lau, talks to Jesse about the apology and… Audio

In a Tik Tok video that has gone viral with 7 million views - a Ukrainian rock band appealed to Ed Sheeran to take part in a benefit concert this week in Birmingham in the UK.

In what was a… Audio

It's the first of February, which marks the start of the Chinese New Year celebrations..which RNZ's World Watch producer and presenter Perlina Lau and her family will be celebrating. We've woken her… Audio

An unthinkable tragedy. Tasmania's community of Devonport is shaken and in mourning after five children died after falling from a bouncy castle that was swept into the air by a gust of wind.

The… Audio

New South Wales is bracing for a major surge in Covid 19 cases - after recording its biggest ever day of cases. 

There were 1700 new infections today and health authorities say it's going to rise… Audio

An early study suggests the new Omicron Covid variant may be able to evade the Pfizer vaccine.

Scientists also believe Omicron can spread more easily and could out-compete Delta to become the… Audio

Australia is joining the US in a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympic games in February over human rights abuses against Uighur minorities in China.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says… Audio

Perlina reviews Yellowjackets, which tells the narrative of a team of wildly talented high-school girls soccer players who survive a plane crash deep in the Ontario wilderness. Audio

The government of Kiribati is planning to open up the Phoenix Island Protection Area to commercial fishing.

The area, declared in 2008, is about 1.5 times the size of New Zealand.

A no-take zone was… Audio

The rioting in Honiara has left more than 50 businesses torched and looted, and more than 1,000 workers jobless.

The clean up is continuing with people cleaning up the streets and removing burnt… Audio

In exciting entertainment news, a New Zealand TV series set eight years after an unexplained virus has wiped out the world's men and boys, has been picked up in the US and will stream exclusively on… Audio

To the US, where three white men have been found guilty of murdering black man Ahmaud Arbery while he was jogging last year.

The men claimed they acted in self-defence during a citizen's arrest - but… Audio

There's plenty of good TV on the streamers this month, says RNZ's Perlina Lau, who gives her take on five of the best to check out in November. Video

The International Transport Workers Federation is calling on Fiji and the Philippines to uphold and protect the rights of seafarers.

The move comes as a group of Filipino sailors stranded in Fiji -… Audio

It's emerged the man accused of abducting four year old Cleo Smith in Western Australia, had a room full of dolls in his house.

Terence Darrell Kelly has appeared in court charged with forcibly… Audio

An astonishing outcome - the four-year-old girl who disappeared almost three weeks ago from a remote Australian campsite has been found alive.

Police broke into a locked house in the early hours of… Audio

There have been emotional reunions at Sydney Airport with people able to travel home quarantine free for the first time in 20 months.

Hotel quarantine and the cap on arrivals have been scrapped for… Audio