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It's a triumph of Hawaiians telling their own stories - but it's made in Aotearoa.

That astonishing bolt struck during a thunderstorm in October 2017, but the bolt's exact distance was finally verified this week. Audio

AFP has not immediately been able to confirm the authenticity of the video nor the date it was filmed.

Conor McGregor has lost his attempt to overturn a civil jury's order that he compensate a woman who accused him of raping her.

Adam Sandler's return as the eponymous golfer is a breezy and intermittently funny comedy that sticks to the playbook of every decades-later sequel.

The US President has intensified his trade war with his country's neighbour. Audio

Kash Patel said the new office would counter China's influence in the Pacific, but Winston Peters says China never came up in talks. Audio

Key reservoirs are shrinking, authorities are scrambling to reduce water use and residents are desperately trying to conserve it.

US President Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff has held talks in Israel on ways to end the crisis in Gaza.

Ukraine says Russia launched more than 300 drones and eight missiles across the capital.

The military declared a state of emergency in February 2021 as it deposed the civilian government of democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

A transnational crime expert says New Zealand and Australia's status as the "cash cows" of the Pacific methamphetamine market is a driving factor in the drug crisis facing the region.

Judge Casey Fitch dismissed Baldwin's complaint on Tuesday for lack of "significant action" in the case.