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By Teitimoana Tairi of the Cook Islands News The Cook Islands Party (CIP) could secure a supermajority for its fifth consecutive term in government after three independent female candidates who won seats in Mangaia agreed to join the party. CIP leads following the preliminary count of the 2026 general election with 12 seats, leaving them
It’s illegal to import or possess them, but child-like sex dolls can be bought online. Each seizure is an opportunity to prevent real child sex abuse.
The state party’s Senate ticket is shaping up to be a bunfight, with three senators up for election but perhaps only one likely to survive at the 2028 election.
Many sporting leagues are trying to reduce concussion risk, but their policies mainly fail to mention a growing threat.
Hydrogen makes it possible to store renewable energy for longer – but has its limitations.
Science equips us with the tools to reason, evaluate evidence, and make informed decisions in a complex, changing world.
While federal Labor remains ahead in most polls three months after the budget, Victorian Labor is trailing the Liberals ahead of the November state election.
NZ’s first large study of lawyer wellbeing finds widespread work-related distress – as well as some potential solutions to address it.
RNZ Pacific reporters Dozens of large demonstrations by West Papuans to mark a key anniversary of their homeland’s incorporation into Indonesia have been met with mixed and sometimes violent responses by police. Saturday was the anniversary of the infamous 1962 US-brokered New York Agreement under which Papua’s former colonial power, the Netherlands, agreed to transfer
Victorian voters surveyed named cost of living, crime and health as their top three policy issues, with just over three months until the next state election.
Four experts explain what genetic health is and why it matters for our most vulnerable wildlife.
Sometimes we think ‘if it feels scary, it must be unsafe’. But feeling nervous or excited is often part of the experience.