Maori MPs were issued record bans from the New Zealand Parliament recently for their impromptu haka last year protesting a ...

Police have made an emergency declaration under the Public Safety Preservation Act due to large amounts of smoke in the area.

Police powers to randomly search people for a weapon without a warrant in a public place have been made permanent in ...

A judge says he considered the need to protect the community while sentencing a 28-year-old who doused another man in petrol ...

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Speculation is mounting an election could be called in Tasmania, with Premier Jeremy Rockliff understood to be on his way to ...

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Annecto, which employs about 1,000 people and has 4,400 clients on its books, has announced it will close next month.

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