Australia's road toll is rising and "brave" decisions such as lowering speed limits are needed to help reach the goal of halving fatalities by 2030, a peak safety body says.
Evidence showing how lower speed limits decreased the risk of serious injury or death did not "cut much ice" with the government, a transport expert says.
The Solimoes, one of the two largest tributaries of the Amazon River in Brazil, is at its lowest level in the worst drought on record in the region, leaving villages stranded without food, water and transport.
Many early childhood teachers who work as casual or relief staff face a big pay cut today, with the government's decision to drop them from pay parity rules kicking in.
The first of a slew of cancer drugs to be finally funded is officially available to patients from today, following Pharmac's multimillion-dollar budget boost earlier this year.
The US National Transportation Safety Board says more than 40 foreign operators of Boeing 737 airplanes may be using planes with rudder components that could pose safety risks.
Labour MP and former trade minister Damien O'Connor has removed a social media post he shared online that seems to justify Hamas' attack on Israel in October 2023, but hasn't apologised.
A woman who was successfully treated for melanoma later learned she had terminal cancer after a radiologist missed a vital, visible clue on the side of her leg during regular screening.
Luxon says he hasn't seen the "independent advice" being cited by Associate Health Minister Casey Costello justifying a heated tobacco products tax cut.
Israel said its troops had launched raids inside Lebanon, starting its widely expected ground operations after two weeks of airstrikes against Hezbollah's command structure and weapons sites.
Clutha mayor Bryan Cadogan says as recently as two weeks ago the Otago Mayoral Forum was being "given the assurances that the promises would be kept" on the Dunedin Hospital project.