Another six people who had been on the boat off New Zealand were rescued. A local mayor says the water was dead calm and the assumption was that a whale had surfaced from beneath the boat.

As the people of New Zealand confront their nation's troubled past with colonization, a return to the Maori name of Aotearoa is being presented to a parliamentary committee.

New Zealand's first-ever climate adaptation plan includes the possibility of moving some communities to higher ground, but doesn't explain how much the changes will cost and who will pay.

Proud Boys Chairman Enrique Tarrio and four other members were federally charged earlier this month with conspiring to overthrow the government by attacking the Capitol in the Jan. 6 riots.

The deadly attacks at two Christchurch mosques brought people together rather than sowing discord, one of the survivors says.

The deadly attacks at two Christchurch mosques brought people together rather than sowing discord, one of the survivors says.

New Zealand welcomed tourists from the U.S., Canada, Britain, Japan and more than 50 other countries for the first time in more than two years.

The country's defense minister cites both the Russia-Ukraine war and China for accelerating the rearming of fighter jets and warships.

One Asia-Pacific security observer says Australia, New Zealand and the U.S. would all be "very concerned" about the draft agreement.

The move is meant to speed up the recovery of the island nation's pandemic-battered economy, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Wednesday.

Three years after the deadly shootings, a victim of the shootings travels more than 200 miles on foot and by bike to retrace the gunman's journey.

Experts say New Zealand's actions have likely saved thousands of lives by allowing the nation to mostly avoid earlier, more deadly variants and buying time to get people vaccinated.

The police action was the most significant use of force to date by authorities against the protesters, who oppose coronavirus vaccine mandates.

The police action was the most significant use of force to date by authorities against the protesters, who oppose coronavirus vaccine mandates.

The new law calls for prison time for anyone who performs conversion therapy on children under 18 or who performs a practice that "causes serious harm to the individual" — regardless of their age.