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'Shot of optimism': Why Jacinda Ardern's win mattered to Hillary Clinton

'Shot of optimism': Why Jacinda Ardern's win mattered to Hillary Clinton

Ardern's win in the New Zealand election was a "shot of optimism" to the world after her own defeat to Trump, Clinton said.

  • by Tracy Watkins

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Hawaii volcano Kilauea's trail of burning destruction spreads
Extreme weather

Hawaii volcano Kilauea's trail of burning destruction spreads

Lava has spread about 36,000 square metres around the most active fissure. There is no indication of when the lava might stop or how far it might spread.

  • by Jennifer Peltz
Malaysia stops people smuggling tanker with 130 heading to Australia
Immigration

Malaysia stops people smuggling tanker with 130 heading to Australia

The modified tanker carrying the Sri Lankan immigrants included 98 men, 24 women, four boys and five girls.

  • by James Massola & Amilia Rosa
Macron treads a fine line on independence for New Caledonia
Politics

Macron treads a fine line on independence for New Caledonia

President Macron has acknowledged the "pain of colonisation" during a visit to New Caledonia while trying to avoid openly campaigning against independence.

  • by Charlotte Antoine
In New Caledonia, Macron confronts the past and prepares the future
Analysis
Politics

In New Caledonia, Macron confronts the past and prepares the future

Australian policy observers were focused on French President Emmanuel Macron’s first visit to Australia this week, but there is another important first.

  • by Denise Fisher
New Zealand is fed up with being left off maps
New Zealand

New Zealand is fed up with being left off maps

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has joined a lighthearted campaign by Tourism NZ to #getNZonthemap.

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Woman found neighbour's semi-submerged ute and feared the worst
New Zealand

Woman found neighbour's semi-submerged ute and feared the worst

Tania Shaw had gone looking for her neighbour when she found his ute in the creek that divides their homes.

  • by Phillipa Yalden
‘Absolute legend’: Australian musician remembered after surfing death in Bali
Tragedy

‘Absolute legend’: Australian musician remembered after surfing death in Bali

Jae Haydon has been remembered as a musician and surfer whose “light shone brighter than most”.

  • by Rachel Clun
Exclusive Brethren saved a guilty man from jail, then he was 'shut up'
Religion

Exclusive Brethren saved a guilty man from jail, then he was 'shut up'

The secretive sect went to great lengths to keep a drink-driver whose family died in a car crash from jail but has since ordered its members to sever all ties.

  • by Bevan Hurley
UK to open diplomatic posts in the Pacific, citing security concerns
UK

UK to open diplomatic posts in the Pacific, citing security concerns

Great Britain says it wants to be Global Britain after Brexit by expanding its diplomatic footprint across the world.

  • by Latika Bourke
Thousands of Little Blue Penguins wash up dead on NZ coast
Wildlife

Thousands of Little Blue Penguins wash up dead on NZ coast

The number of dead birds is unusual but not unprecedented as mass deaths occur once in every 20 years.