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Oceania
Jacinda Ardern lays down maternity leave plan amid intense scrutiny
Due to give birth on June 17, New Zealand's Prime Minister says there's nothing "unprecedented" about the acting PM taking the reins.
- by Jenny Noyes
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Volcanoes
Evacuation order ignored as huge fissure No.17 opens on Hawaii volcano
Yet another fissure has opened on Hawaii's Kilauea volcano, spewing rocks and magma and threatening more homes, although some residents are staying put.
- by Terray Sylvester
Volcanoes
Roaring like jet engines, new crack opens at Hawaii volcano
Within hours, the fissure piled lava about 12 metres high and at least 45 metres in length. Chunks of magma were being spewed 30 meters in the air.
- by Terray Sylvester
New Zealand
NZ rethinking '100 per cent pure' campaign
New Zealand's tourism body is shaking up its message but says it's got nothing to do complaints about the state of the environment.
- by Boris Jancic
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
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
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
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
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
New Zealand is fed up with being left off maps
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has joined a lighthearted campaign by Tourism NZ to #getNZonthemap.
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