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Christchurch mosque attack accused's face made public in New Zealand
The decision comes ahead of Brenton Tarrant's return to court, via videolink from his prison, next week.
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Foreign aid
Scott Morrison promises $250m to stave off China’s Pacific growth
Taiwan and China's Belt and Road Initiative cast a heavy shadow over the PM's trip to the Solomon Islands - his first overseas visit since the election.
- by Chris O'Keefe
Aviation
Air New Zealand flight struck by lightning, dumps fuel, returns to Auckland
An Air NZ plane has had to return to Auckland after being struck by lightning while en route to Tahiti.
World politics
NZ's wellbeing budget targets mental health, suicide, welfare
But leaks, allegations of hacking and calls for the resignation of the head of the country's Treasury Department have threatened to overshadow it.
World politics
PNG Parliament elects new prime minister
Former finance minister James Marape has vowed to review the country's big oil and gas contracts after being critical of how they were being managed.
Cyber security
New Zealand police drop investigation into the hacking of the 'wellbeing' budget
The saga has dominated headlines, sparked jabs between political parties, and threatened to overshadow the much-vaunted "wellbeing" budget.
- by Charlotte Greenfield
Protest
On eve of 'wellbeing budget', NZ teachers stage mega-strike
More than half of public schools are closed on Wednesday as teachers take to the streets for a "mega-strike" over a pay dispute with the government.
World politics
PNG Prime Minister O'Neill tenders formal resignation
Peter O'Neill has named a successor, but so has the Opposition.
- by Tom Westbrook
Cyber warfare
'Witch-hunt': New Zealand rattled by budget 'hacking' claims
The centre-right National Party released what it said were details from the Labour-led administration's budget but refused to say how it got the information.
- by Boris Jancic
Christchurch shooting
'Egg boy' Will Connolly donates $100,000 to help mosque attack survivors
The money was raised on two Go Fund Me pages set up by others after Connolly egged Fraser Anning, who had blamed Muslim immigration for the shooting.
Wellbeing
Sceptics abound as Ardern sets sights on first 'wellbeing' budget
Some economists say the NZ PM, who burst into prominence in 2017 vowing to fix inequality among other problems, might be found wanting on budget day.
- by Charlotte Greenfield