Growing friction with China and how to reopen borders after the pandemic will be among the topics discussed by the leaders of Australia and New Zealand in their first face-to-face meeting since the coronavirus outbreak prompted both countries to close their borders

Growing friction with China and how to reopen borders after the pandemic will be among the topics discussed by the leaders of Australia and New Zealand in their first face-to-face meeting since the coronavirus outbreak began

Cindy Kiro says she hopes to inspire Maori girls after becoming the first Indigenous woman appointed as New Zealand's governor-general

Samoa was plunged into a constitutional crisis after the woman who won an election last month was locked out of Parliament and the previous leader claimed he remained in charge

Samoa appears set to get its first woman leader after the nation’s top court on Monday reinstated the results of a knife-edge election last month

Most of the Australians involved in the suspended Indian Premier League have arrived in Sydney on a charter flight and will go immediately into quarantine

Around half the passengers due to fly from India to Australia after a two-week travel ban have been grounded because they either have COVID-19 or are considered a close contact of someone who does

An Indigenous New Zealand lawmaker was thrown out of Parliament’s debating chamber for performing a Maori haka in protest at what he said were racist arguments

A Chinese-born political adviser has lost his challenge to Australia’s laws banning covert foreign interference in domestic politics