Asia correspondent Erin Hale spoke to Lisa Owen about the world's longest-serving death row inmate being acquitted in Japan, China's Ministry of State Security taking to social media to air grievances about New Zealand and a zoo in Finland soon returning some pandas back to China because they're...

Students and supporters in Auckland, New Plymouth and Christchurch swapped their books for picket signs as they joined the School Strike 4 climate protests today. They're calling for the government to uphold commitments to the emissions reduction plan, stopping oil and gas exploration and...

Central Otago is creating a strategy to shape its economic future with hopes it may ease the pressures from rapid growth. A recent report suggests more growth is on the horizon with the population expected to climb from 26,000 last year to 37,000 by 2048. Tess Brunton has been speaking to...