Successive governments have claimed crack downs on youth vaping but retailers are flouting the law, with just one prosecution on the books.  Retailers have until the end of the year to phase out single-use products, but academics say MPs' fears vape manufacturers will just adapt are...

As global tensions escalated this week, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon was touring South East Asia, strengthening defence and security ties.  Back home, his government was accused of drifting away from New Zealand's independent foreign policy.