Pacific health experts are warning families to get vaccinated as New Zealand’s measles outbreak spreads across the country.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned Aotearoa New Zealand to urgently close the “alarming” gaps in measles immunisation, particularly among Māori and Pacific communities.

Australia and New Zealand both face damaging winds and heat this week, with the New Zealand meteorological agency on Wednesday warning conditions will deteriorate on Thursday.

A man has been charged after a window of the New Zealand Foreign Minister’s home was smashed with a crowbar and a note pinned to his front door that said “welcome to the real world”, the Minister’s spokesperson said.

The New Zealand government said it would pay the Samoan government 10 million Samoa tala ($3.51 million) following the sinking of a Royal New Zealand Navy vessel off the coast of Samoa in 2024.

Auckland International Airport (AIA.NZ), said it welcomed the New Zealand Commerce Commission’s decision not to launch a formal inquiry into airport regulation as Air New Zealand (AIR.NZ), had requested.

Australia and Japan on Monday said they would deepen cooperation to address increasing security challenges in the Indo-Pacific region, including assisting each other in evacuating citizens at risk overseas.

The New Zealand government said it would set up a new NZ$190 million ($112 million) social investment fund in its 2025 budget to make targeted investments designed to help improve the lives of its vulnerable people.

A New Zealand government committee recommended three Indigenous lawmakers be temporarily suspended from parliament following the performance of a haka during the reading of a contentious bill last year.

A terror attack in New Zealand remains a “realistic possibility” over the next year as evolving global and domestic security trends continue to drive extremist sentiment, the country’s intelligence service said on Tuesday.

Highly pathogenic avian influenza has been detected at a poultry farm in New Zealand’s South Island.

A nine-day march by Maori and their supporters across New Zealand has culminated in Wellington at a rally with thousands readying to protest against a bill that opponents say seek to dilute the rights of the Maori.