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Expert takeaways from the viral Netflix series that sparked a global conversation about the online world of teen boys and violence.

King was born Deaf and uses New Zealand Sign Language full-time, leading the primary school class using every tool in his kit that is not the spoken word.

The Kiwi actor was in a Liverpool cafe when she found out local drama series was in the running for a British Academy of Film and Television Arts award.

How did a concert that started with an orchestra playing dance bangers become the biggest one-day festival in New Zealand?

The rock band will score a prize for their album, Killjoy, which set them on their way to New Zealand legend status.

Independent Music New Zealand will acknowledge Killjoy, the second album from the rock band, which broke through in 1995 with the colossal riffs and pop sensibility that the band became known for.

International flute player Emily Beynon discusses her approach to music ahead of her concerts with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Audio

The widow of late Green Party MP Fa'anānā Efeso Collins is calling for an inquest into his death, accusing the organisers of the charity event he was attending at the time of failing him. Audio

Caledonia TV could be the next collateral victim of drastic budget cuts following New Caledonia's civil unrest last year.

A new creative hub in West Auckland is helping to preserve Tongan culture through song and dance.Te Puna Creative Hub has taken over the Whoa! Studios building in Henderson, and occupies the former children's theatre.

One of Fiji's deputy prime ministers says Sitiveni Rabuka is the best man to rebuild Fiji after "sixteen years of dictatorship".

Earlier this month, the Papua New Guinea government amended the country's constitution to make it more difficult to bring votes of no confidence in the government.

As the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) celebrates Covenant Day, its status as a commonwealth of the United States is again front and centre, as economic woes and China's influence looms in the region.

An underground fashion week is redefining Aotearoa's fashion industry, offering a platform for Pacific and Māori creatives to challenge the status quo.

The Papua New Guinea government has admitted to using a technology that it says was "successfully tested" to block social media platforms, particularly Facebook, for much of the day on Monday.

The LA-based comedian is back home to serve up his "silly physicality and playing off himself in various characters" on stage for the first time in nearly 10 years.

In 2008, Karl-Heinz Steffens gave up his plum job as principal clarinet with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra - he's never looked back.  Video, Audio

On 26 March 2020, Kate Newton’s street in Auckland went into lockdown along with the rest of the country. Five years later she tracked down her old neighbours.

Ozempic is in, body positivity is out - and a new social media trend isn't helping, writes  Jogai Bhatt.

Could a teenage boy be so influenced by the likes of misogynist Andrew Tate that he's driven to murder his young classmate?

A Goldie painting that sold for almost $90,000 at auction was painted when the iconic New Zealand artist was just 19 years old. Audio

Netflix streaming came to New Zealand 10 years ago this month and how we watch television has never quite been the same.