A legal challenge to the so-called gang patch ban has compared the controversial legislation to Nazi Germany and the Taliban. Lawyer Chris Nicholls is asking the High Court at Wellington to overturn the conviction of Mana-Apiti Brown – a patched member of the Bad Company chapter of the Nomad gang.

New Zealand has sacked its top diplomat in London after he made a “deeply disappointing” remark questioning Donald Trump’s grasp of history.

High Commissioner Phil Goff has lost his job for comments in which he appeared to question US President Donald Trump's grasp of history.