Labour leader Chris Hipkins says Foreign Minister Winston Peters must have a frank and open conversation with his Chinese ...

Listen to ABC News interviews and commentary and analysis from radio programs like AM, PM and The World Today.

The foreign minister will be raising the matters of the warships and the controversial Cook Islands deals in three high-level meetings in Beijing this week.

A high to the east of Tasmania will bring a northerly flow across the state on Wednesday, ahead of a weak cold front that will cross the west and south later the day. Another high will move over ...