Judith Collins

The new leader of New Zealand's opposition National Party -- nicknamed "Crusher Collins" after her spell as a hard-line police minister -- will need all her resolve to beat Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in the Sept. 19 election.

Three MPs, including the deputy leader, put their hand up Tuesday to be New Zealand's next prime minister following the bombshell resignation of the popular John Key.

A campaign of dirty tricks allegations in the lead up to the New Zealand general election claimed its first victim on Saturday with the resignation of justice minister Judith Collins.

An 11-year-old New Zealand boy was reported Saturday to have fathered a child with the 36-year-old mother of a school friend, raising questions on why women cannot be charged with rape in the country.

The new leader of New Zealand's opposition National Party -- nicknamed "Crusher Collins" after her spell as a hard-line police minister -- will need all her resolve to beat Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in the Sept. 19 election.

Three MPs, including the deputy leader, put their hand up Tuesday to be New Zealand's next prime minister following the bombshell resignation of the popular John Key.

A campaign of dirty tricks allegations in the lead up to the New Zealand general election claimed its first victim on Saturday with the resignation of justice minister Judith Collins.

An 11-year-old New Zealand boy was reported Saturday to have fathered a child with the 36-year-old mother of a school friend, raising questions on why women cannot be charged with rape in the country.