Winston Peters meets SCOTUS, stranded astronauts return to Earth, JFK files are released, and arrests made after a fatal Stokes Valley fire.
1 Peters and Rubio hold 'substantive and productive' meeting
Foreign Minister Winston Peters said he was "seriously pleased" with how his meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio went.
Peters has been in Washington DC this week, meeting with Democrat and Republican lawmakers, as well as various players from the Trump administration.
2 US astronauts splash down after nine months in space
Stuck in space no more, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Earth on Wednesday, hitching a different ride home to close out a saga that began with a bungled test flight more than nine months ago.
Their SpaceX capsule parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico in the early evening, just hours after departing the International Space Station.
3 'Rubbish': Luxon hits back at ACT MP's claim farmers are irate with National
The Prime Minister has hit back at claims made by an ACT MP that farmers are irate with the National Party over its Paris Agreement climate commitments.
In a recent interview with Reality Check Radio, ACT’s agriculture spokesperson Mark Cameron said farmers had been telling him National was out of touch and he believes the party risks losing a substantial portion of the rural vote.
4 Previously classified files related to JFK assassination released
Previously classified documents related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy have been released following an order by President Donald Trump shortly after he took office.
The documents were posted on the website of the US National Archives and Records Administration.
5 Arrests after death of man, 82, in alleged Stokes Valley arson
Three men have been arrested after a man in his 80s was killed after his house was set on fire in Stokes Valley last year.
Ian David Moller was critically injured in a fire at a block of flats in Hanson Grove last November.
ONE CHRIS V CHRIS ANALYSIS
How do our prime minister and opposition party leader stack up on the 'Leadership Capital Index'?
Roughly halfway through the parliamentary term, political commentator Grant Duncan delves into what a "Christopher vs Chris: the sequel" could look like.
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