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Police, courts, doctors and parents have blamed the drugs for a national outbreak of crime and anti-social behaviour. Photo / Sarah Ivey

Ban brought forward

Dairies, service stations and grocery stores will automatically be banned from selling synthetic cannabis and other legal highs from as early as July.

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Hundreds of kids in CYF abuse review

An executive summary found social workers were "overly optimistic" about the parents' abilities to change their violent behaviour. Photo / Thinkstock

Child Youth and Family is reviewing the cases of more than 200 children thought to have been subjected to continued abuse and neglect despite repeated warnings to social…

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Sister dies on hearing of judge's death

Barbara Mitchell's family say she had just learned of her brother's death when she collapsed. Photo / Supplied

The family of Supreme Court judge Sir Robert Chambers have suffered a second tragedy with the death of his sister - who was so shocked by the news she collapsed when…

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Treated sewage could cover city land

The council says its biosolids policy poses no risk to public health or the environment and would be closely monitored. Photo / Thinkstock

Treated sewage waste could be dumped on land 20m from property boundaries under the draft Auckland Council Unitary Plan.

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Heart of the issue

Studies have shown that veteran athletes may be 5 times more at risk of atrial fibrillation - Hamish Carter's arrhythmia. Photo / Brett Phibbs

Hamish Carter is the latest in a series of elite endurance athletes to have encountered heart problems. An electrical charge was recently used to shock it back into…

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Students bear the brunt of Auckland public transport fare rises

Auckland Transport will lift cash fares for tertiary students by between 7c and 40c a trip on June 3. Photo / NZ Herald

Auckland transport agency has been accused of targeting students with public transport fare rises that will also affect thousands of Hop and multi-trip ticket buyers.Auckland…

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Kids play made too safe - expert

Obstacles in playgrounds are often removed to stop children hurting themselves. Photo / Getty Images

A misguided health and safety culture is threatening to render children's play meaningless, early childhood providers are to be warned.The United Kingdom-based founder…

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Devoy keeps clear of Peters' China attack

Dame Susan was not willing to comment last night. Photo / Doug Sherring

New Race Relations Commissioner Dame Susan Devoy has refrained from joining critics of Winston Peters' latest attack on China's growing influence in NZ, saying she doesn't…

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Porn leading young to take risks: study

Netsafe chief executive Martin Cocker. Photo / Sarah Ivey

Children are developing permissive attitudes to sex and viewing women as objects after being raised on a "diet of pornography", a major British study has found.

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Home seekers take a hammering

Sheryl Hay (right) thinks a capital gains tax might help alleviate the housing affordability crisis. Photo / Greg Bowker

When you've worked hard for years, the kids are growing fast and you've scraped together a decent deposit, most NZ families expect to settle down in their own home…

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$9m fraud family in dock

A Remuera businesswoman allegedly headed a $9.2 million mortgage fraud scheme that involved her siblings, friends and 11 Auckland properties.

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Oil under pressure from China data

Global oil prices have closed little changed, recovering from sharper early losses after weak Chinese manufacturing data.

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Diana Clement: Plastic surgery: clever ways to use a card

If you use the card to buy things you don't need and don't pay the balance in full at the end of each month, then the cleverest thing to do with that card is cut it up. Picture / Getty Images

Credit cards are designed to part us with our money. Canny customers, however, can sometimes use these little plastic cards to their financial advantage.

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Ali Williams ends ABs career

Williams retires from All Blacks

All Black and Blues Captain Ali Williams cries during his announcement with All Black Coach Steve Hansen that he will retire from the All Black Team. Photo / Greg Bowker

All Black lock Ali Williams has announced his retirement from international rugby.The 77-test veteran who made his debut in 2002 made the announcement with a video post…

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