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Kerre McIvor: Ryder a fall guy in random violence
On Thursday night, while Jesse Ryder lay in intensive care in Christchurch Hospital after a savage and apparently random…
Haven for hard partiers
In a bid to cut down unnecessary hospital admissions, five Auckland organisations have set up a temporary 'safe house' for…
Kerre McIvor: Save tirade for the drunk driver
The father of a 15-year-old injured in a car accident in the early hours of last Sunday has lashed out at emergency services…
National
New DNA test can detect Bluff oyster-killing infection
A new DNA test has been developed to detect low levels…
Key visits Christchurch construction sites
Prime Minister John Key visited three major construction…
Drink driving discharges dismissed
Senior legal figures do not believe there is a problem with the number of drink-drivers before the courts who receive a…
Judges let off drink drivers
Judges let off around 50 people a year for drink-driving - with reasons ranging from models wanting to work overseas and…
Alcohol 'hard to regulate on social media'
Alcohol advertising is so seamlessly blended into social media and smartphone technology that government will struggle to…
Women with more sex partners turn to drink and drugs
Having multiple sexual partners is a significant predictor of women turning to drink and drugs in later life, a new study…
Drinking debate
Rugby: Is it 'third time lucky' for Zac?
Zac Guildford's girlfriend hopes the experts are proved right and the rugby renegade can be okay after…
Will Hall: Drinking on the job
Giving up the grog for the Hello Sunday Morning programme has been challenge enough in social situations, but what happens…
Will Hall: Mates pledge support for sober stand
Since I've started on Hello Sunday Morning, the most challenging thing is not the most obvious. I love beer so much that…
Hundreds arrested in alcohol crack-down
Hundreds of people were arrested and charged with alcohol-related offences during a poilce operation aimed at highlighting…
Drink-drive deed earns police tick
Police are praising a couple for taking the wheel of a drunk-driver's car and driving him from Arrowtown…
Editorial: Delay on local drink rules makes no sense
The Alcohol Reform Bill now bears scant resemblance to the core recommendations of the 2010 Law Commission report which…
Collins rejects liquor pleas
South Auckland MPs have pleaded with their fellow South Aucklander - Justice Minister Judith Collins - to put aside politics…
Alcohol law delay needed
Justice Minister Judith Collins has defended requiring councils to wait for a year before they can use new powers over liquor…
Boy saved from 'very drunk' driving mum
Whangarei police are praising the actions of family members who pulled a 10-year-old boy out of a car moments before his…
Key drinks in success of beer firm
An under-fire Prime Minister John Key started the day with a beer yesterday - but not in a yard glass…
Sunday Insight: Taking it to the limit
When Linda Brown slides behind the steering wheel of her car these days, she's on edge. "I look at all the oncoming cars…
Two's plenty for most drivers
Just one in 10 drivers would get behind the wheel after consuming more than two drinks, a new study shows. The figures…
Travel warning review after arak death
MFAT is to review its safe travel advice on the dangers of drinking arak following a coroner's findings linking the drink…
Actor fined for driving over limit
Former Shortland Street actor Paul Reid has been convicted and fined $1000 for drink-driving. Reid, 31, an actor-turned-popstar-turned-businessman…
Worker on death charge
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A Maori Party candidate in the last general election has been charged with manslaughter after a man…
Driving Offences
Fish & Game manager facing firearms, driving charges
Hawke's Bay Fish & Game regional manager Pete McIntosh has been charged with careless driving and a firearms offence after…
Your Views
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Social Issues
Peter Lyons: It's unfair to be designated a loser by the lottery of birth'
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I am a partially sighted middle aged man. My eyesight is deteriorating. Sometimes I feel like a man…
Youth
Kids roaming in restaurants
One Sunday in the April school holidays we had an early dinner at the Rose & Shamrock Village Inn in Havelock North. It’s…
Brewing and Liquor Industry
Lion paid $8m for Emerson's brewery
Brewing giant Lion paid $8 million for Dunedin craft beer maker Emerson's last year, according to documents filed with the…
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