The family of a woman missing for 12 days say they are going through a "slow living nightmare" as police admit something untoward may have happened to her.

The man accused of murdering two Hokitika men three weeks ago was named for the first time when he appeared in court today.

The Wheelblacks' upcoming tour will be funded by Australia after an application was rejected by NZ’s funding committee.

Wellington woman Margaret Page, whose decision to starve herself sparked widespread debate across New Zealand, has died.

The Family Court in Queensland has authorised the parents of a profoundly disabled girl to give their daughter a hysterectomy.

Cliff Robinson has invested a lifetime raising his disabled son and daughter and is fighting the Government to lighten his load.

Both are loving mothers, who after years of devoted care to their disabled children felt they had no choice but to take the law into their own hands but while one was allowed to walk free from court yesterday the other will go to jail.

The Crown is appealing a landmark Human Rights Review Tribunal decision enabling parents caring for severely disabled adult children to be paid.