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Dying GP's last wish: Legalise euthanasia

A doctor who has just months to live after being diagnosed with a terminal illness says it's time for euthanasia to be legalised.

If you can't stand the meat...

A decision to give up meat for a year opened Alice Azania-Jarvis' eyes to much more than the ethical side of the debate.

No accounting for mistakes

Why the truth really can hurt

How do you know if someone is lying to you? What, exactly, are you supposed to look for?

Fresh hope for infertile women

Palm oil firms slippery - MP

New Zealand food companies are being slippery about whether they use palm oil, according to a Green Party survey.

<i>David Chaplin:</i> Everything you know about regulation is wrong

There have been so many twists in this storyline that it's difficult to remember who's who, what's what and, more importantly, why.

Banks 'pressuring customers' with scare tactics

<i>John Bishop:</i> We all have right to give thanks

Fate of frozen embryos rests with ethics board

Rulings shatter Rio Tinto's illusion of innocence

It looks as if Rio Tinto knew six months ago there was evidence its staff in Beijing were guilty.

<i>Bishop Patrick Dunn:</i> Local perspective on child abuse within the church

<i>Garth George:</i> Sterilisation only a barbed band-aid fix

'Sorry' state of affairs

Apologies have flowed from public figures. Catherine Masters finds out why some work - and some don't.

Kiwis dig deep to be ethical

Eco ethics guiding business decisions