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Landlords hit hard by wayward tenants

Landlords are hitting back at property managers after paying thousands of dollars in fees only to have their houses trashed by tenants.

<i>Matt McCarten:</i> Labour keeping close watch on Wilkinson

New law to clarify work breaks

Legislation allowing workers to take meal and breast-feeding breaks may be changed.

Internet copyright fight nears resolution

<i>John Armstrong:</i> No date set for agriculture's inclusion in ETS

Air NZ under pressure from EU to reduce emissions

<i>Deborah Coddington:</i> Journeys afar highlight cringe factors at home

<i>Sigrid Shayer & Hueline Massey:</i> Stumped by the prospect of a great chainsaw massacre

<i>Graham MacCormick:</i> Let's get back to basics now referendum is over

<i>Jim Evans:</i> New section 59 is clearly a mess

<i>Tanya Thomson:</i> Compliance programmes - protection for your business

<i>Adam Gifford:</i> Music industry sounds like a broken record

The recording and film industries are structured around distribution of physical items - getting bits of shellac or vinyl or plastic into shops, celluloid into cinemas.

<i>Phil Jackson:</i> Parents, not governments, are responsible for children

<i>Russell Wills:</i> Smacking sometimes escalates to serious assault cases

<i>Editorial:</i> Calling time on liberal liquor laws

<i>Tanya Thomson:</i> Why the Commerce Act matters to small businesses

New law to hasten building consents

Local voice at heart of region's concerns