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Bremner rampage: Survivor's anguish

EXCLUSIVE: The sole survivor of the Ross Bremner killings - his dad Keith - still doesn't know how his son and wife died.

Crash inquest: Pilot or engineering error?

While the CAA asserts pilot error caused the crash that killed 2degrees boss Eric Hertz and his wife Kathy in 2013, his test pilot brother blames an engineering error.

Family outraged over 'butt-covering'

The family of Nicky Stevens, who died after leaving a Hamilton mental health facility unescorted, have labelled a report into his death "backside covering".

Couple win legal battle after baby taken

A local English council has been ordered to pay damages after taking a week-old baby into care.

ADHD myths debunked after breakthrough

For the first time, scientists can point to evidence that people with ADHD have brain structures that differ from those of people without ADHD.

Homespun anti-meth campaign needed

COMMENT: We need a return to the anti-drug movies of the 1930s as we fight a new danger destroying families and communities, writes Paul Charman.

NZ study: Dads get the baby blues, too

Pre and post-natal depression has been studied exhaustively in mothers - but a new study of 3500 Kiwi men has revealed how dads are also affected by the baby blues.

State care abuse: Calls for inquiry grow

Labour, Greens, Maori Party add weight to call for inquiry into claims of abuse of children in state care.

Raurimu massacre: Spiral of despair

In February 1997 Stephen Anderson went on a killing spree in Raurimu. Twenty years since the massacre, the Herald looks back on the terror and tragedy.

Raurimu massacre: remembering the fallen

In 1997 Helen and Neville Anderson invited a group of friends to spend weekend with them at a Raurimu lodge. That trip led to one of NZ's worst mass shootings.

Are you suffering from 'Trump anxiety'?

Do you feel like you're suffering from "Trump anxiety"? Psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald does too. Although he's pretty sure it's not anxiety, so much as an utterly rational fear.

What Trump's handwriting reveals about him

Here are two handwritten notes by Trump, written in 2011 and 2016, and break down what his script reveals about the commander-in-chief.

Is this the saddest video ever?

A son has published heart-wrenching video filmed with his mother, who has dementia, as she forgets who he is for the first time.

Police searching for missing New Plymouth man

Police are looking for an 89-year-old man with dementia who has gone missing from his New Plymouth home. Bill Workman left his home

MPs tackle loneliness in honour of Jo Cox

The British MP was in the process of establishing the loneliness commission when she was murdered outside her constituency last June.

Haunted by a bloodied child at A&E

Child poverty is a multi-headed beast, writes Rachel Smalley. She tells of a visit to the emergency department and an agitated mother waiting for help.