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<i>John Armstrong</i>: Any ugly welfare debate would be welcome distraction for Bennett

Girls of 12 working in 'young red light area', say police

Police are worried by a rise in underage prostitution in downtown Auckland, where girls as young as 12 are selling themselves for sex.

Rise in underage prostitutes working Auckland streets

Police say increasing numbers of girls as young as 12 are working as prostitutes in Auckland's city centre.

Mongrel Mob leader jailed for attack

Man accused of enabling drink driver

Govt studies tough US policy for sole parents

Copenhagen liquor bill not excessive - Groser

Bradford blasts insurance welfare

Morgan puts money into grassroots loans

Sam Morgan has invested $700,000 in a Pacific Island-based microfinance company.

<i>Editorial:</i> Work helps ill beneficiaries to get better

Jails costing millions in wages, help programmes

Brave pill could combat soldiers' fear

The prospect of being able to take a pill to combat fear and anxiety has come a step closer

Greens: Tourism and dairying set to collide

NZ's key export earners are headed for "a terrible collision" as a result of economic mismanagement, Russel Norman says.

More than 140 kids abandoned at casinos since 2006

Supervision could have saved teen - report

Members of a school 1st XV with a booze "culture" were left to drink unsupervised for three hours in London on the night a teen sleepwalked to his death.

Greens: National failing to address inequality

Metiria Turei today said John Key and Paula Bennett had "forgotten where they came from", denying New Zealanders the same opportunities to get ahead that they both benefited from.