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Telecom engineer's wife in cancer limbo

<i>Lindsay Mitchell:</i> Tough love needed to break Maori welfare dependency

Woolworths forced to come clean on gambling business

Victim: Sex-abuse rule will cost lives

A man raped by a relative at the age of 7 says the Government will have 'blood on its hands' if it introduces proposed new rules for sex abuse counselling.

Judge locks up 15-year-old for third drink-drive case

<i>Brian Rudman:</i> World leader in liberal booze laws - a title we don't need

Model neighbours start own 'gang'

Banks scraps booze law change

Liquor law changes which would have closed Auckland suburban bars before midnight will be scrapped after a hostile reception.

Booze test dummies

You can knock back three-quarters of a bottle of wine after work, get behind the wheel and pass a police breath test, says the transport minister. Is this a licence to kill? Matt Nippert investigates

Three-year-old criminal suspects in UK

It has emerged that police officers in Strathclyde, Scotland visited the home of a three-year-old after receiving a complaint of damage to household property

Qld's dodgy brothel problem

<i>Review:</i> Ruben Guthrie at Herald Theatre

<i>Nigel Wilson</i>: Hidden scandal of rheumatic fever a costly timebomb

Biggest killers on our roads revealed

Speed is the biggest killer on New Zealand's roads - with the number of deaths at a five-year high and motorcyclists the leading casualties.

Smacking debate won't be going away in hurry

<i>That Guy</i>: Forget about the h, let's think about the p