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Is smashing pokie machines a good idea or willful vandalism?

Troubled actress Castle-Hughes dumps the booze

Oscar-nominated actress Keisha Castle-Hughes has been praised for her decision to kick her drinking habit.

Addiction clinic to close after Auckland DHBs withdraw contracts

End of road for gambler

<i>Paul Thomas</i>: Smokers splutter while the middle-class huffs and puffs

Forward thinking: A send-off fit for a Captain

He was prepared to steer his boat into any weather, ride his Harley fast and drive his Corvette faster. I never knew the guy, but it's clear he was a legend - and a hoot.

Sex-addict study solicits adulterers

Researchers want to hear from serial sex cheats and others with trouser-trouble, to deepen their understanding of what they call "hypersexuality".

Sex addiction study: volunteers wanted

<i>Paul Lewis</i>: Tiger keeps on stinking

Smokers back new tobacco pouch to help quit the habit

Family tells of smoking death pain

MPs probing the tobacco industry got personal with the family of a Maori smoking victim describing the impact of his addiction and death.

Air NZ accused of rehab bias to pilots

A former Air NZ flight attendant claim the airline does more to help pilots battling alcohol or drug addictions than it does for "expendable" cabin crew.

Twice as many legally hooked

'P' kids struggle when they start school

P-crazed farmer threatened officer's wife

Woman stole to pay for psychics

A Whangarei woman resorted to theft in order to fund her addiction to psychic hotlines.