The Independent's Sean O'Grady looks at what the UK's burgeoning population could mean for future generations.

Hundreds of families with deceased KiwiSaver members can now access the money without having to go through a complicated legal procedure.

Tasmanian police found only one piece of forensic evidence at the crime scene: a leech, engorged with blood.

Some Indian grandparents are being brought to NZ by their families only to be used as babysitters and then 'practically abandoned'.

A High Court decision ordering a financial adviser to pay an elderly widow $250,000 could become a "benchmark" for other claims.

The number of people aged 65-plus is expected to double in the next 30 to 40 years.