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<i>Don Kavanagh</i>: Open all hours
Mandatory closing times is not necessarily the answer to society's drinking problems, says Don Kavanagh.
Editorial: It's a matter of life and death
It is in the natural order of things for every generation of parents to lament that their children behave more badly than they did when they were growing up.
King's boys play game of their lives...
Three days after burying their mate, King's College First XV played the game of their lives to beat arch-rivals Auckland Grammar.
Kerre Woodham: Teenage years are a killer
My 22-year-old daughter will graduate from law school this year.
After-balls back on as company gets in on act
After-ball parties are being planned for several schools by a company that approached students on the internet.
Broadsides: Too young to drink?
We asked Labour's Jacinda Ardern and National's Nikki Kaye: Should the drinking age be raised?
Fatal crash: Booze, speed and no licence
Booze, speed and driving without a licence - this combination appeared to be behind last night's death of a young man racing to the beach to watch the sunset.
Police dad: Nothing can prepare you
John Wilson doesn't know how many times he has told families of tragedies in the middle of the night - and he wasn't prepared to hear the news himself.
Crackdown takes drink-drive fight into offenders' homes
Police are targeting a small list of disqualified drink-drivers who have offended at least three times.
<i>Nick Smith</i>: Beware the Puritans at the gate
Watch out: Once the killjoys have nailed all the smokers, drinkers will be next.