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Outcry as drink-drive limit is retained
The Govt's decision to shelve plans to lower the drink-driving limit for adults and instead do more research has been attacked as gutless.
UN expert targets Maori disadvantage
Extreme social and economic disadvantage faced by Maori has been highlighted as an ongoing concern by a visiting UN expert.
Workers win back one lost holiday
Some 2000 metal and manufacturing workers have negotiated a one-off holiday in 2011 to make up for missed public holidays.
<i>Tapu Misa:</i> Work much more than just a job
Help and training is better than a legislation for 90-day trials and clampdowns on sickies, writes Tapu Misa.
Air gun clampdown wins applause
The family of a man shot dead by a high-powered air rifle is welcoming a policy change that will see all those with such weapons requiring a firearms licence.
Surge in booze-shop bids as tough law looms
Would-be liquor merchants are flooding NZ with applications for new bottle shops before an expected law tightening, a liquor chain says.
Boilers 'time bombs' in our schools - engineer
The survivor of the fatal Orewa College boiler explosion fears there are ticking time bombs in most Kiwi schools.
Schoolgirls' crash 'devastating' for school
A two-car crash which left five Rotorua Girls' High School students injured today has been "absolutely devastating", principal Annette Joyce says.