Welfare review to consider unemployment insurance
The govt-appointed Welfare Working Group will consider unemployment insurance among options for reforming the social security system.
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Insurance companies quiz customers on sex-life secrets
Life insurers are asking people seeking insurance if they have sex with prostitutes.
Right hand road rule gets thumbs down
The days of rental car companies giving pamphlets to confused overseas visitors and crossing their fingers they'll cope with NZ's oddball right-hand rule look set to be over.
NZ's right-hand rule set for change
New Zealand's unique right-hand rule, a relic of an old Melbourne tram system and cause of 2560 crashes a year, is set to be scrapped.
Cutting drink-drive limits will hurt majority - lawyers
Reducing the current legal blood alcohol limit will hurt the law-abiding majority without tackling repeat offenders, say lawyers.
Lower adult blood alcohol limits a 'no-brainer'
The Govt's failure to immediately commit to lowering blood alcohol limits for adult drivers is "just not good enough", say advocacy organisations.
25pc hike in life policies tipped
The cost of buying life insurance could rise by as much as 25 per cent this year because of changes to the way it is taxed.
Burgled seven times in a year
An Auckland mother is planning to uproot her two children and leave her family home after being burgled seven times in just over a year.