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.

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.

Reducing the current legal blood alcohol limit will hurt the law-abiding majority without tackling repeat offenders, say lawyers.

The Govt's failure to immediately commit to lowering blood alcohol limits for adult drivers is "just not good enough", say advocacy organisations.

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.

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.

Steep rises in levies mean a person on the average wage with one car will pay $1300 to ACC each year - $180 more than they do now.

Opposition ACC spokesman David Parker is accusing the Government of misrepresenting ACC's position to soften up the public for major cuts to ACC entitlements.

ACC is still pushing for a large increase in levies, despite a storm of protest over the size of the hikes proposed.