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Our 'broken' divorce system: Trusts targeted as relationship property

Hidden treasures: how to get a fair share of relationship property.

'It's brutal:' Fighting for a fair share with your ex in a divorce

Why fighting over relationship property is "barbaric" and what needs change.

Retirement village reform: 'Major, material change needed'

Retirement Commissioner urges sweeping review of the sector.

Proposed changes to 'out of date' succession law

How important is the freedom to choose what happens to our property after we die?

Law Commission finds flaws in DNA use for investigation

The Law Commission found ways DNA is used in criminal investigations ignores human rights.

David Fisher: What today's Kim Dotcom judgment means

ANALYSIS: Supreme Court's extradition judgment is like losing Lotto but winning Powerball.

All you need to know about Kim Dotcom's judgment day

The Supreme Court is poised to hand down its verdict on Dotcom and extradition to the US.

Opinion: Stop using rape victims as your political football

Playing games with the lives of rape victims should be a step too far for any party.

Samira Taghavi: Rape law devised inside an echo chamber

Comment: Sexual Violence Bill will only add to the 'body count' of lives ruined.

Audrey Young: How Winston Peters failed his coalition partner

COMMENT: This shambles is not about policy, it is about trust, writes Audrey Young.

8000 Kiwis have died prematurely due to hazardous drinking

Watchdog slams the Government for failures to address NZ's hazardous drinking culture.

Claire Trevett: Abortion reform delivers Simon Bridges a conundrum

National is a broad church, and on abortion the pews are particularly far apart.

Doctors can refuse abortion referral, even with proposed law changes

Harrowing stories New Zealand 'pro-choice' advocacy group are hearing all the time.

Couples could share income for 5 years after breakup

The family home may no longer be automatically split 50-50 after a breakup.

End of the 50-50 split? Govt eyes big divorce law shakeup

Partners should also share income for a period after a breakup, Law Commission says.

Editorial: Your last will and testament - or not

EDITORIAL: A case reported this week shows again wills can be contested - and overthrown.

Booze nation: Kiwis drinking less, but 1 in 3 still bingeing

Kiwis drink three standard drinks - or three mid-strength beers - a day on average.

Law Commission recommends ditching 50-50 split after a breakup

The proposal comes after a review of the 42-year-old law.