Doctors can refuse abortion referral, even with proposed law changes
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Teuila Fuatai: Our backwards disability policies
COMMENT: Disabled Kiwis contending with the backwards processes from last century.
Police Association welcome tighter gun laws and national register
The Police Association has been calling for a national register of firearms for years.
People queuing for first gun buyback and amnesty event in Northland
First buyback and amnesty event in Northland a success.
John Roughan: Subject that could put Govt at risk
COMMENT: PM must be regretting endorsing the call to remove abortion from the Crimes Act.
Buyback begins: Gun owners arriving to hand back weapons
Nearly 100 gun owners have been to Riccarton Racecourse so far, most happy with process.
Gang members could turn over a new leaf with medicinal cannabis proposals
Proposed rules mean that criminal pot-growers could work in medicinal cannabis market.
Illegal cannabis seeds may be used to make legal medicinal cannabis products
Illegal cannabis seed proposed to be used to jump-start medicinal cannabis market.
Political Roundup: How to achieve transformational change in politics
Comment: There's increasing doubt about how 'transformational' the Government will be.
Gas-guzzlers face $3000 fee; discounts for electric cars
It also wants to charge a fee on imported vehicles with higher greenhouse gas emissions.
Editorial: The plastic 'no no' banned
EDITORIAL: Chopping handles off plastic bags is cheeky but we shouldn't get carried away.
Comment: Time to stop scoffing at wellbeing agenda?
Comment: Quality of leadership and policy-making will be critical to its success.
Only one business pinged over plastic bags
Single-use plastic shopping bags banned in New Zealand from today onwards.
In or out? Landlords comply or sell ahead of insulation D-day
The legislation comes into effect today, July 1
Banning the bag: Going plastic-free, how hard can it be?
You'd think someone who works with newspapers daily could make a rubbish bag out of one.
John Roughan: Let's not go down this troubled path
COMMENT: When a right to die could reduce others' right to live.
Plastic bag ban: $100,000 fine for non-complying retailers
Mystery shopper-style audits will to carried out to catch retailers breaking the law.
Plastic bag ban: Five things you need to know
The single-use plastic bag ban kicking in tomorrow is more complicated than it sounds.
Rush leaves rentals uninsulated; MBIE warns no extension to deadline
More than a third of rental properties in Northland won't be insulated by the deadline.
Audrey Young: Why the euthanasia bill is not all it seemed
COMMENT: It's time to consider some extra safeguards on euthanasia bill.
Parliament blessed after euthanasia debate
Ceremony held in the House after emotional debate about assisted dying.
MPs share experiences over bill debate: 'She died a painful death'
Parliament begins the discussion on the End of Life Choice legislation.
Government signals 'most significant' public sector shake-up in 30 years
The Government will replace the State Sector Act with the Public Services Act.
How will the leaders of each party be voting — and why?
How will party leaders be voting as the End of Life Choice Bill comes back to parliament?
The weird, the wacky and the wonderful: NZ's most colourful petitions
Some petitions on Parliament's website are truly bizarre.
Gun owners 'angry and frustrated': Some say they won't hand in now-illegal firearms
Council of Licenced Firearms Owners is exploring legal action over Govt's buyback scheme.
20 months jail for man who strangled partner
New legislation made strangulation and suffocation a criminal offence.
NZ's spy watchdog battles to see secret emails
New clash between spies and their watchdog over claims of NZSAS collateral damage.
Conservation Comment: Heard of the Zero Carbon Act?
"Bill has been watered down to get buy-in, but how can you water down an emergency?"
David Seymour says Govt wants to 'censor thoughts', debuts new-look Act
The Act Party conference is held in Auckland today.
US offers extra options to extradite Kim Dotcom
US says no need to prove actual owner of Megaupload movies and music for extradition.
A tale of two Kims: The parallel cases
Comment: The US is finally presenting its case against Kim Dotcom - but will it matter?
Editorial: Your last will and testament - or not
EDITORIAL: A case reported this week shows again wills can be contested - and overthrown.
David Fisher: Speed-dating, magic and Kim Dotcom at the Supreme Court
In the Supreme Court, lawyers tackle a judicial Everest in the Megaupload case