Auckland tribes are seeking a co-management deal for the Waitemata and Manukau harbours in upcoming Treaty negotiations.

Visitors to Nora and Waata Rameka's piece of paradise in Northland pay for the privilege of surfing off Takou Bay.

Financial advisers will no longer have to dob each other in for ethical breaches under a completed version of a draft code of conduct.

A shock Herald test saw a member of staff able to down nine beers before hitting the legal drink drive limit.

We are calling for New Zealanders to sign up to our campaign to drink and drive responsibly. Read one of the stories that sparked the alcohol limit debate.

Garth George writes that a UK study determined it was impossible to ensure all legalised killings were voluntary.

Dr Bruce Cohen suggests that Tasers might work - as long as they're not used.

Plans to fast-track liquor licences for the Rugby World Cup are "risky and unwise", say the gov't.

A decision on lowering the drink-drive limit should go to a select committee so the public can have a say, Labour leader Phil Goff says.

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.

Legislative changes designed to limit confusion for businesses ahead of October's GST hike have been welcomed by a leading accounting firm.

Is the proposed change to sick leave laws really needed?

Would-be liquor merchants are flooding NZ with applications for new bottle shops before an expected law tightening, a liquor chain says.

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.

A terminally ill doctor who reignited the euthanasia debate says he has received offers to help him die.

Unions are warning of heated collective contract talks on the horizon.