Three knights and two dames among those to speak out in support of tougher drinking laws.

Australia has moved to take ultra-skinny models off the catwalks and magazines under a new code of conduct announced yesterday.

Maori groups awarded customary title in the foreshore and seabed will be the legal owners of it and the minerals beneath it.

The Maori Party's often controversial MP Hone Harawira says the Prime Minister was "pandering to rednecks" over the foreshore and seabed deal.

Drug control groups want a tightening of laws relating to synthetic cannabis products.

The Govt will introduce a new property title that can be claimed over the foreshore and seabed.

All in a day's work: Employment law works best when we all employ a bit of common sense.

Research shows that "nannying" works, with a ban on smoking having a decidedly positive impact on individuals' lives

For years, I watched my mother slowly and progressively kill herself through the bottle. I made the decision then not to drink.

Maori will refuse to forgo their rights to the foreshore and seabed unless private owners do the same, an iwi leaders' group has warned.

The Government has embarked on a path to abolish building depreciation on virtually every building type and could hit depreciation claims on commercial building fit-outs in future, says Bayleys Valuations director John Freeman.