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Ending duty-free tobacco unlikely: Key

<i>All in a day's work: </i> Have a break, have a kitkat (instead?)

Get out of jail smoke-free

Crunch time for Wall Street

Aussie code discourages ultra-skinny fashion models

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

Wilson moves to stymie panel

Anti-gang 'mosquito' device should be banned - report

Iwi will get 2000km of coastline

Attorney-General Chris Finlayson believes about 2000km of NZ's coastline will eventually be covered by iwi customary title.

<i>Audrey Young:</i> Foreshore compromise unlikely

National has relaxed the threshold for claiming customary title but the iwi leaders want it relaxed even further.

<i>Eugene Hyman:</i> Locking up crims and throwing away the key no answer

Not so much great expectations, as clear expectations

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

Crunch time for foreshore

Warning: the nanny state can seriously improve your health

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

Health service backs jail for unregistered tobacco sellers

<i>John Banks:</i> We must crack down on alcohol misuse

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

Business groups say Super City rules block their access to council