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![Gill South: A balancing act](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Gill South: A balancing act
Busy people are always juggling work and life. Gill South takes it more literally and exercises her brain in the process.
![Crackland: a nation's journey to hell](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Crackland: a nation's journey to hell
Thousand of young Brazilians are living a bleak and dangerous life as the number of crack addicts soars.
![Dangerous intentions: The abused woman's story](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Dangerous intentions: The abused woman's story
Domestic violence, from psychological abuse to beatings, is our biggest problem.
![Gill South: In my wildest dreams](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Gill South: In my wildest dreams
When we go to sleep, our brains are still at work. Gill South visits a psychotherapist to see what our dreams tell us.
![Paul Holmes: Heavy-handed case all about police ego](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Paul Holmes: Heavy-handed case all about police ego
Christchurch cops are refusing to admit they've completely stuffed up their treatment of an autistic man.
![Promiscuity 'damaging for women'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Promiscuity 'damaging for women'
Emily McKenzie says many women today see sex as something to brag about.
![Cops crack down on autistic looter](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Cops crack down on autistic looter
New Zealand's top police have ignored a judge's recommendation and again denied diversion to an autistic man found taking light fittings in the wake of the Christchurch earthquake.
![Sir Peter Blake awards: Dame Margaret Bazley](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Sir Peter Blake awards: Dame Margaret Bazley
Today the Weekend Herald salutes the winners of the annual Sir Peter Blake Leadership Awards, which honour one of the country's greatest leaders, the late Sir Peter Blake.
![Editorial: CYF must act when babies at risk](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Editorial: CYF must act when babies at risk
Fewer in the community are prepared to turn a blind eye to child abuse.
![The silent battle: Mum fights to ensure a future](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
The silent battle: Mum fights to ensure a future
Abuse, neglect, disability care: words no one wants to see together. In 2006 a flurry of stories about appalling care sparked a Government inquiry. Despite steps to fix the problem, it's happening again.
![Mental health workers protest against assaults](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Mental health workers protest against assaults
Health workers have presented management of a mental health facility with a vote of no confidence after hundreds of assaults by patients.
![Sir Peter Gluckman: Early intervention vital for helping NZ's troubled young](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Sir Peter Gluckman: Early intervention vital for helping NZ's troubled young
More needs to be done during early childhood, write Peter Gluckman and Harlene Hayne.
![Drug sold at dairies puts young man in mental unit](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Drug sold at dairies puts young man in mental unit
An anguished father wants substances such as Kronic synthetic cannabis banned.