They cross the road when they see my mother coming. The neighbours shuffle quickly back inside, as though scared it might be contagious. A hundred bunches of flowers are turning slowly brown inside the house, but the phone stays stubbornly silent.

As best he can remember, Richard Tudor can't recall any threats between his neighbours.

Busy people are always juggling work and life. Gill South takes it more literally and exercises her brain in the process.

Thousand of young Brazilians are living a bleak and dangerous life as the number of crack addicts soars.

Domestic violence, from psychological abuse to beatings, is our biggest problem.

When we go to sleep, our brains are still at work. Gill South visits a psychotherapist to see what our dreams tell us.

Christchurch cops are refusing to admit they've completely stuffed up their treatment of an autistic man.

Emily McKenzie says many women today see sex as something to brag about.

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.

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.