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Marriage is good but has downsides when it fails - study
Tying the knot is positive for the mental health of both men and women, according to a New Zealand-led international study.
Cell suicide brings call for legal help line
A coroner is calling for a national legal help phone line for prisoners in police custody after a lawyer could not be found for a man who later hanged himself.
Self-made story an inspiration to others
After knock-backs author worked hard to publish her own book.
Happy kids become healthy adults - study
A study of NZers shows kids who suffer psychological or social adversity are at greater risk of suffering long-lasting health problems.
Self-help course blamed for death leap
A self-help course has been blamed by a coroner for the death of a woman who jumped from a Sydney office window.
'Charter for rapists' - critics savage ACC
Therapists and counsellors say tight new rules for claiming ACC subsidies for sexual abuse counselling have become "a rapists' charter"
Parents fume over delay in home-care pay decision
Eight families who say they need help to look after their disabled children have been left waiting almost a year for a decision by the Human Rights Review Tribunal.
ACC to cut number and payouts for scans
A new program to help reduce ACC costs will make it more difficult for some people to get medical scans.
Ex-wife regrets decision to let drunk husband go
The estranged wife of convicted murderer Tony Worrell says she regrets not doing more to make him stay home the night he drove into two cars.
Man guilty of murdering woman in deliberate crash
Tony Worrell was responsible for Katie Powles' death when he deliberately crashed into her on June 3, 2008, a jury found today.
Hospital restrains man for six years
A mentally ill patient restrained in solitary confinement for almost six years is one of several disturbing cases the Ombudsmen have uncovered.