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![Mum and Dad to decide if young Johnny gets booze](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Mum and Dad to decide if young Johnny gets booze
Under-18s wanting to drink at a private party will need their parents' permission and the host will need to police the level of drunkenness.
![Fiji democracy group planning pirate radio](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Fiji democracy group planning pirate radio
A pirate radio station plans to broadcast from international waters off the coast of Fiji.
![More power for councils in battle against booze](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
More power for councils in battle against booze
Local councils will be given greater power to make decisions over alcohol in their communities under changes to be released tomorrow.
![Changing court procedures won't work - Law Society](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Changing court procedures won't work - Law Society
Calls to change procedures after a notorious killer was able to write a letter to a juror have been called into doubt by the Law Society.
![Technology to combat car gangs 'too costly'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Technology to combat car gangs 'too costly'
Steven Joyce scrapped a planned crackdown on professional car thieves despite support from the Justice Ministry and police.
![Black Power likely to buy back HQ](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Black Power likely to buy back HQ
Black Power looks set to buy back a confiscated stronghold after the Government and Auckland City Council ruled out buying the property to keep it away from the gang.
![Black Power regains control of cannabis HQ](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Black Power regains control of cannabis HQ
A Black Power stronghold seized by police when a $1.5 million drug ring was smashed is now back in the hands of the gang.
![Spy base defence faces reform or axe](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Spy base defence faces reform or axe
The 'claim of right' defence that saw three activists escape conviction despite wilfully damaging the Waihopai spy base will be repealed or reformed.
![Name lands NZ fishing rep in hot water with law again](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Name lands NZ fishing rep in hot water with law again
Peter James Scott has again fallen foul of the authorities because he shares his name and birthday with a drug dealer.
![Drunken youths in ER at rate of almost one a day](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Drunken youths in ER at rate of almost one a day
Drunk youths are turning up at Auckland emergency rooms at the rate of almost one a day, says the ADHB.
![Government toughens up on knives](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Government toughens up on knives
The Government is moving to increase maximum sentences for knife-related offences while beefing up education and placing restrictions on the sale of knives.
![Parental law set to stop teen drinkers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Parental law set to stop teen drinkers
The Government is considering making it unlawful for adults to give alcohol to young people without their parents' consent.
![Cop backs calls to reopen Crewe case](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Cop backs calls to reopen Crewe case
A former detective on the Crewe double murder inquiry is backing calls for the unsolved case to be reopened.
![No reason to reopen Crewe case, author says](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
No reason to reopen Crewe case, author says
There is no good reason to revisit the unsolved 1970 Crewe murder case, says the man who helped Arthur Allan Thomas win a pardon.