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.

A pirate radio station plans to broadcast from international waters off the coast of Fiji.

Local councils will be given greater power to make decisions over alcohol in their communities under changes to be released tomorrow.

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.

Simon Power is considering whether jurors' addresses should ever be handed out, amid reports a convicted killer was able to contact a juror.

One of NZ's most notorious killers allegedly contacted a woman on the jury that found him guilty this month of kidnapping.

Steven Joyce scrapped a planned crackdown on professional car thieves despite support from the Justice Ministry and police.

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.

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.

One of NZ's most-notorious career criminals pulled in a six-figure income while in jail - then picked up legal aid as well.

The 'claim of right' defence that saw three activists escape conviction despite wilfully damaging the Waihopai spy base will be repealed or reformed.

Drunk youths are turning up at Auckland emergency rooms at the rate of almost one a day, says the ADHB.

The Government is moving to increase maximum sentences for knife-related offences while beefing up education and placing restrictions on the sale of knives.

The Government is considering making it unlawful for adults to give alcohol to young people without their parents' consent.

A former detective on the Crewe double murder inquiry is backing calls for the unsolved case to be reopened.

There is no good reason to revisit the unsolved 1970 Crewe murder case, says the man who helped Arthur Allan Thomas win a pardon.

Police Commissioner Howard Broad has launched a new criminal investigation into the behaviour of the police's former national manager of professional standards, Jon Moss.