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.

New on-the-spot orders will allow police to remove an alleged offender from a home for up to five days to "calm things down".

A jury has been reassured about the state of mind of Mark Stafford Feary after it asked a question during verdict deliberations in court.

A Super 14 rugby star has been charged with a domestic violence incident involving a knife and given name suppression.

Supreme Court judge Bill Wilson has effectively been given a few days to decide to resign before a panel is appointed to investigate his conduct.

Irreverent Tui billboards will survive even if liquor laws are reviewed the way the Law Commission envisages: Yeah, Right.

The Govt says it's likely to reject a recommendation to lift alcohol prices.

Closing times at 4am could put a dampener on RWC festivities but the Government says any changes would likely come in after 2011.

An increase in excise tax is among likely recommendations of a report into alcohol to be released next week, the Bill English says.

A report on child witnesses in criminal courts has identified concerns about the systems aimed at protecting them.

David Bain will have to meet an "extraordinary circumstances" test in his bid for compensation for wrongful conviction.