Smoking - like overeating - can't be stopped merely by the will of authority.

Bill English's musings on the prison system are welcome. His economic strategy less so.

Rimutaka prison guard Johan Clarke has been jailed in what is believed to be the first time a corrections officer has been convicted of corruption charges.

Prison inmates are being given carrots as an alternative to cigarettes to help them break the tobacco habit.

Our misplaced trust in the Government over our role in a far-off war has come back to haunt us.

Members of the Comancheros Motorcycle Club filmed themselves doing a haka from a 'supermax facility'. Video / Comancheros MC NZ via YouTube