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Toddler 'flopped like a ragdoll'

Man accused of daughter's murder tried to stop seizure

Two-year-old not responsive after alleged attack, court told

Father accused of stomping on two-year-old daughter

Tapu Misa: Worshipping the wrong kind of god

Substance abuse claims soar

Drug counsellor says it's easier to claim addiction than to get a job.

Tenants start to feel big changes over state housing

Housing Kaitaia's homeless is coming at a serious cost in Glen Innes, where Housing NZ is removing or renovating 156 houses.

Alcohol levy plan to rid city of drunks

ACC cuts carer's pay under minimum wage

Addicts escape beneficiary drug testing

Welfare reform: Back to work

Sad school days linked to illness in middle-age

Being unpopular with your classmates may not only make your schooldays miserable, it could also make you ill decades later.

No baby boom and fewer sheep: Myths busted

Tapu Misa: Market model leaves schools to die

League tables 'for sport, not schools'

Legalising of gay marriage doomed unless Abbott allows conscience vote