Win a wife contest stays, with a name change
A radio station's controversial 'win a wife' competition is going ahead - with a tongue-in-cheek name change - despite allegations it devalues marriage and violates human dignity.
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The mother of a pregnant woman with learning difficulties pleaded with a UK court yesterday for her daughter to be sterilised to stop her having any more children.
QC to investigate naming of sex abuse victims
A Queen's Counsel will carry out an investigation into the publication of the names of two sexual abuse victims on a Ministry of Justice website.
Judge: Breach was court's fault
The Chief High Court Judge, Justice Helen Winkelmann, says the court failed to note suppression rules on a judgement which led to two sexual abuse victims being named on the Ministry of Justice website.
Independent reviewer to look at suppression breach
An independent reviewer is to be appointed to look into the accidental publishing of two sexual abuse victims' names on the Ministry of Justice website.
Ukrainians offended by 'win a wife' competition
A radio promotion offering the chance to win a 'hot' wife from Ukraine has offended New Zealand immigrants from the eastern European country.
Companies asked to pull ads over 'Win a wife' competition
A Facebook group aiming stop a controversial "win a wife" radio competition is asking companies to pull advertising from the station.
NZers in Oz taking legal action over 'discriminatory' law
Sick and disabled NZers are taking legal action against the Australian Government over what they call a "discriminatory" law denying them medical care and other state support.
Call for cigarette display ban this year
Visible cigarette advertising displays will go within nine months following tobacco law changes, if public health officials get their way.
Most NZers would rather give up alcohol than sex - poll
Most New Zealanders would rather give up alcohol than forgo sex, but a fifth of women and a 10th of men would rather have a drink than a romp in the sack, according to a new poll.
Street art: Signatures of style
To some they're ugly scrawls that desecrate the urban landscape, to others they're street art. Paula Yeoman looks at the graffiti debate.
Drinks giant threatened to pull TVNZ account
Pernod Ricard threatened to pull its advertising from TVNZ after a vodka ad was placed alongside a story about a schoolboy who drank himself to death.
NZ world drug kingpin jailed
A Kiwi at the centre of an international drug ring has been jailed for over 11 years.
'Unsafe' newborn practice still being pushed
Parents of newborn babies are receiving conflicting messages about sleeping with their newborn babies.
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Top Green pushes need for capital gains tax
Russel Norman sees 'clean and green' as vital to country's future
<i>Your business:</i> Giving travellers a chance to help out
Voluntourism catching on with holidaymakers and companies.
New Zealand has work to do on gay rights
An attack on a Northland lesbian couple shows New Zealand still has work to do on gay rights, Chief Human Rights Commissioner Rosslyn Noonan says.