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Auckland smokers face street ban

One of NZ's major employers is looking at refusing to hire smokers, and an Auckland city ban...

Garth George: Smoke ban won't set inmates free

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

Web and TV giants team up to fight bullying

Promiscuity 'damaging for women'

Emily McKenzie says many women today see sex as something to brag about.

Fresh abuse claims against caregiver family 'unfounded'

Sex poll only half the story - study

Half of all New Zealanders can still count their sexual alliances on their fingers, despite a claim that Kiwi women are the most promiscuous in the world.

<i>Dita De Boni:</i> Sahara Jayde Baker-Koro

It's hard to believe a grown man killed a five-year-old in his own defence - or even accidentally - but there you have it.

<i>Shelley Bridgeman:</i> Confounding care labels

I make a point of not buying anything that isn't immediately wearable after drip-drying on a coat-hanger.

Women beware: Three kids and you're out

Women who have three or more children are more likely to suffer long-term career disadvantage.

<i>Scott Kara:</i> Happy Feet's cute but he won't save our kids

The story of a sick penguin exposes a nation with its priorities askew, writes Scott Kara.

Pushy adults put stress on their gifted children

Gifted children often feel pressure to over-achieve in order to excel later in life.

Raise super age, doctors say

Jim Hopkins: We'll take the medicine, Mr C -- just give it to us now

It's not the change to history that makes us nervous, it's having to wait to see what it is.

Serenity's mum: Killer 'walking free'

Number of Kiwis on benefits drops again

Poll: NZers against sending solo parents back to work

The Government is looking into the Welfare Working Group's recommendations on...