A growing number of companies are buying so-called 'disgrace insurance' in case their brand ambassador turns into a persona non grata.

An Australian public servant has been going to extreme lengths trying to track down the woman of his drea

A Japanese couple involved in smuggling nearly 6kg of methamphetamine into NZ were today jailed for today jailed for 7-1/2 years.

Women losing the gains of workplace equality...

Dita De Boni wonders whether a US charity model, which offers addicts cash to be sterilised, could work here.

The Government's liquor law bill passed its first reading yesterday amid strident criticism from Opposition MPs.

A pro-cannabis group says an amnesty on pot smoking would help prevent crowd violence at the Rugby World Cup 2011.

A pro-cannabis protest ended outside Wellington Police Station today with protestors smoking joints on the steps and pushing a smoking shopping trolley inside.

Sheathed in a cloud of smoke, more than 100 people gathered on Parliament's front lawn this morning to promote the benefits of cannabis over its legal counterparts alcohol and tobacco.

Fancy hats and decadent jewellery were must-haves at Addington's NZ Trotting Cup Day.

A senior Northland policeman is disgusted after a "blotto" 10-year-old boy was found so drunk his eyes were rolling back in his head.

Following reports of Australian charities paying for homeless Kiwis to fly home, a down-on-her-luck NZer in Melbourne tells her story.

An Auckland agency for the homeless has offered to help destitute Kiwis who are being sent home after falling on hard times in Australia.

The minister responsible for tobacco control, Tariana Turia, wants smoking banned in cars and will push for other tough anti-smoking policies.

Saturday's brawls, bottle-throwing and boorishness raise immediate problems for the newly upgraded Eden Park.