Victims of drink-driving have flooded the Herald with tales of broken families and lasting mental trauma. Read their stories.

A coroner conducting an inquest into the deaths of Chris and Cru Kahui has turned his attention to the phenomenon of child abuse in NZ.

When alcohol industry reps unleash their charm offensives on the corridors of power there is one office they dodge, that of Jim Anderton.

Inside the first of the Govt's new boot camps for serious repeat youth offenders.

A judge has paid tribute to the bravery of a bar manager and a patron who foiled the armed robbery of a Christchurch bar.

A Herald-led campaign to lower the drink driving limit has sparked debate throughout New Zealand.

Graphic images of the adverse health effects of smoking do deter young adult smokers and should be significantly increased in size, NZ research has found.

Drivers caught at more than twice the legal alcohol limit should have to undergo mandatory assessments for alcohol abuse, the Automobile Association says.

New Zealand needs to overhaul laws governing the compulsory treatment of severe alcoholics and drug addicts, says the Law Commission.

German author Johanna Adorjan tells Cathrin Schaer about researching her grandparents’ life and death.

Over 3000 NZers have signed up to the NZ Herald's 'Two Drinks Max' campaign, aimed at convincing the Govt to lower NZ's drink driving limit.

I have always listened to conversations about the Armageddon Expo with interest, safe in the knowledge I will never be attending said event.

Peter Brock's son is echoing his father's calls to cut the carnage caused by drink-driving.

A 54-year-old NZ army veteran involved in an eleven-hour standoff with Brisbane police has been seen dousing his yacht with liquid from a jerry can.

All the crashes which caused seven fatalities this Labour weekend were avoidable, say police.