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<i>John Loof:</i> Forget self-interest on tobacco sales

Setting examples

Good parenting, writes Dita De Boni, is not just about clothing, feeding and educating your children.

Drink drive blitzes working - police

Police on Auckland's North Shore have a feeling their drink drive blitzes are working.

South Africa: Going home

Jane Phare talks to a South African living in New Zealand who is returning to Cape Town armed with lessons learned from Kiwis.

Prison visitors facing drug smuggling charges

Two prisoners' mothers and a girlfriend are facing criminal charges, after trying to smuggle drugs.

Dangers of bed-sharing still being ignored, says coroner

Girls of 12 working in 'young red light area', say police

Police are worried by a rise in underage prostitution in downtown Auckland, where girls as young as 12 are selling themselves for sex.

Mob leader's properties frozen under new law

Child poverty rate in NZ too high, Govt told

Short people more at risk of heart disease, studies show

Short people suffer a greater rate of illness and death from heart disease, research has shown.

Warning: the nanny state can seriously improve your health

Research shows that "nannying" works, with a ban on smoking having a decidedly positive impact on individuals' lives

Key mindful of gender

Health service backs jail for unregistered tobacco sellers

Morgan puts money into grassroots loans

Sam Morgan has invested $700,000 in a Pacific Island-based microfinance company.

<i>John Banks:</i> We must crack down on alcohol misuse

For years, I watched my mother slowly and progressively kill herself through the bottle. I made the decision then not to drink.

IHC confronts 'huge issue' of disabled living longer