A 27-year-old Tongan man made a brief appearance in North Shore District Court this morning accused of attacking a toddler.

Police have charged a US citizen with assisting the 2007 suicide of Auckland woman Audrey Wallis.

Police have charged a man with assault as a 2-year-old girl fights for her life in hospital.

Long-term unemployed, sickness beneficiaries and single mothers on the DPB with children over six are about to come under extra scrutiny under new Govt reforms.

Air NZ apologises for a crew manual which suggested flight attendants watch Tongans who wanted to "drink the bar dry".

An Australian euthanasia advocate is meeting plenty of vocal opposition as he tours Ireland.

Customs is reviewing the way it targets rising levels of imports of the party drug mephedrone, which has been linked to deaths in Europe.

Bernard Moran writes on questions hanging over the proposed guidelines on terminations.

A drug thought to be used by Kiwis as a substitute for ecstasy could be banned in Britain after being linked to two deaths.

Consumer confidence dipped slightly in the March quarter, according to new research.

Twelve people will face drugs charges after heavily armed police raided Tauranga properties over the past four days.