A shop assistant was held at gunpoint last night - prompting the widow of a slain liquor store owner to call for imitation firearms to be banned from sale.

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.

A 5-year-old and two 6-year-old boys were apprehended by police for sexual assault last year.

He played 55 internationals for the All Blacks. Now Michael Jones is stepping up to lead West Auckland's Pacific community and agonising over going into politics.

A New Zealand family expelled from Morocco on religious grounds is struggling to come to terms with the situation.

Questions have been raised about the monitoring of the online activity of sex offenders, after a murder in Britain.

The Family Court in Queensland has authorised the parents of a profoundly disabled girl to give their daughter a hysterectomy.