Therapists and counsellors say tight new rules for claiming ACC subsidies for sexual abuse counselling have become "a rapists' charter"

The Labour caucus backs "the tone and content" of a speech in which Phil Goff accused the Govt of reopening old racial wounds.

John Key says a new review gives parents the go-ahead to lightly smack their children without the fear of prosecution.

Drug dealers will use new and innovative ways to combat the Government's attempts at stopping smuggling, customs and drugs experts warn.

Following a south Auckland booze blitz which nabbed 81 alleged drink-drivers on Saturday night, nzherald.co.nz today followed those and other offenders through the courts.

Prime Minister John Key today said New Zealand is winning the war on the drug P.

Preventing two-year-olds witnessing family violence is at the heart of a new First Response pilot launched today.

The age for buying alcohol outside of bars should be raised to minimise harm to children and young people, Children's Commissioner John Angus says.

Don Brash's report on catching up with Australia has sparked a new round of debate about monetary policy.

Recommendations which simply endorsed currently popular measures would have meant that the 2025 Taskforce had achieved nothing at all.

The 2025 Taskforce has delivered exactly the kind of extreme right-wing-policy prescription its critics had predicted it would.

A plan to close the wealth gap with Australia is "too radical" for Bill English, who says economic parity by 2025 is an "aspirational" rather than realistic goal

Even with two earners, Donna and Terry Victory struggle on below-average wages to feed themselves and their 14-year-old daughter.

Booze checks in the greater Auckland area indicate the number of drunk drivers under 20 has risen by 77 per cent compared with three years ago.