An Anglican priest has decided not to press charges against a woman who slashed a controversial billboard outside his church.

Treasury says NZ has come through the financial crisis in better shape than most of its traditional trading partners.

Tying the knot is positive for the mental health of both men and women, according to a New Zealand-led international study.

A drink-driver nine months pregnant was among those caught in a transtasman blitz on alcohol and violence at the weekend.

As a sexual violence taskforce report languishes in the Government's in-tray, support agencies for survivors are reeling from ACC funding cutbacks.

Police in New Zealand and Australia are cracking down on alcohol related crime this weekend in the first joint operation between the two countries.

ACC board chairman John Judge today rejected an allegation he had acted politically over levy proposals.

The Govt's ACC levy increases are less than were recommended by the ACC board but still about $200 a year for an average income worker with a car.

A study of NZers shows kids who suffer psychological or social adversity are at greater risk of suffering long-lasting health problems.

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