The actor shot by police after allegedly rushing at them with a weapon has spoken publicly for the first time.

People wanting to buy cold and flu tablets with pseudoephedrine will need a prescription from their doctor.

Tighter restrictions on the sale of over-the-counter cold and flu tablets containing pseudoephedrine, the main ingredient in P, are on the way.

An Australian woman has been sentenced to life in prison for the starvation death of her 7-year-old daughter.

A man raped by a relative at the age of 7 says the Government will have 'blood on its hands' if it introduces proposed new rules for sex abuse counselling.

Liquor law changes which would have closed Auckland suburban bars before midnight will be scrapped after a hostile reception.

This is the 70-year-old grandmother accused of drink-driving and killing a new dad.

You can knock back three-quarters of a bottle of wine after work, get behind the wheel and pass a police breath test, says the transport minister. Is this a licence to kill? Matt Nippert investigates

It has emerged that police officers in Strathclyde, Scotland visited the home of a three-year-old after receiving a complaint of damage to household property

Speed is the biggest killer on New Zealand's roads - with the number of deaths at a five-year high and motorcyclists the leading casualties.