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.

A small community is reeling from the death of a popular teacher and new father mown down by a 70-year-old allegedly "blotto" from drink.

An online survey of 1200 Kiwi drug users shows one in four drove after taking cannabis in the last year.

Fallen All Black hero Byron Kelleher has apologised to the French for his alcohol-fuelled road rage fracas, as he tries to avoid prison.

The gender row over South African runner Caster Semenya shows the line dividing males from females is far from clear.