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Booze test dummies
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

Three-year-old criminal suspects in UK
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

Biggest killers on our roads revealed
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.

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

Drug-driving epidemic worse than thought
An online survey of 1200 Kiwi drug users shows one in four drove after taking cannabis in the last year.

Boy or girl? The baffle of the sexes
The gender row over South African runner Caster Semenya shows the line dividing males from females is far from clear.

League great speaks out on violence
A new, more activist Families Commission is emerging with the appointment of league great Ruben Wiki as an "ambassador" against domestic violence.

Half of insulation scheme users low-income - Govt
More than half of the 8000 houses insulated under the Government's scheme belong to low-income earners, Energy Minister Gerry Brownlee says.

Rich keenest on hand-out for insulation
Big earners are lining up for the home insulation subsidy, a survey suggests, prompting fears middle income earners will miss out.

US 'prostitute' advised to lie to IRS
US housing officials have fired 4 employees after helping a 'prostitute' and 'pimp' get around tax forms to set up a brothel.

Details emerge of former All Black's drunken crash
A former All Black too drunk for a breath test suffers fractures to his face in a fight after a crash.