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NZers vote 'NO' for smack as criminal offence
Almost 90 per cent of people who participated in a national referendum asking New Zealanders whether smacking should be illegal have voted no, preliminary results show.
Country divided over gay adoption issue
Readers of nzherald.co.nz are clearly divided over the call this week for gay and lesbian couples to be given rights to adopt children.
Judge: Time to let gay couples adopt
The acting head judge of the Family Court has called for gay and lesbian couples to be given rights to adopt children.
'No' vote campaigners divided on way forward after likely win
Polls have shown more than 80 per cent of voters planning to vote 'no' to the referendum.
Police may end school rugby sponsorship
The police say they might drop their sponsorship of Auckland secondary schools rugby if violence on the field continues.
Rugby brawl schools await official verdict
Auckland Grammar's 1st XV will find out today whether it will be banned from the secondary school's rugby final this weekend.
Brawling rugby team face ban from final
Auckland Grammar's 1st XV rugby side will head into a judicial hearing tonight knowing it could see the team banned from this weekend's final
PM's adviser recommends P precursor drug ban
Counter sales of cold tablets that use pseudoephedrine will be banned if a recommendation by PM's chief science adviser is followed.
School rugby violence: No problem, says ref
A referee of secondary school rugby insists the weekend brawl at the Auckland Grammar and Kelston Boys match is not a trend.