Wellington, May 31 NZPA - An Audit Office survey suggests people living in small centres may be drinking water that is either ungraded or doesn't meet standards, the Labour Party says.

Wellington, March 3 NZPA - The Government has lost the bottle to take on the problem of drink driving and is making young people the scapegoat in its latest measures to tackle the country's road toll, say political and road safety groups.

Wellington, Sept 18 NZPA - New Zealand is among nine well-off countries who have agreed to share extra swine flu vaccine with less-developed countries.

Wellington, Sept 1 NZPA - The Government has confirmed the Drinking Water Subsidy Scheme is being put on hold and reviewed.

Wellington, July 2 NZPA - The Government has been advised to stockpile a new swine flu vaccine. The swine flu or H1N1 influenza virus has triggered a global pandemic.

The main question on everyone's lips this week is how well are we prepared for the coming spread of swine flu into our communities?

Wellington, June 12 NZPA - The New Zealand dollar climbed to its highest level in more than a week against the greenback, as the United States currency fell broadly.

Wellington, June 12 NZPA - Health Minister Tony Ryall says it is inevitable that swine flu will spread, possibly hitting up to a third of the population, but people should not be alarmed.

Wellington, May 13 NZPA - A Whangarei doctor says his studies of hundreds of patients show that mercury amalgam fillings in people's teeth could be responsible for a lot of unexplained illnesses.

By Kent Atkinson of NZPA Wellington, May 8 NZPA - The World Health Organisation is asking countries such as New Zealand which have pre-ordered shipments of pandemic flu vaccine to share them with under-developed nations.