A hui raising awareness on P was held in Ngongotaha. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

COMMENT: A woman has sent the Herald her personal account of damage done by alcohol.

Restricting places selling tobacco would help reach smoke-free goal, say experts.

Steven Davey is saddened children smoke despite their parents dying of related diseases.

National has no intention to liberalise NZ's drug laws, Prime Minister Bill English says.

Mental health is at the centre of Government's $321 million social investment programme.

Instagram is the worst social site for it's impact on people's mental health, study says.

Teenagers at a youth prison allege to watchdog that staff hit them during 'fight clubs'.

GP appointments for mental health issues will be free under a Labour Government.

The parents of 8-month-old Isaiah Neil have pleaded guilty to his manslaughter.

Tauranga's meth problem is spiralling into an issue bigger than the Rena disaster.

COMMENT: Pornography's proven harm should be treated as a public health problem.

Young woman reveals her drug battle in a quiet country town that nearly ended her life.

The severity of the crimes being committed by youth in Christchurch is escalating.

The rate of smoking in Whanganui has not changed in three years - despite almost $1.7 million being spent to stub out the habit. A

Hawke's Bay nannies who have seen first-hand the devastating effects of methamphetamine (P) on their families are taking a stand against

A Kiwi researcher is set to peer inside the minds of porn users.

Helen Kirwan-Taylor discovers giving up alcohol does not necessarily solve your problems.

We need to stop demonising drugs and the people who use them, says Chris Rattue.

A man and a woman in Ohio, US, have been charged with child endangerment after their 8-year-old son reportedly overdosed on heroin

Northlander jailed for selling drugs often met his young customers at the school boundary.

JS050117NADWAI313.JPG: Reti Boynton of Kaitaia leads the anti-P hikoi to Waitangi after a five-day walk from Cape Reinga. PHOTO /

Child poverty is a multi-headed beast, writes Rachel Smalley. She tells of a visit to the emergency department and an agitated mother waiting for help.

Children using smartphones and tablets from an early age can have both troubling and positive consequences, a leading academic says.

Most of us have been living it up in party mode and having an extra glass or two. But it costs us more than we think.

George Michael's family and close friends said there could be "no more fitting tribute" to the singer than the "many, many kind words" they have received.

The Star Wars series featured a man-made planet called the Death Star which destroys other worlds with a giant laser.

School aged children don't know Mike King as the funny man, he's instead the guy on stage telling them it's ok to talk about problems and to ask for help.

The author and newspaper columnist AA Gill has died at the age of 62, following a brief battle with cancer.