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.

When it comes to food choices, are you being caught out by packaging?

COMMENT: Digital age helping turn web content into 24/7 addiction.

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.

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.

A top Auckland boys' school is tackling sticky topics in a healthy relationships programme.

Stacey Miller's sister's body was found dumped. These last words have haunted her ever since.

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.

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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.

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.

A meth dealer and addict for 20 years, Australian Pat Smith recalls the night he fired a sawn-off shotgun at a man at point blank range. It turned his life around.

Video games are more addictive than ever. This is what happens when kids can't turn them off.

According to Tamaki, Harry Potter is a tool to recruit people toward evil.

The more porn a man watches, the less sexually intimate he is with his female partner, a new study suggests.

In a Sydney property, a postmodern shaman grows psychedelic plants he says he uses for medicine - plus one man tells of how ecstasy has helped him overcome PTSD.

West Coast had highest rate

A vicar's wife has told a tribunal how her husband led a double life as a bisexual sex addict.