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.

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.

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.

As a nationwide opioid epidemic raged, DEA investigators went after companies distributing millions of highly addictive pills. Then, their cases ground to a halt.

A woman who stole 300 pieces of mail to get money for her meth habit dodged a prison sentence in court today.

Methamphetamine addicts are flooding New Zealand's rehab services, with some reporting an 80 per cent surge in demand for services in the last six months.

A doctor used the names of six people to get prescription drugs for herself.

This may look like the personal account of a French model, but there's more to these images than you think.

WATCH: Successful New Zealand fashion designer, Kharl WiRepa from Rotorua opens up about his life before and after his addiction to meth.

Successful New Zealand fashion designer, Kharl WiRepa from Rotorua opens up about his life before and after his addiction to meth. Made with funding from NZ on Air

A 45-year-old Bay of Plenty man who first tried P aged 26 says the Bay scene is "the worst its ever been", with meth "easier to score than cannabis.

Maori Party co-leader and Waiariki MP Te Ururoa Flavell says he is sick and tired of attending tangi of Maori who have died as a result

Former meth addict Haydee Richards believes most people don't realise just how prevalent the drug is.

Addiction specialists have praised a police directive to treat meth dealers' clients as victims and offer them support.

Four alcoholic patients fitted with brain microchips as part of NZ research into addiction have seen their cravings for alcohol dramatically reduce.