Natalie came up with an idea that would allow students a judgment-free way to find lunch mates without the fear of being rejected.

Kiwi mum said she had no idea how affected her daughter was by a classmate's taunts until it was almost too late.

A new documentary exposes the trauma young teens go through and how social media and bullying can kill.

An Auckland high school teacher has been found guilty of serious misconduct following a number of bullying incidents of students.

Te Kauwhata College principal Deborah Hohneck said it had been a game between friends which went too far.

A central Queensland teenager has been moved to tears after almost 50,000 people came out in support of her online petition against relentless bullying.

The Prince has spoken out about what he sees as the internet's biggest issues.

Bullies once confined their behaviour to the schoolyard. The digital world has changed all that, as our revealing series about cyberbullying illustrates this week.

A new national cyber-law centre is being set up and its first project is putting the Harmful Digital Communications Act under the microscope.

COMMENT: This was a crime of pure naked hatred, and we know what it is to be hated. We are hated for being gay, for being lesbian, for being transgender or bisexual, for being different, writes Michael Stevens.

Prime Minister's son on being picked on at school over his weight and why he gets upset when people attack his family.

Rapper and songwriter, Iggy Azalea reveals her thoughts on social media bullying as she performs at the Mawazine festival in Morocco.

COMMENT: We have launched the very first Bullying Free NZ week and a much awaited resource for our schools and, more importantly, our children.

COMMENT: The fact of the matter is that Eljae is obese. Markedly so. That's not an insult, that's a fact. And someone needs to own that, writes Andrew Dickens.

There was no way she would have watched what was happening from the sidelines.

COMMENT: I have a pathological reaction to bullies like Wiremu Perry. You have to stand up to all thugs or they'll run right over you.

Being passionate about your job and having great colleagues isn't enough to lift the burden of having a bully in the office, new research shows.

COMMENT: Social media has created a macabre paradox: the more digitally connected we become, the greater the disconnect from our sense of humanity.

Parents worried about cyberbullying can now pay to get their child's phone forensically investigated to recover deleted text messages.

"You'd be hard pressed to find a teen that hasn't been asked to send a naked or semi-naked photo of themselves in New Zealand."

More than half of teenagers say they are being bullied, with girls significantly more likely to report some form of cruelty.

Questioning whether the Roast Busters' behaviour was abuse meant CYF did not properly consider how to care for the young people involved, a damning report has found.

Secondary Principals' Association executive discussed fresh incidents involving schoolboys and shocking posts on social media with police last week.

A group of secondary school boys have been assaulting young women in broad daylight and posting videos to social media.

Police have let school boys off with warnings after they performed lewd acts on drunk girls and posted pictures online.

Sitcks n' Stones, a student-led anti-bully initiative has scooped a $30,000 prize from Jetstar's Flying Start Programme.

Steps for parents to help their children with being bullied, or being the bully.

Powerful video shows we all need to take a stand against bullying.

A senior doctor who told a medical intern she would get good marks if she slept with him has lost his job.