Bullying at a Waikato council is rife and an inquiry is needed to address the systemic and "toxic" problem which has resulted in 120 suspected cases, claims one councillor.

Kiwi mothers are pushing for the closure of the 'cruel' website linked to cyber bullying in NZ and four teenage suicides in Britain.

In a landmark court decision, a blogger has been ordered to remove dozens of posts and comments from her website and issued with a restraining order against a lawyer she harassed on-line.

The girlfriend of an Auckland schoolboy fatally injured in an attack after rugby practice has been subjected to vicious online bullying.

I became aware of the social networking site ask.fm in April when a mother of a girl in my daughter’s class copied me in on a letter she’d sent to the school principal.

Dai Henwood admits he became a bully as he battled to combat those who picked on him because of his height.

Rebecca Barry Hill meets three women whose suffering taught them survival — and led them to success.

The family of a teen who took her own life two weeks after her best friend committed suicide want schools to implement an anti-bullying and suicide education programme.

A mother is warning of the dangers of bullying after her son, 11, tried to strangle himself with a skipping rope to end years of torment over a disfiguring affliction.

Workplace bullying affects a quarter of Australian medical professionals and similar "insidious" levels are likely to be occurring in New Zealand, says a researcher.

Inciting someone to commit suicide will be punishable with up to three years in jail under tough new cyber-bullying laws to be unveiled today.

The head of secondary school principals has criticised the Government for not doing enough to help schools combat the growing problem of bullying.

Embarrassing photos from work events and online gossip posted on the internet are contributing to a hike in workplace cyber-bullying, a new survey has found.

The son of a former Split Enz member is cementing his reputation as Australia's worst internet troll, and his antics may be putting his father's career in jeopardy.

Distraught teenagers have linked cyber-bullying to the sudden death of a teenage girl last week.

A visiting opponent of charter schools has told the education and science committee in Parliament today the Government should not proceed with charter schools.

Justice Minister Judith Collins is to outline new measures to curb cyber bullying within the next few weeks.

Courage, love and a dream to do better in life have been the tools one teenager has used to fight bullying.

A German-born Auckland woman was called a Nazi and asked if she liked to stamp people "just like at Auschwitz" after she denied four men entry to a concert.

Do it early - that's the advice an internet safety expert has for parents worried about how and when they should address concerns about their children's online activity.

Thousands of teenagers are being exposed to graphic sexual material, violence, drug abuse and high levels of profanity on school-themed Facebook pages run by students.