Social Development Minister Paula Bennett is "a big fan" of long acting contraception for solo mums but says her Government is "not quite" at the stage of making it compulsory.

Rimutaka prison guard Johan Clarke has been jailed in what is believed to be the first time a corrections officer has been convicted of corruption charges.

The high profile coverage of Countdown's withdrawal from the Red Cross breakfast programme is a public relations nightmare.

Wellington Airport is putting its Wellywood sign plans on hold after a strong public backlash against the idea. It plans to form a panel to discuss other options for the site.

Teaching self-control to children as young as three can set them up for healthy, wealthy and crime-free lives.

John Key says reforms will be based on the premise 'if you can work, you must work'.

When you have children, your whole life changes and you must try to defend your child from harm no matter what.

Every grandparent will know the electric charge that four of us experienced for the first time last Saturday.

It affects one in 20 people, can undermine their confidence and frequently leads to the embarrassment of counting on one's fingers.

Labour will dis-establish the Families Commission in its next term in government and instead set up a Ministry for Children, with a senior “minister for children” sitting at the Cabinet table.

Countdown has stopped funding breakfasts for children at 61 low-income schools.

Being respectful is an admirable quality. I know I probably sound like some old digger who fought in the trenches for his country when I say that sort of thing, but it is.