If you're in the right place and the right job Australia is still the lucky country ... but for many struggle street is just around the corner.

The Kiwi exodus across the Tasman has hit a 32-year-high, swelled by people fleeing quake-ravaged Christchurch.

Working with - rather than against - spirited children is key, finds Donna McIntyre.

How worried should parents be about teenagers' alcohol and drug use? Frances Morton went to find out.

It is in the natural order of things for every generation of parents to lament that their children behave more badly than they did when they were growing up.

Pam Corkery's bid to open the world's first brothel for women has failed.

Wealthy kids get the attention, but making it through the teen years is always a challenge.

British anti-euthanasia campaigners accused Sir Terry Pratchett and the BBC of "cheerleading" for a change in legislation.

Russell Crowe has apologised for criticising circumcision.

A Wellington boys' college has banned a student from bringing his male date to this weekend's school ball.

13 youths from Kawerau have died suddenly in just 18 months, with "no rhyme or reason."

Cutting benefit costs a tough task, but there are avoidable mistakes.