Meadowlands, a shopping centre in one of the most Chinese parts of Auckland, tells a story of how NZ is...

The Crimes Amendment Bill will only criminalise people who are already on the margins of society, says Dita De Boni.

An expert says many more babies would survive if the country quit smoking and reduced its obesity.

One Labour MP said Damien O'Connors "gaggle of gays" comment offended him, but accepted an apology.

The 17-yr-old son of a former Cabinet minister says he struggled as a closet homosexual boarder at King's College.

Children are living in tiny, damp and sometimes squalid boarding houses, while Housing NZ staff are discouraging people who are seeking help from formally registering their need, saying they have no business interfering.

Auckland Grammar old boy John Chisholm wants his sons to go to a good single-sex school like he did - but they don't live in the right zone.

We have all had the experience of meeting someone and - for reasons that are often completely unknown - an instant dislike develops.

A P-smoking mother has been convicted of giving her young daughters methamphetamine through second-hand smoke inhalation, in what experts are calling a legal first.

Writing to schools demanding action on bullying is a "wet" response to the problem, Labour's David Shearer says.

As her son approaches school age, Dita De Boni wonders about the importance of a 'multi-cultural' education.