Someone who has done nothing but alienate large groups of teachers is a deadbeat choice for the job of Education Minister, says Dita De Boni.

A 28-year-old man who was given up for adoption allegedly subjected his birth mother to more than 12 months of abuse.

An anguished father wants substances such as Kronic synthetic cannabis banned.

"There is always a solution to every human problem - neat, plausible and wrong," wrote H.L. Mencken.

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.

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'.

It's the developing world, not the West, which now consumes most of the world's cigarettes.

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

Graphic video footage showing the torture and beheading of a 1-year-old dog has been circulated among teenage school students.

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.