Fewer in the community are prepared to turn a blind eye to child abuse.

Labour's Jacinda Ardern and National's Nikki Kaye on New Zealand's parental leave provisions.

As a typical lefty liberal, I defend the right of any woman to walk anywhere at night and be completely unmolested.

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.

Antenatal testing devalues children's lives and aims to cut Down births, battlers say.

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.

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.

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

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

When I heard about Craig Norgate's party before the King's College ball I was outraged. But I quickly pulled my head in.

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.