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.

A couple is facing serious child abuse charges, including allegations of strangling and assaulting a boy with a machete.

Brains behind successful Hawkes Bay scheme given chance to put ideas into practice nationwide.

Women's refuges say some women fleeing from violence may no longer be able to get...

The Malaysian authorities are at the centre of an increasingly heated row after it emerged that 66 Muslim boys identified by teachers as "effeminate" had been dispatched to a special camp to discourage them from becoming gay.

The recent flurry of gosh-how-shocking stories about female consumption of pornography is emblematic.

A shake-up of the Family Court could end counselling and mediation services...