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

Hundreds of refugees who fled their wartorn countries only to be caught up in the Christchurch earthquake are determined to return to Canterbury.

John Galliano's recent comments have put the spotlight on the links between designers and government.

Workers caught up in last month's Christchurch earthquake may be eligible for emotional trauma compensation from ACC even if they weren't physically hurt.

Police have relented and allowed bail for a young man with autism who became "the face of looting" in the days after the February 22 quake.

Consumer prices have jumped further since the most recent official statistics were published in January, the Herald on Sunday finds.

Surrounded by her children in the garage of their Hampshire St home in the Christchurch suburb of Aranui, Mafutaga Manuleleua still feels unloved.

Canterbury DHB chief executive David Meates has invoked memories of Hurricane Katrina to justify evacuating hundreds of elderly out of the Christchurch in the wake of last week's earthquake.

It may be boring for parents - but reading the same book over and over again to children is the best way to develop their vocabulary.

Peter Milne has one question for a government advisory group that wants more beneficiaries to have to look for work: Where are the jobs?

The Government won't consider reductions to main benefit levels including the sickness, invalid's, unemployment and domestic purposes benefits as part of any welfare overhaul recommended by the Welfare Working Group tomorrow.