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Parents of Down children taking Govt to top court

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

Record Kiwi exodus to Oz

The Kiwi exodus across the Tasman has hit a 32-year-high, swelled by people fleeing quake-ravaged Christchurch.

Peter Adams: Casinos create worse addictions than Kronic

Garden store pair in court

Bennett: Welfare reform is 'scary'

Coping with wilful kids? It's as easy as ABCD

Working with - rather than against - spirited children is key, finds Donna McIntyre.

Tapu Misa: We need to ask right questions about alcohol

Editorial: It's a matter of life and death

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.

Should New Zealand's drinking age be raised?

Brian Rudman: Key too quick to move SkyCity's limits

Same-sex date banned at school ball

A Wellington boys' college has banned a student from bringing his male date to this weekend's school ball.

How can young people be kept safe after school balls?

Spate of deaths hits mill town

13 youths from Kawerau have died suddenly in just 18 months, with "no rhyme or reason."

Deborah Coddington: Most shocking fact about abuse - yet help is at hand

Youth in holding pattern as recession bites north

The impacts of the global financial crisis hit are ingrained in our communities.

Paul Holmes: Nothing for free - it's the basic welfare rule

Cutting benefit costs a tough task, but there are avoidable mistakes.