The first television advert for abortion services in the UK is to be aired next week, prompting anger from anti-abortion groups.

The Government's chief science adviser has warned of a "new biological reality" behind recent youth tragedies.

If parenting toddlers seems like hard work, teenagers seem in fact to be much harder, writes Dita De Boni.

Manukau's liquor licensing agency is drawing up a list of school ball dates, and will send inspectors to follow buses to after-ball parties.

The blonde in a tight, low-cut evening dress slid on to a barstool next to me and began the chat: Where are you from? How long are you here? Where are you staying?"

Social Development Minister Paula Bennett says children are being treated like dogs, as figures show serious cases of abuse against babies have leapt by two-thirds in just two years.

A party consultant is telling high school students how they can get away with taking booze to after-ball parties.

Public concern over "apero geants", or giant open-air drinks parties, is growing after the horrific death of a student in France.

Our neediest teenagers are often being educated in "Third World" conditions without trained teachers, textbooks or standard school services.

Today's teens are telling the same fibs their parents told to cover their boozing, but are drinking high-potency "lolly" drinks with the sole aim of getting "trashed".

McDonald's - home of the golden arches - shows commercialism and caring can co-exist, writes Guy Adams.

Auckland City Council increasing its focus on enforcing a by-law which makes begging illegal.