There is a horrible new meme trend making the rounds on Facebook.

Lady Gaga has praised rumoured rival Madonna for her "inspiring" speech in support of feminism at Billboard's Women in Music awards.

Tests on brains of 3-year-olds can reveal who is likely to become part of the minority of adults to use the biggest share of social services, says study.

But the new Prime Minister says he should not be confused as "Labour light."

A 27-year-old turned to Reddit for advice on how to make it up to his girlfriend after she was 'disgusted' at him for being at a bachelor party where strippers were present.

A man who was hired to portray Santa as resigned from the position, after fat-shaming a boy who visited him during a photo event last weekend.

My son didn't like the shorts I had bought him. Wrong colour, apparently.

It could be a scene from Bad Santa. A nine-year-old boy says a St Nick in the US told him to "lay off the burgers".

A man claims a loving kiss from his wife at a heated indoor public pool was too much for lifeguards.

Children whose parents split up are less likely to be sensitive and warm towards their own children in the next generation, researchers have found.

Incredibly strong young Kiwi Destiny O'Brien opened up about the abuse she endured from her own father.

Almost 80 children have died in the care of the New Zealand state in the past 15 years - an average of five a year.

COMMENT: While we score high in the indices for peace and transparency, our poverty and inequality gaps have grown.

A Hastings primary school is bringing in self-defence tutors for its older girls because the girls are afraid of being sexually abused by older men.

From sleep deprivation to what she calls "the pressure to be underweight", this teen is lifting the lid on modelling.

We took off our shoes and lay down together. Around us, other couples did the same. Such an oddly intimate thing to do among strangers.

When a bunch of New Zealanders came together to make an video promoting the White Ribbon Pledge, they shared their personal motivations for ending men's violence towards women.

A survey which revealed access problems to the child disability allowance has raised more questions than answers.

It has been more than 20 years since the first major effort in New Zealand to promote legalised euthanasia.

Life, in the beginning, is a little like a backyard Guy Fawkes display. Often hazardous. Ever startling. A string of explosive and

MP Louisa Wall championed the right of everyone to marry. She has now tabled a Bill that sets out a process for terminally ill person to legally end life.

Labour leader Andrew Little says musician Lizzie Marvelly would be "welcome" to run for Labour at the next election.

In terms of domestic violence across the country the statistics are not good. The statistics which encompass crime and injury associated

Emergency housing funding marks the Government's acceptance that it must ensure every New Zealander has adequate shelter.

Obviously death awaits us all and presumably her sooner rather than later, yet my grandmother is still so very alive, so very sure of her own mind, that it's almost impossible to fathom her absence.

COMMENT: Trans and intersex people routinely report being turned down for jobs and housing because how they present themselves.

COMMENT: Research shows older New Zealander renters have poorer quality of life and poorer mental health.

The average Auckland house price could rocket to an eye-watering $3 million within 20 years, new figures suggest.

Experts say house crisis is driving us towards a tale of two Aucklands, where the only homeowners will be those who are left the family home by parents.

Chanelle Haffenden has been overwhelmed with job offers after she appeared in the Herald with a "hire me" sign.