They don't deserve to be swept off the streets like just another pile of rubbish, writes Kerre McIvor.

After the American incident, John Key went on to lament the difficulties of gun control in the US but forgot about the same problem in New Zealand, writes Alexander Gillespie.

Model Chrissy Teigen has blasted the brains behind an insensitive new app, which urges users to judge people they meet.

Boys realise very early in life they simply do not hit girls and that it is part of what makes them masculine.

"Why doesn't she leave?" That is the wrong question to ask. It places responsibility for the situation on the victim, rather than the perpetrator, writes Catriona MacLennan.

Rather than placing children in foster care the state should be helping to strengthen their family unit.

A former Immigration Minister says he would let Chris Brown into the country because it would cause no obvious harm.

'Like living in Club Med" or "siloing a generation". Retirement villages attract strong feelings for and against.

South Africa's murder rate has increased for the third year running, with opposition groups saying the figures mirror "a country at war".

It is extraordinary that a West Auckland teenager was held in police station cells for four days because CYFs could not find a bed for her, Labour says.

Some Kiwis have been living on $2.25 of food and drink a day this week to experience Third World poverty. Andrew Laxon decided to join them.

Women looking to get a head-start in business will have the chance to learn from some of the best who have gone before them.

24 per cent of New Zealanders have reported feeling tired on a daily basis in a Southern Cross Healthcare Group survey.

An inquest into the horrific deaths of seven tourists has heard an appeal to Kiwis to stop blaming foreign drivers for the carnage on our roads.

A child abuse expert says she is "cautiously optimistic" that the latest review of Child, Youth and Family will finally lead to big changes.

There was a good question in the Herald editorial yesterday about the National Certificate in Educational Achievement (NCEA), amongst a fair bit of confusion and misinformation.

To raise awareness and money to help TearFund's fight against human trafficking, Petra Bagust and her family will live off just $2.25 per person a day.

Rangi Tikitiki's is tired of "being a refugee in my own country", he's been on a waiting list for a Housing NZ home since before he began camping at the park.

Forget rugby club boozers, it turns out that stressed mums are the latest drunken hell-raisers - swapping tea after school for a glass (or three) of wine.

"Political correctness" has long been considered a pejorative, an accusation hurled at those of us who choose our words carefully so as not to insult others.

Topping the tables for youth suicide rates is not something any community would want to claim.

Every person in the country aged up to 17 has been screened for factors that could later see their life take a turn for the worse - and cost taxpayers.

The purported link between social media and autism, which is without evidence and scientifically implausible is insulting at best, and breathtakingly stigmatising at worst.

While other prejudices have been quashed, somehow it's still okay to mock gingers.

For decades Karangahape Rd's eclectic tenants have jostled together. Now, those who love it fear Auckland's most vibrant street is under threat.

Males have stopped growing up. There is a generation of men who are not just acting like children, they have remained children.

Fears that young people are influenced by popular culture should not be the basis for arbitrary banning of award-winning books.

In April this year, 11 women in Porgera, Enga Province, were awarded undisclosed compensation payments for brutal rapes they suffered over a number of years by members of the mine's security workforce.

It is extremely difficult to improve peoples' behaviour towards the environment, when their basic needs are not being met, writes Sam Judd.