Emma Watson and Mark Ruffalo are among stars backing Jennifer Lawrence for addressing the Hollywood gender pay gap in a hard-hitting article.

The CYF review panel recommends a child-centred system, "where the voices and needs of children and young people are at the forefront of everything the agency does".

State house tenants from around New Zealand plan to march on Parliament against Government plans to sell 1600 houses in Tauranga and Invercargill.

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.

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 a grim glimpse of the front line of social work - an 1100-page dossier of abuse and misery cataloguing the life of Benjamin*.

Severely disabled child used by his alcoholic mother and her boyfriend to access up to $80,000 in benefits.

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.

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.

Teachers and police priced out of owning their own home in Auckland's red-hot property market are calling for extra pay to bridge the growing financial gap.

Fear of missing out has left adults and teens glued to their phones, checking social media in the small hours, says Flic Everett.

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.

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.

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

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.