It depresses me to think that inevitably, one if not all of my children will make their futures offshore.

Countdown has stopped funding breakfasts for children at 61 low-income schools.

Being respectful is an admirable quality. I know I probably sound like some old digger who fought in the trenches for his country when I say that sort of thing, but it is.

Justin Newcombe creates some skateboard fun in his own driveway.

Facebook tribute pages to Emily Longley were defaced with lewd photos and nasty...

While I've only watched Coronation Street in passing over the years, from what I've seen recently, the murder plots, dodgy affairs (yes, Kevin, I've seen you in bed with that floozy. Poor Sally)

Brains behind successful Hawkes Bay scheme given chance to put ideas into practice nationwide.

Hurrah for the safety of a nine-year old Wainuiomata girl who spent the night up a tree after becoming lost and was reunited with her family the following day.

Kids often like solo air travel, but it's scary for the parents, finds Danielle Murray.

Aucklander Natalia Burgess has broken her silence amid revelations she had sex with at least one 15-year-old boy.

Child abuse complaints have more than tripled in Rotorua, Whakatane and Taupo in the past five years.

Natalia Burgess, 28, of Mangere in Auckland, has assumed multiple false online personalities to form internet relationships with teenagers.

A mother and father have been arrested for allegedly beating their eight children with weapons, including sticks and electrical cord - and the woman is pregnant again.

There has been a major development in the case of missing Sydney girl Kiesha Abrahams with the arrest of two people.