Much of Hoffman's writing is rich in symbolism and fantasy, and her latest novel, The Story Sisters, is no exception.

Michele Hewitson speaks to the man at the helm of Auckland's most traditional private school for boys, King's College.

Christchurch schoolchildren have swapped stories of their "holidays" on their first day back from the earthquake.

Depending on your age, gender and tolerance levels for whiny teenage singers with dodgy haircuts, the diminutive Canadian pop and R&B phenomenon is either a heart-melting object of infatuation or a viral contagion infecting the web.

A drunk Auckland high school pupil was taken to hospital after falling over and knocking his head in a physical education class.

Children traumatised after the Christchurch earthquake will get the same support as those in war-torn Afghanistan and quake ravaged Haiti.

As aftershocks continue in Canterbury, exhausted parents are pleading for help with children too terrified to be on their own.