A law expert says Waitakere City Council is wrong to think it cannot help a school that wants a nearby brothel removed.

Pop and R&B may be teenage heart-throb Justin Bieber's forte, but it was heavy metal he wanted to hear yesterday.

An opponent of raising the drinking age says if John Key was 18 right now, he would be unlikely to support it.

A school chairman calls for Waitakere City to step in after learning Rodney has a bylaw stopping a brothel opening near a school.

The Govt says it's likely to reject a recommendation to lift alcohol prices.

Sir John Walker lobbies ministers to help his successful youth programmes.

Rose Matafeo is a Burt Bacharach fan and partial to big hair but she's on the pulse of what's funny now, writes Jacqueline Smith.

A report on child witnesses in criminal courts has identified concerns about the systems aimed at protecting them.

Stressed children often talk to dead relatives and pets as a way of dealing with their problems.

George Thomson and Helen Wilson ask why the Government is lagging on smokefree car laws.

Today's children are worried about more than just their homework and peer pressure.

Jessica's grandfather says New Zealand can take plenty of pride in her Kiwi roots.