Fragile X Syndrome is a huge part of the lives of Michael Hori and Janine Ryder.

A family member of a teenager killed in a Bay of Plenty landslip following torrential rain believes his death could have been prevented if authorities had ordered evacuations.

Tristan Barker - whose father Michael is a former drummer for Split Enz - appeared in the Rotorua District Court today charged with assault.

I taught - tried to teach - Dion when he was about 15. He was abused, neglected, feral, almost uncontrollable.

Right when teens drop their first kint about driving lessons is when parents should tidy up their own road skills notes Donna McIntyre.

I became aware of the social networking site ask.fm in April when a mother of a girl in my daughter’s class copied me in on a letter she’d sent to the school principal.

A young cancer patient who has just finished his treatment is already thinking of others.

Low-grade mince is apparently still a staple of university life, with more than a third of students surveyed saying lack of money has affected their diets.

Dai Henwood admits he became a bully as he battled to combat those who picked on him because of his height.

The parents of the 15-year-old boy killed in a fight at rugby training say it's any parent's worst nightmare - but now is not the time to be angry.

An enraged father dragged his son across a rugby league field at an under-9s game and forced him to punch another boy in the face, despite his cries of protest.

It was a typical teenage romance. Two lovestruck 17-year-olds, exploring their sexuality, filmed themselves having intercourse.

The Government's decision to scrap the healthy school food guidelines flew in the face of a huge body of evidence, writes Sue Kedgley.

Children are being tricked into unhealthy food choices by marketers who make misleading nutritional claims and use celebrities to endorse their products, according to research by an anti-obesity action group.

Mana leader Hone Harawira will seek talks with the Maori Party about his Feed the Kids bill.

Police have asked schools to warn students and parents off boozy after-parties during the ball season.

Targeting parents whose kids' vaccinations are not up to date will save lives, federal Health Minister Tanya Plibersek says.

It's weird, but before I had kids I thought it was excellent to subvert young minds by indoctrinating them on political issues, writes Deborah Hill Cone. Now I'm not so sure.

A 13-year-old girl who hurled a racist insult at an Australian Aussie rules player has apologised.

Learning to ride is a dream come true for some children. Joanna Mathers looks at what riding schools in Auckland and beyond offer.

One Sunday in the April school holidays we had an early dinner at the Rose & Shamrock Village Inn in Havelock North. It’s an unpretentious, bustling, faux English/Irish pub that’s a great place for family dining.

A church minister has been cleared of assaulting an off-duty police officer who was refereeing his son's under-10 rugby game in a disagreement over a try.

People who begin drinking alcohol during puberty are more likely to become hooked, researchers have warned.

One-child families are the latest thing. "The only child is a growing phenomenon all over the world, The Telegraph. "Half of UK families now have just one child," says The Guardian.

I am sitting at the back of a university physics class while the students cluster in small groups around the whiteboards lining the lecture hall, ready to tackle the day’s equation.

Danielle Wright meets a group of teenage lawn bowlers at the New Lynn Bowling Club.