Danielle Wright finds yoga for kids is as much about becoming grounded as it is about getting up and moving.

Pacific health experts are calling for a quota on the amount of fatty food exported to the Pacific Islands, where heart disease, diabetes and obesity are the norm.

Special-needs students will begin the new term with another potentially disruptive change in taxi companies used to take them to and from school.

North Queensland coach Neil Henry says football has taken a back seat as devastated players and staff grieve the shock death of promising young player Alex Elisala.

New Zealand-born rugby league player Alex Elisala has died in an Australian hospital, just days after playing his first test match for Samoa.

A legal high lobbyist says synthetic cannabis is a low-risk psychoactive substance that had not caused any death and was statistically safer than alcohol.

Weightlifting for kids? Danielle Wright finds it's not as bad as it sounds.

So, you think your child's funny? Danielle Wright talks to the kids comedy industry to find out how you can encourage your children to make people, other than their mum and dad, laugh.

Police say concerns that good parents would be prosecuted under the controversial anti-smacking law have again proven unsubstantiated.

A teenager is facing serious charges for allegedly threatening to kill students at his former high school, and for allegedly trying to break into a female friend's house.

The Pinnacles walk is the perfect way to introduce family and friends to the fun of tramping, writes Katie Furze.

Over the next few months children, from tots to teens, can immerse themselves in music, comedy and drama as they like it: loud and boisterous, writes Dionne Christian.

New Zealand's infant mortality rate has fallen to 4.2 in the latest Statistics NZ figures for 2012.

Young people are overlooking the agricultural technology sector as a viable, well-paid career option, says Gallagher.

If waking up to find your old tweets dredged up and splashed on the front page of a Sunday newspaper wasn't enough of a rude awakening for Paris Brown, the ordeal had only just begun.

McDonald's and Restaurant Brands have joined other retail giants who have decided against paying 16 to 19-year-olds the new youth wage.

A 3-month-old baby was the youngest of 17 children found by police living in unsafe drug houses during the annual cannabis blitz.

The benefit of an after-school job is far, far greater than the cash it gives teens, writes Donna McIntyre.

Rotorua 18-year-old Tristan Barker, who has a controversial web presence and is described as an internet troll, has admitted assaulting an Australian television reporter.

Student loan holders will pay $11 more a week from today as the Government ramps up its repayment scheme.

The start of winter soccer for hundreds of Auckland children will be delayed because the drought's stunting of grass growth has made fields dangerous or vulnerable to destruction.

The head of secondary school principals has criticised the Government for not doing enough to help schools combat the growing problem of bullying.

Employers will be able to pay 16-to-19-year-olds in new jobs $11 an hour after a controversial bill was passed into law by one vote.

Name suppression has expired for the Rotorua 18-year-old accused of assaulting an Australian TV reporter.

Manu "The Beast" Vatuvei proved to be a big hit with a group of youngsters at Robertson Road School, in Mangere.

A decision to ban use of a $2.1 million West Auckland sports field on summer Sundays and to limit inter-club and inter-school games to one night a week during week days is "over the top", say three Parrs Park neighbours.