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![Same-sex date banned at school ball](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Same-sex date banned at school ball
A Wellington boys' college has banned a student from bringing his male date to this weekend's school ball.
![How to make child's play of cooking](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
How to make child's play of cooking
Those TV cooking shows may be inspiring a new generation of Kiwi chefs. By Gill South.
![Tapu Misa: Fixing issues starts with understanding](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Tapu Misa: Fixing issues starts with understanding
A child psychologist asked to fix a delinquent child knows what the parents seldom recognise...
![Facebook predator and victim face off](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Facebook predator and victim face off
Natalia Burgess met with the woman whose image she stole for a fake online profile.
![Spate of deaths hits mill town](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Spate of deaths hits mill town
13 youths from Kawerau have died suddenly in just 18 months, with "no rhyme or reason."
![For kids, rugby's all about having fun, being with mates](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
For kids, rugby's all about having fun, being with mates
The Rugby Union's general manager of community rugby, a former All Black, explains why officials try to level the playing field for the youngsters.
![Youth in holding pattern as recession bites north](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Youth in holding pattern as recession bites north
The impacts of the global financial crisis hit are ingrained in our communities.
![Paul Holmes: Nothing for free - it's the basic welfare rule](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Paul Holmes: Nothing for free - it's the basic welfare rule
Cutting benefit costs a tough task, but there are avoidable mistakes.
![Score-cap rule draws mixed response from Oz](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Score-cap rule draws mixed response from Oz
Australian great says rules unlikely to change across Tasman but size difference in junior players is an issue.
![Scientists in dark on Kronic's ill effects](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Scientists in dark on Kronic's ill effects
A top Govt scientist says there is an "appalling" lack of information about synthetic cannabis products.
![Where are the jobs? Youth unemployment crisis in the north](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Where are the jobs? Youth unemployment crisis in the north
Just over a fifth of all working-age Northlanders were on welfare benefits at the end of March.
![Sir Peter Gluckman: Early intervention vital for helping NZ's troubled young](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Sir Peter Gluckman: Early intervention vital for helping NZ's troubled young
More needs to be done during early childhood, write Peter Gluckman and Harlene Hayne.
![<i>Shelley Bridgeman:</i> Body image and young girls](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
<i>Shelley Bridgeman:</i> Body image and young girls
The news story about the mother who injected her eight-year-old daughter's face with Botox has turned out to be a hoax.
![<i>Shelley Bridgeman:</i> Shameful confession of abuse](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
<i>Shelley Bridgeman:</i> Shameful confession of abuse
Two years ago I wrote a shameful email entitled 'Mathletics' to my daughter's teacher. It read: "I need to confess ... "
![<i>Shelley Bridgeman:</i> PR disaster as Countdown pulls out of 'Robin Hood partnership'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
<i>Shelley Bridgeman:</i> PR disaster as Countdown pulls out of 'Robin Hood partnership'
The high profile coverage of Countdown's withdrawal from the Red Cross breakfast programme is a public relations nightmare.