Mary Ashby-Green asks whether starting school on the fifth birthday is good for our children

Claims by one of Hollywood director James Cameron's closest collaborators that he was hounded out of New Zealand by an academic witch-hunt in the 1980s are pure fantasy, say those he has accused.

The Government will double funding to tackle truancy after a survey of schools found more than 30,000 children a day are skipping classes.

An American author who claims to have earned a doctorate at Victoria University has no such qualification, the university says.

You wouldn't expect a parenting guide to include explicit graphic descriptions of a hardcore porn slide show, exhibited by Scandinavian psychiatrists at a Wisconsin conference on treating sex offenders.

Two teenagers forced to take drug tests at their high school deserve apologies for their inappropriate and unfair treatment, say their parents.

Finance Minister Bill English says decisions will be made mid-year on whether to use public-private partnerships to build new schools and a new prison.

Police have released the name of the student found dead at King's College in Otahuhu, south Auckland, yesterday.

Hesitation is death in Parliament. Hesitation suggests a minister is not on top of his or her portfolio, writes John Armstrong.