The heartbroken mother of a bullied teen has appealed to her daughter's tormenters to stop their dangerous words.

Ever since Apple revealed its list of new emoji, the all-seeing eye has flummoxed sleuths across the Internet.

A wildlife sanctuary boss is lost for words after photos of him dressed in drag were sent to Wellington City Councillors with a poison pen letter.

The 17-year-old Rotorua Girls' High School student is one of three winners of a nation-wide competition run by NetSafe and Google.

The 2015 Harmful Digital Communications Act had its critics as it passed through Parliament.

A report revealing the extent of bullying among surgeons has shocked the profession, and it is vowing to change.

Mother says more needs to be done to ensure children are kept safe from the kind of hurtful messages she found on her daughter's phone.

More than 220 students have come forward this week with fresh claims of abuse and bullying from medical professionals.

Shocking preliminary results from a survey show 56% of medical students had reported being the victim of bullying or sexual harassment in the past year.

I now know who Dom Harvey is. I'd assumed he was a precocious adolescent puffed with celebrity self-importance. Turns out he's a middle-aged DJ, writes Rodney Hide.

Hospital staff are being punched, kicked, spat on, bitten and verbally abused daily on the job - and the problem is getting worse.

The vast majority of young New Zealanders reaching out for support from Youthline are doing so through text messages.

The controversial law is designed to crack-down on cyber-bullying, but opponents have warned it is too vague and could be used as a weapon against free speech.

The Harmful Digital Communications Bill is being widely criticised as dangerous in the way it seeks to regulate online activities. So is online democracy under threat?

Kiwis will need to be careful about what they post online under a new wide-reaching law, or risk criminal charges over communications deemed deliberately harmful.

Good news. Trolling is about to become illegal. Parliament is days away from putting a ban on this online intimidation, writes Heather du Plessis-Allan.

A controversial bill aimed at cracking down on cyberbullying is one step closer to becoming law after passing the committee stage yesterday.

Pupils at Howick College conducted a survey last year as part of a student-led initiative called The Big Stand, which aims to address bullying, violence and peer pressure.

Three years of bullying ended for 11-year-old Finn Williams when his school finally embraced the anti-bullying Pink Shirt Day last year.

A 15-year-old girl has been arrested following an assault in Kaikohe that was filmed and posted online.

High schools are warning students off an anonymous messaging app described as a "virtual bathroom wall".

The New Zealand hero of Gallipoli James Waddell stood less than 5ft 3 but heroes don’t come much bigger.

Singer Pink took to her Twitter account on Sunday to slam those who sent her hateful messages about her weight after she attended a cancer benefit in aid of her late friend.

Should it be illegal to be a bit of a jerk? This is the question on Dr Eric Crampton's mind after the Harmful Digital Communications Bill passed its second reading.

They came, they saw, they were mean. And, apparently, they committed career suicide.

There are more important things in the world than the Moon-Kills affair. But the episode is important because of what it says about us.

Axed X Factor judges Willy Moon and Natalia Kills have fled the country, and the duo put on a united front when spotted by photographers at Los Angeles Airport.

A senior Wairarapa men's cricket team walked off the field mid-game after bullying and abuse from the opposition left some of the players close to tears.

Dunedin City councillor Lee Vandervis' aggression towards colleagues was slammed as unacceptable at a code of conduct hearing yesterday.

The inspirational woman has hit back at the trolls with an anti-bullying documentary about her life, describing her battle with a rare condition which stops her putting on weight.