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Kerre McIvor: Far better to leave taunts unsaid

Soon after I started on Newstalk ZB many years ago, Diana, Princess of Wales, was killed in a car crash. There was an outpouring of grief; distraught callers talked of nothing else for days, writes Kerre McIvor.

Calls go out for 'Charlotte's Law'

Tens of thousands of people have signed up to "Charlotte's Law", a petition calling on the Australian Government to introduce tougher cyber-bullying laws.

School's student exclusion quashed

The high school that excluded an child with Asperger's Syndrome after a dispute with a teacher over a skateboard says it is disappointed a judge has quashed its decision.

NRL: Warriors deliver anti-bullying message

Injured Vodafone Warriors players swapped rugby league for acting yesterday as they delivered an anti-bullying message.

Mai Chen: New law will help to challenge bullying

It will give citizens the ability to challenge bullying in its modern form, empowering people to change the way they treat themselves and each other, writes Mai Chen.

Bob Jones: Einstein was right - It's a generation of idiots

We are developing a world of halfwits, writes Bob Jones. Much worse than cellphones is computer addiction, which is turning many into zombies, living a lonely existence of marriage to a cyberspace world.

School investigates website attack

The high school several Roast Busters members attended is checking its website.

Complaint made by victim

A 15-year-old girl who says she was a victim of the Roast Busters group made a complaint to police two years ago, contradicting the official line that they could not prosecute members of the gang because no one had complained.

Roast Busters: Hosts 'victim blaming'

Radio hosts Willie Jackson and John Tamihere have been accused of "victim-blaming'' over their questioning of a young woman who is friends with a Roast Busters group victim.

Bullied boy gets his time to shine

Don't let yourself be intimidated by bullying in the workplace

Blogger told to stop

In a landmark court decision, a blogger has been ordered to remove dozens of posts and comments from her website and issued with a restraining order against a lawyer she harassed on-line.

Slain rugby boy's girlfriend bullied

The girlfriend of an Auckland schoolboy fatally injured in an attack after rugby practice has been subjected to vicious online bullying.

Shelley Bridgeman: Is ask.fm dangerous?

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.

Bullying no joke, says comedian

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

From pain comes triumph

Rebecca Barry Hill meets three women whose suffering taught them survival — and led them to success.

Police sound alarm over bullying website

New Zealand police have contacted the owners of a controversial social networking website which enables bullying and has been linked to overseas suicides.

Bully targets teen boy with bomb

Australian police are still waiting to speak to the teenager injured in an backyard explosion west of Brisbane amid claims he was deliberately targeted.