‘Endless gratitude’: Lily Collins welcomes first child via surrogate
Her husband has hit back at critics asking why they didn't adopt instead.
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'A force of nature': Tributes flow for Dame Iritana Tāwhiwhirangi
National leaders have praised her impact on Māori education.
Five-year-old boy dies following explosion in hyperbaric oxygen chamber
His mother, standing next to the chamber when it ignited, suffered injuries to her arms.
‘So excited’: Racing star Scott McLaughlin on fatherhood
The motorsport star is besotted with his wife and baby daughter.
Locals 'gutted' after popular playground dismantled: 'It feels like the drinkers have won'
'It’s our kids that have lost out to a bunch of people drinking'.
‘Beyond unacceptable’: Two toddlers walk out open daycare door
A teacher accidentally left a door to the street open and the two 1-year-olds walked off.
‘Incredibly distressing’: Doctor worries old disease is making NZ comeback
Painful bone growth disorder appears to making a mysterious resurgence among NZ children.
'Green chicken': 9yo Rotorua coin-tosser cracks up the crowd at Australian Open
The young Kiwi tennis player was invited to perform the coin toss for the fourth match.
‘The grief is heavy’: Driver charged, community mourns after 11-year-old cyclist killed
'Flashbacks of what happened come and go all the time.'
David Seymour's free school lunches: A restaurant critic's verdict
'It was a container of sadness and carrots.'
'Bland' school lunches arrive up to three hours late, just before home-time
Principals had to buy food to tide students over or pull them out of class to eat late.
Opinion: Why NZ schools need more trees
OPINION: A recent study finds too many playgrounds need better tree cover.
I made my 7-year-old watch seven films I watched when I was 7
Getting through the carefully curated line-up was a big ask, not to mention a big task.
Children’s Minister steps in to save funding for youth helpline
The Minister for Children halted Oranga Tamariki's funding cuts to a youth helpline.
Nit good at all: Head lice frustrations driving rise in risky treatments
Parents are resorting to using kerosene, fly spray and flea treatment to get rid of nits.
'Abhorrent': Te Pāti Māori MP says minister doesn't understand 'essence of being Māori', Seymour responds
The Children's Minister faced sharp questions during a parliamentary select committee.
Opinion: How parents can ease children’s back-to-school anxiety
OPINION: Many kids feel anxious about new teachers and routines.
Police urge vigilance regarding kids' online safety as school resumes
Photos can reveal personal details, putting families at risk.
Teenage boy repeatedly punches octopus in violent attack
A youth was filmed and egged on while he violently attacked an octopus on a Bay of Plenty beach.
Opinion: We can reduce youth offending. Here’s how
OPINION: Nearly all young people who offend have experienced trauma.
Editorial: Back to school costs crippling for many Kiwi families
OPINION: Families are feeling the weight of these expenses.
Bill Gates: ‘I would be diagnosed with autism if I were a kid today’
The tech billionaire says he was an obsessive and socially-awkward child.
'Miracle': Child abuse prevention programme expands after funding boost
The Wright Family Foundation will fund Tautoko Mai for the next three years.
‘My whole world’: Erin Simpson and Zac Franich welcome second child
The couple’s second baby boy arrived in record time.
People with divorced parents are at greater risk of strokes, study finds
Stress hormones in childhood may bring long-lasting health impacts, researchers believe.
'Deeply distressing': Daycare apologises after four children escape
They left through a gate that 'unexpectedly malfunctioned' and were quickly returned.
‘Getting your pink back’: How mums felt like themselves again after having a baby
New York Times: The story of flamingos offers a reminder - you will get your colour back.
Karen Chhour steps back from abuse compensation decisions due to own potential payout
Karen Chhour says her work as a minister is part of her healing process.
Opinion: How to protect babies as whooping cough epidemic grows
OPINION: Why do we need to get serious about whooping cough?
'I felt like I failed her': Father haunted by preschool daughter's abuse
Judge Marshall said the offending was too serious for anything other than jail.
‘Immense distress’: Aussie influencer charged over vile act against 1yo
Police allege she drugged the infant and exploited her distress online for followers.
Falling birth rates raise prospect of sharp decline in living standards
Financial Times: Warnings people must produce more and work longer to plug growth gap.
Editorial: Latest research on Kiwi kids highlights a national shame
OPINION: The research paints a grim picture of childhood in New Zealand.
Charity close to man‘s heart to gain from 1000km cycle ride from Cape Rēinga
A child charity saved Nuk Korako's family being split up, he's now raising funds for it