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Council silent since cemetery dispute with grieving families

Families were previously told they needed to clear tributes from the cemetery's lawns.

Why looking after your grandchildren is good for your brain

Plus, a guide to how to handle the generational gap.

Ex-Files: How do I get a copy of a will?

OPINION: If an aunt had assets under $15,000 it will be trickier to get hold of the will.

More than just a summer destination: Mount Maunganui is a hidden gem in autumn

There's plenty to see year-round in The Mount.

Woman awarded $1345 a week from her ex, two years after they split

Woman claimed she was defamed by her ex's 'vicious rumours', forced to start over.

Is it ever ok to tell off other people's kids?

They say it takes a village to raise a child, but how big is the village?

Why losing a parent as a young adult is so hard

Losing a parent is never easy, but young adults' experiences can often be overlooked.

'Cruel and cold-hearted': Mum faces family split after INZ questions legitimacy of marriage

Charity Valdez faces deportation after being refused an interim visa.

Rachel Smalley blindsided by her mum's diagnosis: 'Everything changed'

'I work in health and I’m a communicator, but I wasn’t an advocate for my own mum.'

'She shouldn’t have to be so brave': What it's like when your child has cancer

Isobel Willison's 4-year-old daughter is battling leukaemia.

Govt boosts early childhood rebate by up to $75 a week, 100,000 families eligible

Up to $75 a week is there for eligible households as National keeps an election promise.

'Wronged from the very first day': Men discover they were switched at birth almost 70 years later

'They both have had who they thought they were stripped away because of this.'

Why more couples are choosing to skip sex and go straight to IVF

New York Times: 'We have the science to do this. Let's use it.'

Advice: My in-laws gave money to two grandchildren, but not a third. Help!

New York Times: A reader wonders whether to intervene on behalf of her overlooked child.

'Heartless': Grieving families upset over request to remove graveside tributes

A grieving Whangarei family have been told to clear tributes from a gravesite lawn.

They married, divorced and then married their ex-spouses again

New York Times: Five couples share how and why they tied, cut and retied the knot.

Opinion: More young men think female equality has gone too far. Yikes

Financial Times: The numbers don't lie, but they appear to be falling on deaf ears.

Even rich, famous women can't 'have it all'. Here's why

Celebrities make balancing home, family and career look easy but they don't do it alone.