When you have children, your whole life changes and you must try to defend your child from harm no matter what.

Every grandparent will know the electric charge that four of us experienced for the first time last Saturday.

It affects one in 20 people, can undermine their confidence and frequently leads to the embarrassment of counting on one's fingers.

Labour will dis-establish the Families Commission in its next term in government and instead set up a Ministry for Children, with a senior “minister for children” sitting at the Cabinet table.

Countdown has stopped funding breakfasts for children at 61 low-income schools.

Being respectful is an admirable quality. I know I probably sound like some old digger who fought in the trenches for his country when I say that sort of thing, but it is.

Brains behind successful Hawkes Bay scheme given chance to put ideas into practice nationwide.