Natalie Portman has signed Freedom to Marry's Say, "I Do" letter to President Barack Obama asking for marriage equality for gay couples.

Someone who has done nothing but alienate large groups of teachers is a deadbeat choice for the job of Education Minister, says Dita De Boni.

An anguished father wants substances such as Kronic synthetic cannabis banned.

A 28-year-old man who was given up for adoption allegedly subjected his birth mother to more than 12 months of abuse.

"There is always a solution to every human problem - neat, plausible and wrong," wrote H.L. Mencken.

Rimutaka prison guard Johan Clarke has been jailed in what is believed to be the first time a corrections officer has been convicted of corruption charges.

The high profile coverage of Countdown's withdrawal from the Red Cross breakfast programme is a public relations nightmare.

Wellington Airport is putting its Wellywood sign plans on hold after a strong public backlash against the idea. It plans to form a panel to discuss other options for the site.

Teaching self-control to children as young as three can set them up for healthy, wealthy and crime-free lives.

John Key says reforms will be based on the premise 'if you can work, you must work'.

It's the developing world, not the West, which now consumes most of the world's cigarettes.

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.

Graphic video footage showing the torture and beheading of a 1-year-old dog has been circulated among teenage school students.

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.