The teenage years are fraught for both teens and parents and research shows the adolescent years are getting longer.

Today's column may offend, so if you're of delicate mind, turn the page now.

A growing number of unemployed couples are living apart so one can claim the domestic purposes benefit to get more money, say beneficiary advocates.

The man in charge of soccer in NZ says Kiwi crowds need to tidy up their drinking behaviour.

Pam Corkery's brothel-for-women idea generated some fierce debate. Here's what our readers had to say.

Maori Party co-leader Pita Sharples has reacted with horror to new figures showing Maori out of work is up from 14.2pc to 16.4pc.

Pressure is going on the Reserve Bank to stop hiking interest rates, after today's surprise jump in the unemployment rate.

New Zealand's unemployment rate surged back to a 10-year high in the last quarter, rising from 6 per cent to 6.8 per cent, a leap which surprised analysts.

Justin Vaughan has denounced the behaviour of drunk All Black fans at last weekend's Bledisloe Cup test, saying it was symptomatic of wider alcohol problems.

A young man committed suicide after his counsellor told him by text message not to take his medication, provided he was undergoing regular counselling.

Paul Henry says he feels "37 and three months" and has the hair of a 40-year-old.

An escort who has provided sexual services to NZ women for 14 years is not worried about competition from Pam Corkery's planned brothel for females.

Auckland University senior lecturer Sue Abel addresses the issue of balance in TV news, and the relative lack of Maori voices in mainstream news bulletins, in the third in a series of lectures discussing the state and future of journalism.