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Whanganui Reverend appointed Assistant Anglican Bishop of Wellington

Fletcher has been co-priest with her husband at St Peter’s Church since 2018.

Watch: Student petitions to have hearing aid batteries funded for life

Felix Shaw wants support for his petition to get hearing aid batteries funded.

OT report 'extremely distressing': Disabled mother’s newborn uplifted from hospital

One youth was held for five years longer than his parent had agreed to in respite care.

Welfare crackdown will directly impact vulnerable youth - advocate

'What these young people are going through is already traumatic,' advocates say.

Snapchat 'sugar daddy': Man pays girl to meet up in bushes for sexual acts

Roland McKop discovered the girl was only 13 while messaging her.

Mum despairs as ram-raiding son plays Monopoly for rehab

'He’s a danger to himself and the public and something needs to be done.'

‘Mum didn't know we took that many subjects’: Teen twins score 18 scholarship awards

Twins Belle and Ena Yin are two of the top 10 students in New Zealand.

Police probe after nearly 300 bottles of alcohol supplied to student flat

Liquor company allegedly sought promotion on social media in exchange for booze.

Miscarriage of justice: Boy, 15, spent nearly a year in adult prison

Mistake deemed a miscarriage of justice in first Criminal Cases Review Commission result.

Autistic young people more than twice as likely to die before turning 25, ‘scary’ new research finds

Autistic females were four times more likely to die, compared to non-autistic females.

The mullet - 'you either love them or hate them'

Hundreds to grow mullets for mental health.

Watch: 'A slap on the hand': Fed-up store owners call for crackdown after latest raid

'What do you do? It’s your business, you have invested money in it.'

'My life is gone': My daughter took her own life. Months later my wife was dead

UK Dad shares the heartbreaking details of the day his life came crashing down.

'I don’t blame her': Mum of murdered trans teen wants to meet family of killer

'I’d like to understand more about how their life was, and what they went through.'

Banned from advertising: Vape and tobacco companies target youth on social media

14 to 17-year-olds, especially Māori and Pasifika teens, are likelier to see vaping ads.

Tragic toll of online abuse outlined in pleas for Govt to take action

Dysfunctional, sluggish official responses blasted amid escalating online harms.

Māori and Pasifika infants and toddlers made up 55% of meningitis cases last year

Meningococcal disease cases among Kiwi teens and young adults have risen by 88 per cent.

'What he did will never go away': Sex assault haunts young victim

Blenheim rapist Jordan Newton has been jailed for more than seven years.