Financial education is now more widely available in NZ schools, and only 30% of students were in schools where financial education is not available, compared with the OECD average of 48%.

The last war seemed like yesterday when I was a child. Somehow I gleaned from adult conversation that our dads had fought in Europe and North Africa to free the Jews from the Nazi concentration camps, which seemed to make perfect sense.

If you were to ask everyone what they thought New Zealand's most iconic food was, I'd bet my toasted sandwich maker most people would say "the pie", writes Jo Raphael.

I'm writing this in my head as I walk to the dairy and there are two reasons for this.

Fluoride Free New Zealand is disappointed with the decision made at Local Government New Zealand's Annual Conference to lobby central Government to take control of fluoridation.

Love it or hate it, Eat Streat has been a roaring success and patrons are still flocking to the outdoor dining precinct, even in winter.

Rotorua principal Patrick Walsh hits the nail squarely on the head when he points out the problems of not having fluoride in our water.