Entering a new phase in life can be anxiety inducing for anyone, regardless of age. Here are some natural remedies for helping manage those back to school jitters.

COMMENT: The alternative facts tend to be presented in emotional, although often plausible, language.

If you have more than two children you're at risk of heart disease, new research suggests.

If you can do these simple moves you are in good shape for your age.

So that's why we need sleep.

While most of us can appreciate a joke about poo, preschoolers and children often find it hilarious on a completely different level. But why is this?

Any more than this can pose a financial burden to both mothers and fathers.

Popular broadcaster Jason Gunn says he is still trying to get his head around the idea he has had a heart attack, but has thanked the public for their support.

Sitting at a desk all day will make your bottom flat, flabby, and saggy.

Working more than 39 hours a week can wreak havoc on your mental and physical health, a new study has found.

A search for fitness and good food in warm locations expands horizons for Liz Sidotia.

COMMENT: Hard-working, taxpaying Kiwis are left injured and in pain, waiting for months for surgery that will get them back to work.

Do you feel like you're suffering from "Trump anxiety"? Psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald does too. Although he's pretty sure it's not anxiety, so much as an utterly rational fear.

Want more from a Fiji break than just a pool and a cocktail? Healthy holidays are easy to find, writes Lauren Jones.

Here are two handwritten notes by Trump, written in 2011 and 2016, and break down what his script reveals about the commander-in-chief.

An obese Minties addict who ate 4,000 calories of the chewy treat every day, looks unrecognisable after losing 70kgs and her 'flappy' excess skin.

A new study has found a link between breakfast and heart disease.

Nicky Watson, now known as Nicola Robinson, has revealed her favourite food when flying.

"Wellness" has become a buzz word of sorts, but depending who you say it to, it conjures up different things.

A nutritionist reveals the popular breakfast foods that are doing you more harm than good.

People would tell Lisa Brown to eat a burger. But the truth was that the model was being slowly starved to death by a mystery illness.

Olivia Agnew weighed just 630g when she made her premature arrival into the world last October - almost a year to the day her brother passed away.

COMMENT: Once you have decided what you want in 2017 ask yourself what you are prepared to give up to get it, writes Louise Thompson.

Restaurants in France face prosecution if they offer unlimited fizzy drinks to customers in the latest Gallic crackdown on obesity.

Most of us will be confident that we can count to 50 without any struggle, however this puzzle may just have you questioning your numeracy skills.

Medical herbalist Sandra Clair offers some natural remedies for a common problem.

COMMENT: Do we have to resign ourselves to pale potatoes and floppy toast? Writes Niki Bezzant.

Hygiene and sanitation are one of the basic requirements for a community to properly function and yet New Zealand's biggest city is being let down badly.

Chef Mike Shatura leaves The Grove to head a new family-style restaurant in Henderson.

Kiwi teenagers are having cosmetic surgery on their genitals because of concerns they do not look "normal".