Scott Kara on why his almost three-year-old won't be getting an iPad this Christmas.

Whenever there are cuts to be made, it always seems to be down to the Education Minister to make them, writes Dita De Boni.

The 20 hours of free care children 3 and over receive in early childhood centres is under review.

German author Johanna Adorjan tells Cathrin Schaer about researching her grandparents’ life and death.

Dawdling, losing your cool and having bad ideas can help adults reclaim their imaginations, according to US researchers.

I have always listened to conversations about the Armageddon Expo with interest, safe in the knowledge I will never be attending said event.

Staff frequently come up with the answers you need, says expert with an international track record.

Wedding couples have been left scrambling for venues by the failure of a string of Auckland restaurant businesses.

Neighbours say they were forced to break down a door to get to two young children locked inside after police arrested their father.

My mother has just posted a message on my wall. Apparently she's managed to get 'into' this Facebook system malarkey and is 'keeping up to speed' with things.

Hip hop power couple Beyonce and Jay-Z are expecting the pitter patter of tiny feet, according to a report.

Boys will perform just as you expect them to, it seems. If you tell them they aren't as intelligent as girls and are less likely to do well in tests, that is exactly what will happen.

Greg Meads enjoyed his final months of freedom in a plush beachfront home with another woman before being convicted of murder.

Isabella Blow, the fashion stylist with a penchant for loony hats and a talent for discovering the Next Big Thing, died on May 7, 2007, at the age of 48, having drunk a quantity of the weedkiller Paraquat.

A 'humble and hard-working' pig hunter from Papakura went to work and waited six hours on Monday before telling his wife he'd won $28.7m.

Kimberley White remembers her stepfather Greg Meads enforcing silent meals at the family dinner table as he watched television.

I never realised how awful morning sickness can be. The last three months at our house has been a living, gagging, nauseous hell.

It seems hard to escape the conclusion that the UK government has opted, in effect, to end any fiscal advantage to staying at home with young kids.

It was once, twice, three times a baby girl for Dean and Mandy Barker.

All Black heart-throb Dan Carter hatched a plan to lure girlfriend Honor Dillon to Queenstown last weekend before asking her to marry him.

Women worldwide will be devastated - ABs heartthrob Dan Carter is off the market after proposing to girlfriend Honor Dillon.

Secondary school sex education lessons have certainly undergone a change over the years.

No area of medicine has advanced more rapidly, nor created more controversy, than the treatment of infertility.