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A judge forced Oranga Tamariki to find a bed for a 14-year-old facing a second night in the police cells because nothing was available in a youth justice facility.

Patients feel gaslit by their doctors, and there is little - if any - research being funded, critics say. Audio

Filling up on tasty stuff with the very low nutritional value doesn't serve our brains, researcher Julia Rucklidge tells Saturday Morning. Video, Audio

Heroin has been found in a white powder being sold as cocaine in the Auckland region.

Despite bullying and harassment, social media can help young people find community, Shaneel Lal says.

Speaking at the Labour Party annual conference, Willie Jackson criticised the coalition leaders for their respective roles in the Treaty Principles Bill.

ABC asked Australian parents what they made of the social media ban for under-16s - here is what they said.

Doctors warned that scaling down plans for the new hospital risked leaving it in a "clinically precarious state" - just two days before the government announced its cutbacks.

Analysis - RNZ's Phil Pennington digs into how a single costly project is a test case for what can go wrong in infrastructure project planning.

A large farm and forestry operation in the Far North is keen to turn its slash from upcoming harvests into something that benefits the land, climate and stock.

Opinion - There's urgency for the government to act on the recommendations of the long-awaited inquiry, prominent medical experts write.

The difference between a stable home and being in crisis can be as simple as the loss of a job or a relationship break-up, advocate Mark Henaghan says. Audio

Strikes included the long-standing refugee camp Nuseirat, where 19 bodies were recovered, medics say.

Before abortion was decriminalised in the late 1970s, about 20 women a year died from terminations gone wrong. Audio

Mumfluencing can be a lucrative business, but making a living off of children can come at a cost.

The vote will make the United Kingdom one of a small handful of nations to allow terminally ill people to end their lives.

The prominent lawyer, who was in poor health, has died just days after his daughter.

Britain's parliament must decide on Friday whether to support assisted dying, following what is likely to be a heated debate and protests for and against outside.

Our alcohol sales laws need an overhaul, researchers say. Audio