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Parliament has made it harder for minors to marry, unanimously passing a members bill to help prevent forced marriage.

It’s a common complaint that too much of the news is too grim and some people are - quite literally - turning off. Is there a better way to report news we can use? Stuff reporter Nicola…

Rural Women New Zealand's education spokesperson wants schools to adopt a farmer. Sue Higgins believes it could help encourage students to consider farming as a career. The Wakefield sheep and beef…

Squabbles between Australia and New Zealand have usually been fairly lightweight affairs, until recently.

Huge numbers of Māori are going back to school later in life to learn te reo.

The Australian government has a duty to pay compensation to child sex abuse victims, regardless of their citizenship status, a support organisation says. Audio

Analysis - Monday's announcement that the government would be spending billions on surveillance planes was in stark contrast to the nurses' placards, writes Guyon Espiner.

A third of school buildings don't meet optimum standards for health and hygiene and a similar number fall short of Education Ministry standards for lighting, temperature and acoustics, a government…

Nadene Manukau-Togiavalu held her cousin as he bled to death after a Grey Lynn street fight. Less than three years later she faked a pregnancy and kidnapped a baby. Video

A weightlifter is the butt of online jokes. A cyclist faces a slew of criticism. A fighter prepares to hide who he is. Max Towle meets the transgender Kiwis suffering for their sport.

Analysis - Ardern has arrived at hospital to have her baby and Peters is in charge of the country. He has every reason to ensure the six weeks runs smoothly under his watch, writes Jane Patterson.

US envoy to the UN Nikki Haley says the body is "hypocritical and self-serving" and "makes a mockery of human rights".

Some Catholic priests across the Tasman will soon be facing a $10,000 fine if someone confesses child sex abuse to them and they don't report it to the police.

The scientific evidence for keeping young people out of prison was clear 20 years ago, but not enough has been done, a government science advisor says.

Every adoption agency in Ireland has been involved in illegal child registrations, according to the head of children's charity Barnardos.