Family

Don Wilson was a member of Ebony, The Heartbreakers and wrote The Ballad of Happy Feet about a penguin that turned up on the Kapiti Coast a few years ago. He's due to release a new album in 2016 and… Audio

Kathleen Hansen became curious about her own family history, that curiosity has lead to many years of detectrive work and, in the New Years Honours list, a Queens service medal. It's for services to… Audio

New Zealand has plenty of design talent and no shortage of innovative ideas, but what opportunities exist for our emerging designers, especially in the area of textiles? Sonia Sly headed to Massey… Audio, Gallery

Antenatal depression affects at least one in eight mothers according to research undertaken by Auckland University's, 'Growing up in New Zealand' study, while other research suggests that one in six… Video, Audio

Puppets are more than simply child's play, according to Jim Richards and Bridgette Murphy who work with community groups, schools and organisations around New Zealand making giant puppets and other… Audio

Anne Tolley wants most at-risk families to stop having more children. Joining Morning Report is the chief executive of the Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers, Lucy Sandford-Reed. Audio

The Minister for Social Development wants most at-risk families to stop having more children. Catherine Hutton reports. Audio

The Minister for Social Development wants the state to intervene to disuade at risk families from having more children. Audio

Three young adults who grew up in state care say the age at-risk children are in care should be raised to 21. Max Towle reports. Audio

A highly critical report was released yesterday on Child, Youth and Family. The report found that children who were returned home or remained in whānau care were ten times more likely to be abused… Audio

A highly critical report was released yesterday on Child, Youth and Family. The report found that children who were returned home or remained in whānau care were ten times more likely to be abused… Audio

The Government is signalling a radical change to its treatment of at-risk children in state care, by challenging the long-held policy of placing children with whanau first. Demelza Leslie reports. Audio

There's new proof to the old maxin "the more the merrier". It turns out the key to a happy family could be having four or more children. Dr Bronwyn Harman from Edith Cowan University in Australia has… Audio

In Australia experts are about to grapple with the vexed question of whether parents conceiving through in-vitro fertilisation should be allow to choose the child's sex. Already couples have been… Audio

Melody Thomas catches up with the analogue-infatuated musical siblings, Kitty, Daisy and Lewis, in New Zealand to tour their aptly named third studio release, The Third. Audio

Natasha Fennell is the co-author of the book The Daughterhood with Roisin Ingle. When Natasha Fennell's mother was diagnosed with a progressive illness, she wasn't ready to deal with the inevitability… Audio

For many New Zealanders, Gallipoli was to be the biggest adventure of their lives. To them fighting for King and Country was a calling and an honour, fresh-faced young men with glory in their eyes set… Audio, Gallery