michelle duff - national correspondent

Who is Gun City's David Tipple?

"I don't see firearms as the villain ... I see the psychology as the villain," says Tipple.

The owner of the "world's largest gun store" has long been a pro-gun agitator.

NZ missed gun law opportunities

50 people were killed in the Christchurch shootings on Friday, March 15.

For almost three decades, successive governments have missed opportunities to tighten gun control.

Extremism 'growing in NZ'

Armed police swarm the area after the Christchurch mosque shootings.

New Zealand has a legacy of white supremacists experts say have become emboldened in recent years.

The art of monsters video

The fresh allegations in the Michael Jackson documentary 'Leaving Neverland' raise difficult questions about how to deal ...

Should we listen to Thriller, read James K Baxter or watch Louis C.K without guilt?

What's the Government done for women? video

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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern at Post Cabinet.

OPINION: Abortion law reform, parental leave; halfway through its term, this Government hasn't done enough.

Is simplifying life actually - complicated?

Is living a life less complicated really that easy - or fulfilling? Michelle Duff is not convinced.

OPINION: We're all just one skinny teatox away from our best selves, right?

#metooNZ: What has actually changed? video

#metooNZ: The aftermath

We still don’t really know the full extent of workplace sexual harassment.

#metooNZ: One year on video

#metoonz: I've had enough

Hundreds of women shared their Me Too stories. This is their voice.

Abused on her first job video

#metooNZ: 'He had the power'

Arika* felt like her abuser held her professional future in his hands.

Maternity research scrap reaches minister

Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield will face questioning over the Ministry's treatment of controversial research.

The Director General of Health will questioned by a government minister over his department's attempt to discredit maternity research.

The inconvenient maternity study

Senior health officials and the College of Midwives aligned to try and discredit independent research that raised ...

Research suggested problems with maternity care. A government department aligned with the College of Midwives to try and discredit it.

Doctor faces conduct 'charges'

Deane Drew is not currently practising as a doctor, and will now be charged in the Health Practitioners Disciplinary ...

Medical Council's investigation of Wellington GP found breaches of professional and sexual boundaries.

NZ Cricket's shameful silence

When Scott Kuggeleijn made his Twenty20 international cricket debut earlier this month, his 2017 trial for rape appeared ...

OPINION: A budding sportsman treats a woman like an utter piece of trash and now he's a hero. Are we OK with that?

No, it's never 'just another domestic'

Every five minutes, police reckon, they are called out to a domestic violence incident. This time of the year, it gets ...

OPINION: I stood shivering outside the house. The woman inside had been stabbed 38 times.

Family on the run: Jesse, Gabriel and Dad

Jesse and Gabriel

"They look dirty" ... "They never have seat belts" ... "They live in a hut in the bush" ... "I heard him whack one of them". Whenever the calls led to a social worker's visit, Fred and the kids did a runner.

A mother without her children

Catherine has tattoos for each of her daughters.

She's not lazy, or entitled. Catherine loves her kids. But all three of them have been taken away.

Thousands taken from mum and dad video

'Who Cares?', a special project by Stuff, tells the true story of Jesse and Gabriel, two girls removed from their ...

Five times per day, every day, the state orders the removal of children from their parents. Is this system working?

Born, then taken from mum video

Katarina Jean Te Huia is the director of Nga Maia, the Māori midwives organisation. She is shocked by the number of ...

The baby was whisked away at the moment of birth, never to be touched by its mother.

Knowing the whiff of a P-house video

Te Arahi August left a career in the hospitality industry to become a social worker with Oranga Tamariki.

Social workers can smell meth cooking, and know how to lift a baby out of its cot to see the bruises.

C-section judgement harmful

Young mother and father with newborn (baby). Photo: 123rf.com

OPINION: I plan to have a c-section. I can't wait to flounce off to pilates afterwards.

Horse trainer’s history of assault video

Michael Breslin was accused of indecently assaulting a teenager two years ago.

Michael Breslin admitted sexually assaulting a young woman - but he was never charged.

Why I love and hate the royal tour video

It's OK to admire Meghan and Harry as people - even if you don't like the monarchy in general.

OPINION: This visit has been a real rollercoaster of emotions. It's time for a cup of tea and a lie down.

'He left me in my tears'

Victoria University Student Association welfare vice-president Bethany Paterson, left, launched a #MeToo blog to collate ...

Universities are enlisting rape crisis services to combat sexual assault, as stories of dorm room rape pervade #MeToo blog.

Raetihi's rainbow kid makes own luck

Tui Wikohika competing at Turoa ski area, aged 10.

Tui Wikohika, 14, is king of his own mountain.

The power of being a victim

Aftert Dr Christine Blasey Ford stepped forward, there has been plenty of talk of victims.

OPINION: The furore over Christine Blasey Ford shows victimhood has never carried so much weight.

Institutions no place for at-risk youth

Children's Commissioner Andrew Becroft says all Oranga Tamariki's care and protection residences need to be phased out.

State-run institutions are the orphanages of this era, the children's commissioner says

What changes for maternity care? video

Health Minister Dr David Clark says he has listened to midwives concerns, and maternity care is a "real priority."

ANALYSIS: Mothers struggle to find midwives and neonatal death rates have stagnated - so what is being done?

Feminism includes all women video

Jacinda Ardern and Kate Sheppard. Figuring out how to make it in a man's world is, as Dame Anne Salmond said, exactly ...

OPINION: It's 125 years since women got the vote, but not all women are equal.

'Improper' relationships ruled out

Deane Drew was suspended in 2017 for alleged sexual misconduct.

Guidelines on doctor-patient relationship boundaries are changing, following allegations against a Wellington doctor.

Hinemoa, reincarnated video

Dr Hinemoa Elder, once a favourite Kiwi television personality, has reinvented herself as a Māori health practitioner.

Once NZ's most sought-after celebrity, Dr Hinemoa Elder is spearheading a path in Māori mental health.

Haere atu, Bob the Builder video

A typical kōhanga trip.

OPINION: The journey through Māori immersion education has been challenging, but not for my son.

Her employer supported her alleged rapist

Sarah (not her real name) suffers post-traumatic stress disorder after an alleged rape in a classroom at a North Island ...

She went to the police. They believed her. That wasn't enough.

Why isn't childcare free, already? video

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OPINION: If I hear one more argument about whether kids should go to daycare or stay at home, I swear, I'm gonna throw my toys.

So a c-bomb's not OK, rape threats are

Samoan author Lani Wendt Young says police did not help her with complaints of a torrent of online abuse.

OPINION: I wish there was an uproar every time one of my female friends was threatened with horrific sexual violence.

Doctor's relationship 'improper'

Lower Hutt woman Kim Dewhurst complained to the Medical Council about Wellington doctor Deane Drew almost three decades ...

A doctor under investigation for alleged sexual relationships with patients fathered a child with the mother of a toddler he treated.

Victims have 'no clear pathway'

Victoria University lecturer Renee Goreham says she has been raising the issue of how sexual misconduct is being dealt ...

Meeting called at Victoria University to discuss change in sexual misconduct policy after student complaints.

Uni accused of bungling harassment complaint

"It was like they didn't care at all," says a Victoria University student of the institution's response to a sexual ...

The chemistry tutor told young female students he would strip them naked in the shower.

Other mums don't have to go back

The roles of mother and prime minister can be handled with equal focus, says Jacinda Ardern.

OPINION: Many mums couldn't leave the couch six weeks after a baby, let alone run the country like Jacinda Ardern.

White men of history, stand back

Remarkable New Plymouth-raised astronomer Beatrice Tinsley has been belated recognised with an obituary in the New York ...

Kiwi scientist Beatrice Tinsley has been belatedly recognised with an obituary in The New York Times.

Stop mansplaining #MeToo

Comedian and actor Penny Ashton came out swinging, writing for The Spinoff: "Utilising a global movement which at its ...

OPINION: Another roomful of men telling me how to feel? Bor-ing.

My doctor pursued me for sex

Catherine English, Dr Deane Drew's estranged wife, is one of the women who have laid a complaint against him.

After escaping a religious cult, Catherine English was just looking for a doctor.

McVeagh a watershed moment

Public service troubleshooter Margaret Bazley's independent review of Russell McVeagh was released on Thursday morning.

OPINION: Here's to a future where women's safety is prized over men's reputations.

Ex-finance company boss flogging dodgy phones

Mervyn Doolan, who went to jail for misleading investors in his finance company, is now involved in a door-to-door sales ...

"I call it my ugly phone," complains customer disappointed by electronics from failed finance company director's door-to-door sales outfit.

Ardern shows world how it's done video

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and partner Clarke Gayford and their newborn baby girl, who was born at 4.45pm on June 21, ...

OPINION: Nothing about Jacinda Ardern's childbirth is amazing, apart from everything.

Sponsor quits Floating Foundation

Craig Koning worked as an events promoter and DJ before founding his own charity.

The seaborne charity's former supporters feel "let down" by its founder's treatment of women.

I don't care how Jacinda mothers

She's got this: PM Jacinda Ardern will be just fine without any advice we could provide her on pregnancy, childbirth or ...

OPINION: This might be a crazy call, but I reckon Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern can be trusted to make her own mothering decisions.

Inquiry into seaborne charity

Craig Koning, boss of the Floating Foundation, has been accused of bullying his crew and singling out young women for sex.

The Floating Foundation's website has been taken down after bullying revelations, but founder Craig Koning will not confirm the charity's future.

Trapped in paradise

Ayla Tarrant, former community manager for the Floating Foundation, was a target of Craig Koning's psychological abuse.

Those close to Craig Koning call him a Pied Piper, seducing young women with a tropical dream that becomes a nightmare.

Sex and bullying at sea

The Floating Foundation's founder and boss Craig Koning says he will be onboard its 2018 expedition o the South Pacific, ...

Women speak out about charity boss' behaviour on a seaborne aid mission to the Pacific.

Warning letter to Midwifery Council

Midwifery Council chief executive Sharron Cole said there was still confusion over the 'guidelines' being considered ...

Some midwives fail to give women clear and unbiased information, the Health and Disability Commissioner warns.

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