Some 70% of schools are measuring children's progress, but not against national standards.

Glenfield College's principal has moved to Long Bay College after only 16 months.

Cory Sonntag had his bike stolen at knifepoint in broad daylight.

Masked man flees with cash in vehicle after Downing St hold-up.

School zones are being rewritten to cope with bulging rolls at 43 Auckland schools.

A man entered ANZ with a firearm yesterday and threatened staff while demanding cash.

Youngsters Caila, Shanae and Ashlynn, of Glen Eden, saw something amazing on Sunday.

Staffroom photos of students at risk of just failing have helped boost NCEA pass rates.

Interactive: Statistics for 2016 show winners and losers by decile.

Three people are treated for smoke inhalation after fire engulfs a home.

Mana Thaugland waited until the women were at their most vulnerable - alone and unaware - then he struck, catching them by surprise to snatch their bags.

Junior Murray is angry after something, which he thinks might have been a rock, was thrown at his windscreen on the way to a car accident.

A woman is urging pet owners to be vigilant after bacon-wrapped poison was thrown to her dog.

A motorcyclist has sustained serious injuries to his legs following a motorbike and car collision earlier this evening.

North Shore police have released CCTV footage of the moment a man armed with a long knife threatened a Glenfield liquor store worker and demanded money.

Sixteen-year-old Dita Donaldson tells Elisabeth Easther why Glenfield is a great place to be a teenager.

Actor Laurel Devenie inhabits the world of one of New Zealand's earliest female pioneers in a play inspired by her memoirs. Dionne Christian reports.

A shining star of Moorcroft Pottery's design team visits New Zealand this week.