Wealthy kids get the attention, but making it through the teen years is always a challenge.

13 youths from Kawerau have died suddenly in just 18 months, with "no rhyme or reason."

A young girl has undergone reconstructive surgery in hospital after being mauled by a bull mastiff in Masterton on Saturday, one of two dog attacks over the weekend which have sparked debate over dog control laws.

In a dark basement below the main stage of Kawerau's town hall, a bunch of teenagers are on punching bags.

Three runners missing near Lake Rotoma since yesterday have been found this morning in the Rotoma Forest by a search and rescue team.

Another 80 job losses announced today in a third sawmill unable to profitably export timber suggests the wood industry is in crisis, says a union representing workers in the sector.

More than 50 sawmill workers at two North Island sawmills have been told they will lose their jobs.

The mother of a murdered Bay of Plenty teenager said today she was unable to describe how she felt about her son's "brutal, absolutely senseless death". A Mongrel Mob member ran down Jordan Herewini in Murupara last year.

Thirty staff at Carter Holt Harvey Woodproducts Kawerau Sawmill are losing their jobs.