Aucklander Natalia Burgess has broken her silence amid revelations she had sex with at least one 15-year-old boy.

Child abuse complaints have more than tripled in Rotorua, Whakatane and Taupo in the past five years.

A mother and father have been arrested for allegedly beating their eight children with weapons, including sticks and electrical cord - and the woman is pregnant again.

Natalia Burgess, 28, of Mangere in Auckland, has assumed multiple false online personalities to form internet relationships with teenagers.

There has been a major development in the case of missing Sydney girl Kiesha Abrahams with the arrest of two people.

The Black Eyed Peas have opened a special school in New York for local teenagers to learn how to use music and video equipment.

Jessica Sula, a new member of the Skins cast tells Jacqueline Smith she's been able to live vicariously through her character

An Auckland woman has been revealed as the internet predator grooming Christchurch boys for sex.

Jo Knowsley investigates the phenomenon of knife crime in New Zealand.

One in five children is overweight; one in 12 is obese, and kids in urban areas are walking to school less.

One Auckland high school blocked students from starting a gay support club, according to outreach groups.

A Manawatu teen was today jailed for eight years and three months for the attempted murder of a Taihape policeman last year. Bruce Mellor was left for dead when he was attacked from behind with a machete after pulling over a stolen red