Welfare agencies alarmed at extreme lengths some people go to just to eat. One desperate case of a Bay of Plenty child and his three siblings has been offered as a stark example of the degree of poverty in our communities.

Ten teenagers have been convicted after their role in the near-fatal beating of an off-duty policeman south of Auckland in February last year. Seven of the youths admitted charges in Manukau Youth Court relating to the bashing of the police

Writing to schools demanding action on bullying is a "wet" response to the problem, Labour's David Shearer says.

Wanganui Girls College student Robin de Jong was chased down by a teenage girl and subjected to a savage assault

Parents need to take responsibility in the aftermath of a horrific attack which left a Whanganui schoolgirl bloodied and in need of hospital treatment, Education Minister Anne Tolley says.

Graphic cellphone video footage has surfaced showing a prolonged and vicious assault that left a Wanganui Girls' College student bleeding from her ears and needing hospital treatment. The footage shows the 15-year-old girl being...

New spy software has gone on sale in NZ to allow parents to monitor their children's text messages and cellphone calls.

Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain died nearly 20 years ago. But the legend of the tragic rocker lives on - his life of triumph, conflict and addiction is the centre of a comic novel.

You don't have to go far to get up close with creatures great and small, discovers Bronwyn Sell.

New face of TV focuses on the interactive generation.