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.

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

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