Brains behind successful Hawkes Bay scheme given chance to put ideas into practice nationwide.

Hurrah for the safety of a nine-year old Wainuiomata girl who spent the night up a tree after becoming lost and was reunited with her family the following day.

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.

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

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.

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.