Navy divers using sophisticated sonar equipment have begun an attempt to find the body of teenage boy presumed dead after a jetski accident.

Mel Gibson wants Oksana Grigorieva immediately stripped of custody of their daughter.

Fourteen civilians have been killed in clashes with Tunisian police.

A teenager who allegedly ran over another on his jetski has been helping in the search for his missing schoolmate.

Board shorts had arrived with surfing sometime in the 1960s and looked good, I had to admit, when the wearer was standing on water. But those of us decently immersed had no use for them.

The tragic death of a Nelson teenager this week serves as a warning of the risks of suffering from shallow water blackout when holding your breath underwater, a water safety expert says.

He was playing a game that will be familiar to many from childhood. But when Sam Goodenough's turn came to try to hold his breath the longest underwater, the game turned to tragedy, when the16-year-old blacked out and failed to surface.

The threat of jail terms for drivers who flee police will not stop young offenders, a criminal psychologist says.

A teenager has died after reportedly competing with friends to see who could hold their breath underwater the longest.

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

Auckland couple Jo Denvir and Daniel Nixon have been waiting three years for the adoption doors to Russia to reopen.

A post-mortem on teenager Cem Erbay, who went missing in the Coromandel early on New Year's Day, has found his death was not suspicious and he most likely died as a result of a fall.

A post-mortem examination of Cem Erbay will be carried out today, say police.

A nine-year-old Auckland boy survived going over a 20m waterfall in Queensland.