Bronwyn Sell goes behind the scenes of the biggest public event on Auckland's calendar, the Farmers' Santa Parade.

Police and agencies are working with schools and parents after a group of young people were caught playing what is thought to be a lethal choking game.

A two-year-old Gisborne boy is in a critical but stable condition in Starship Children's Hospital after being run over by a car in a driveway.

As the West Coast holds its breath in hope for the 29 missing miners, the local league community is thinking of Blair Sims and his family.

All NZ regions had more births than deaths in the past year, with Auckland contributing 45 per cent of NZ's natural increase.

The principal of NZ's largest school is worried about a North Shore student party being organised on Facebook.

North Shore residents are calling on police to monitor social media sites to shut down youth beach parties before they get out of control.

Students are paying people overseas to do their homework, according to a company that "outsources" work.

The fewer siblings children have, the happier they are, a survey has suggested.