Some unlikely employers are turning to students for help.

Young people, particularly girls, drinking excessively and putting themselves at risk are concerning police.

The 8-year-old boy who fell into a geothermal pool as hot as 100C on Boxing Day has died.

A Wairoa policeman attacked by two men in Mahia on Boxing Day is keen to get back to his job, Police Minister Judith Collins says.

A Wairoa policeman became the fourth officer to be attacked on the job this month after he stopped two men suspected of carrying out a series of burglaries on the East Coast.

An attack on a Hamilton police officer with a machete could have been a copycat of the machete attack on a Taihape officer, Howard Broad says.

A Northland police officer has been hit over the head with his own baton after being called out to deal with a drunken fight.

She is the Christmas angel who wanted to help another 9-year-old girl in suffering.

Donna Fleming agonises over the morality of perpetuating the myth of the jolly fat guy in red.

A man accused of attacking a police officer was in 2005 being hailed as a success story in a school bullying project.

The mother of a girl, 5, found dead in her bed after an alleged assault was trying to escape violence in her life.

A 15-year-old girl bought alcohol from a Mt Maunganui bar during a police operation at the weekend.

NZ student loan borrowers in Australia who told Inland Revenue to 'go to hell' could find themselves before the courts.

The younger players managed to hold off their older opponents to make the finals at the NZ Residentials tennis champs yesterday.