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.

A nanny deserted a 4-month-old baby in her care because she had to take her own daughter to the doctor.

Universal or voluntary membership? That was the question put to tertiary students in 1999 after the National Government passed a law insisting they choose how they should belong to their student association.

The Government needs to stop hiding if it wants to avoid intensified strike action by secondary school teachers next year, says the Post Primary Teachers' Association (PPTA).

Witnesses to a fatal car crash in Auckland's Mission Bay heard a survivor scream, 'Bro, I told you not to speed'.

'I love you I'll see you in heaven,' a 15-year-old girl wrote in a text message to her married, 27-year-old lover.

The 13-year-old killed when he drove into a fence had been hidden by his family after running away from a caregiver.

Scotland Yard will consider asking the British Home Secretary to ban further student marches.

Didier Poppe is wary of outlandish claims on behalf of his star shot putting pupil, Jacko Gill.

An HIV-positive man who sexually abused two children under 12 after serving time in jail for a similar offence has avoided an indefinite jail term.

Young people in Australia born in NZ are least likely to feel good about living in Australia.