The inexperience of a teen driver with a new learner's licence was a "massive factor" in a fatal smash, say police.

A spider may have contributed to a quad bike crash that killed Westport teenager Renee McNelis on Monday.

A new road safety campaign is appealing to young male drivers to 'slow down and stay in mantrol', in an attempt to reduce NZ's road toll.

A fifth birthday party finished with a gang brawl and eight arrests in Hastings last night.

An officer was injured as police dodged fireworks at an out-of-control party early this morning.

Te reo Maori is finding a home in one of the country’s most prestigious schools, with King's College making it a compulsory subject for all Year Nine students.

Unemployment numbers just released show NZ's jobless rate has fallen from 6.9 per cent to 6.4 per cent - better than many were expecting.

The father of a schoolgirl sent to South Africa after she was bullied at Howick College says the school is in denial if it thinks hers is an isolated case.

A teen has been sent to South Africa to finish her school year after claims she was bullied so badly at Howick College she was too scared to go to class.

Children trick or treating in South Auckland - some younger than 10 - were last night threatening people who did not give them sweets.

Fabulously old-fashioned, galas are still an important date on the school calendar, writes Gill South.

A student at a top Auckland school has been arrested after stabbing another teenager during a public fight organised online.

Groundbreaking cellphone technology has been launched in a bid to stop teenagers being harassed by text bullies. The new service allows cellphone users to blacklist up to 20 numbers.