Auckland teenager Nicholas Beel reckons driving lessons are almost a breeze - when he's with his mother.

A distraught toddler was mistakenly left alone in a childcare centre for nearly two hours while her teachers and friends went for a daytrip to the park.

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.

A Bright Sparks finalist who invented a device that finds the nearest available parking space says he would love to go on and invent other things.

Shelley Bridgeman and her daughter discover Harry Potter's world has been recreated in sunny Florida.

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

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

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