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.

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.

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.

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.

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