Alcohol-poisoning victim James Webster's father says his son's death would have been avoided if he'd known the risk he was taking.

After his son admitted encouraging James Webster to drink, a tearful John Banks accepted responsibility for the boy's actions 'because that's what a father should do'.

Mayor John Banks has broken down in tears as he apologised for the actions of his son Alex, who encouraged alcohol-poisoning victim James Webster to drink.

James Webster wanted vodka and Jagermeister 'to get really drunk' and because his 'alcohol supply was low', a court has heard.

A King's College student who died after a night of binge drinking at a birthday party wrote a card to the host, insisting that 'what happens tonight doesn't leave tonight - and no photos'.

Many schools are not demonstrating sufficient commitment to ensuring achievement of Maori students, ERO has warned

Three children critically hurt in a crash in Kawerau today were not wearing seat belts, police say.

Two teenagers are seriously ill in Middlemore Hospital with extensive burns after a gas cylinder is thought to have exploded in their faces.

We sent our two experts out to find Auckland's best playgrounds. Diana Clement reports back.

The only girl in a rugby tournament of over 400 players is first named "man" of the match, and then in the tournament team.

A "zero-tolerance" policy will fine teenage drivers $200 and 50 demerit points if they have any alcohol at all in their system.

A new controversial documentary about models asks less than typical questions about the so-called glamorous fashion industry.