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

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

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

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 16-year-old girl has claimed discrimination after her private Australian school banned her lesbian partner from the ball.

The families and friends of two teenage best friends killed two weeks apart are shattered by their deaths.

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.