Australia faces a major crackdown on drugs, gangs and street crime.

An 18th birthday party set to be held after Auckland Grammar's ball has been cancelled by the venue after intervention by police and the school.

A shoplifting spree in Queenstown has concluded with four boys expelled from their Melbourne school.

An Auckland Grammar pupil who forged scores of driving licences which he sold to other students was told in court to "dedicate your obvious talents towards a legitimate enterprise".

Kristi-Rae Ruri-Gardiner was well known for her kind and giving nature and finally donated her organs.

A boy's death-defying plunge from the top storey of an apartment block was the latest in a string of serious incidents involving King's students.

The country's youngest convicted killer has been charged with assault after allegedly punching his mum on Mother's Day.

New Zealand's worst youth offenders will get million-dollar beds in the country's newest youth prison.

More Americans are now making their own lunch, growing their hair long and catching public transport.

Sales restrictions on some cough and cold medicines for children will come into force on May 1 next year.

A new bottle store licence has angered residents of one of Auckland's poorest suburbs after it was 'sneaked through'.

The Child Cancer Foundation wants to give young cancer patients a very special, but far-flung, gift.