Hamilton police are praising neighbours for helping to catch brother and sister burglars yesterday.

Two Takapuna Grammar students have been stood down after a fight, allegedly fuelled by racist taunts, which was videoed and sent around school.

Dealers are competing "like Pepsi and Coke" to sell ecstasy, says the NZ Drug Foundation, and users are rating their experiences on the web.

A North Shore 18-year-old is lucky to be alive after falling multiple storeys from a carpark building during a night of drinking and taking Ecstasy.

An 18-year-old Iranian is facing imminent execution on charges of homosexuality.

A drug dealing 12-year-old took a kilogram of cannabis to sell to his mates at an intermediate school.

Janie McKeon was caught off guard last year when, at the age of 17, her son's girlfriend came to stay.

A two-year-old girl baked to death in a minibus after the driver forgot she was there and accidentally locked her inside.

The teenage years are fraught for both teens and parents and research shows the adolescent years are getting longer.

A teenage driver on a restricted licence clocked at 200km/h has been accused of "mind-boggling stupidity."

A vandal who caused tens of thousands of dollars worth of graffiti damage is being sued by the Auckland City Council to recover repair costs.

A shattered family is waiting for answers after a seemingly healthy teenager was found dead in bed without any apparent cause.

Thirty-four soldiers from just one army base have faced drinking-related court charges in the first six months of this year.

Haunted by a revealing photograph from your drink-mad office party posted on Facebook? Then Gary Powers is waiting to hear from you.

An 11-year-old Bay of Plenty girl has battled the odds to play her way into the elite of world golf for her age.

"Raunch culture" has set back women in Western societies more than 50 years, says a visiting Australian feminist.