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.

Some teenagers earn pocket money flipping burgers at the local fast-food outlet but 16-year-old Marcus Lim had bigger ideas.

Thousands have farewelled a teenage girl killed while driving with friends to pick up their school ball gowns.

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".

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

Senior students from Auckland's King's College were suspended for two days for drinking sake on a night out.

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.

Two South Island teens stole firearms and several cars - including a Jaguar - in a 24-hour crime spree that finally came to an end when they were arrested in Nelson this afternoon.

A teenager has been sent to prison for three months after smuggling two small snakes into the country in his pants.

A teenager who walked away from a horror smash that left 11 others in hospital says he woke on the road hearing his friends calling for help.