Foul weather on the first day of the school holidays drove many parents to the cinemas.

Drunk youths are turning up at Auckland emergency rooms at the rate of almost one a day, says the ADHB.

The Government is considering making it unlawful for adults to give alcohol to young people without their parents' consent.

More than 180,000 people packed into the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum over two days for a rave party last weekend.

Media coverage about the search for a destination for the troubled Undie 500 prompted a couple to offer students their property.

Researchers say young people are being too much influenced by media focused on "celebrity" behaviour.

Police are investigating claims that an off-duty officer used his official ID to allow drinkers who may have been under-age into a bar for his girlfriend's 21st.

Father-of-five Bobby Manu must lose 47kg so he can donate a kidney to his sick daughter.

One 15-year-old girl is believed to have got so drunk before King's College's senior ball she had to be refused entry.

Family values campaigners are concerned about a Wellington pole-dancing competition that opened with a display by young children, but its organiser says it's a sport for all ages.

Artistic director Karen Grylls should be justifiably proud of the diversity and range of music that her 46-strong choir will be singing.

Carol Hirschfeld talks frankly about what she hopes is life-changing programming at Maori TV.

Wiping virtually all branding off cigarette and tobacco packets could prove crucial in turning teens off smoking, a NZ study indicates.

Police refused seven people entry after breath-testing visitors as they came through the gates to view one of New Zealand's oldest school rugby fixtures.