A retired policeman has come forward as the good Samaritan police were seeking in relation to events surrounding the murder of Donald Stewart.

Tobacco giant Philip Morris has admitted that child workers have been subjected to long hours working on Kazakhstan tobacco farms it deals with.

A study shows a 30pc drop in the number of teens smoking - days after the Govt announced a $12m cut in funding for anti-tobacco initiatives.

Teenage forgers have sold dozens of fake driver's licences for up to $60 each in a sophisticated operation that has astounded police.

Three boys and three girls were instructed not to dress to look older when they entered 162 Auckland City businesses armed with $20 cash and no ID.

The mother of a teenager who was found on fire outside his Tauranga home is desperate for answers.

A woman who supplied methadone to a teenager has been jailed for her "despicable act".

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.