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.

New research has found Kiwi university students party more than their Aussie counterparts, but they also manage to fit in more study.

Places at many popular universities will be restricted next year to students who gain top marks at high school.

Dunedin student pub The Garden Tavern, known as Gardies, will close its doors for the final time this weekend after being sold to Otago University this year.

Members of a UK 'Happy Slapping' gang have admitted killing a retired care worker in front of his young granddaughter.

The Royal Dutch Medical Association has adopted the view that the circumcision of underage boys violates their human rights.

The parents of US sailor Abby Sunderland have defended the 16-year-old's doomed circumnavigation attempt.

Five teachers disciplined for offences ranging from sex with students to watching porn in a classroom have had their identities protected.

Bay of Plenty girls aged 15 to 19 are suffering from some of the highest rates of chlamydia in the country.

A teenager on home detention chased a police officer with a nailgun in the Otago town of Cromwell early this morning, before crashing during a police pursuit.

Police are worried by a rise in underage prostitution in downtown Auckland, where girls as young as 12 are selling themselves for sex.