As blood dripped from stab wounds inflicted by one of his students, maths teacher Steve Hose yelled at the rest of his class to get out.

A doctor and King's College mother has written to fellow school parent John Key to demand action over NZ's youth drinking culture.

It was a typical teenage white lie - he was going to study with a friend.

A post mortem into the death of a schoolboy who died in his sleep after a large drinking session fails to confirm how he died.

The family of Kings College student James Webster believe he died after drinking a bottle of vodka.

A new study has found that alcohol is to blame for most suicide attempts involving overdosing.

Alcohol experts are warning parents to keep their children away from cheap, sweetly flavoured drinks laced with enough alcohol to kill them.

Young children should not watch any TV because it sets them up for obesity and poor academic performance at school, say experts.

Parents, beware: watching television makes toddlers fatter and stupider at primary school, according to new research.

Nearly half of us use social networks - and most are concerned about how much personal information children share online.

Police were called to SkyCity casino yesterday after a child was found abandoned while his grandparents played bingo.