Her critics wrote her off, but teenage round-the-world yachtswoman Jessica Watson was yesterday nosing along Australia's southwest coast.

A top international criminal profiler has thrown new light on the Kirsty Bentley murder case.

Maori and Pacific high school students have finally started closing the gaps with their European counterparts in NZ schools.

A children's bookshop is working with security staff of a nearby tavern and casino over the growing problem of parents leaving children to read while they gamble.

The funeral for a teenage driver killed in a speedway crash in Northland will be held at her home track in Mt Maunganui.

The family of a teenage speedway racer watched in horror from the trackside as she slammed into a wall and died late yesterday afternoon.

A teenage cousin of former All Black Keith Robinson was the first person to die on the roads this Easter.

An "ordinary Auckland boy" who cut off contact with friends and family has stunned his parents by signing with the French Foreign Legion.