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Teen girl tried to stop cop attack
A fifteen-year-old schoolgirl tried to fend off the group of teenagers who viciously bashed a South Auckland police officer.

Death threats for Libby killer
The teenager who was yesterday unmasked as Liberty Templeman's murderer has received death threats on the internet.

Police held grave fears for beaten colleague
An off-duty police officer seriously assaulted yesterday afternoon is now in a critical but stable condition in hospital.

School bus in collision with vehicle in central Auckland
Six school children are taken to hospital after a bus and another vehicle collided in the Auckland suburb of Mt Eden today.

Police name student found dead at Auckland school
Police have released the name of the student found dead at King's College in Otahuhu, south Auckland, yesterday.

'Gamers worse than outlaw bikers' - Aussie politician
South Australian Attorney-General Michael Atkinson is single-handedly stopping Australia from introducing an R18 classification for video games - effectively banning adult games.

Boy, 15, found dead at King's College
A 15-year-old college boy was found dead by his schoolmates in his boarding house this morning.

Schoolboy charged with murder
A 13-year-old Brisbane schoolboy has been remanded in custody over the stabbing death of a fellow student.

Courageous triplet loses cancer fight
A young woman who captured the hearts of her schoolmates and community has lost her fight with cancer. Sally Ainley, 20, died early on Saturday after battling her illness for nearly three years.

The teenager who helped his friend die: 'I'm sorry'
The teen convicted of helping a friend take his life wants to meet his dead mate's mother to apologise.

Teen sentenced after assisting friend's suicide
A 17 year-old has been sentenced to eight months home detention after admitting his part in a friend's suicide.

Facebook at work problems growing, say employers
A new survey of 520 NZ companies finds 67 per cent have no policies to regulate staff use of social media websites such as Facebook and Twitter.

Liberty's friends tell of hours before death
More details of the final movements of slain schoolgirl Liberty Templeman have emerged at the trial of the teenager accused of killing her.

Liberty murder trial jury visits site where body found
The jury at the trial of the teenager accused of murdering Liberty Templeman has just left the scene where her body was found.

Rudd wants rise in drinking age
Kevin Rudd would like to see the drinking age in Australia raised from 18 to 21 years.