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Drug rings recruiting students at top schools
Asian crime syndicates are using foreign students in some of Auckland's best high schools to receive illegal shipments of the drugs used to produce methamphetamine.
One dead, seven injured after overloaded car rolls
A 20-year-old woman is dead and seven injured after an overloaded vehicle rolled near Swanson in west Auckland, this afternoon.
Anti-graffiti alarm no buzz for taggers
Two schools and a stadium have been fitted with an alarm which emits an annoying sound that only people under 25 can hear.
Pupil in court after fire damages classrooms
A student at a top private school has been charged with arson after a fire that damaged two classrooms.
Funding cuts threaten drug clinic
One of only two Maori-based residential centres for youth faces closure by April.
Brainwave programme educates future parents
Pilot scheme at Mangere East college shows boys how to be good fathers.
Study trashes anti-tagging policies
Taggers say initiatives aimed at preventing graffiti just encourage them to keep vandalising.
Gangster kids keep time for church
Many young Pacific offenders in South Auckland are "chameleons" who attend church after committing a crime
Two mobiles, one Blackberry and he's only 8
Josh Wilson already owns three mobiles at the tender age of eight placing him in the firing line, according to new research on brain cancer.
'Thriller' costume does the trick
The King of Pop and Vampires will be a common sight as trick-or-treaters head out around the country tomorrow.
Asian organised crime recruits young students
An Auckland Grammar student alleged to have imported drugs into NZ is part of a growing and alarming trend, police say.