'Hope you have a good life': Murder trial witness recalls slain teen's final words
Dimetrius Pairama's body was found inside a rusted steel drum five years ago this month.
AdvertisementAdvertise with NZME.
Latest fromYouth
Child witness outlined sadistic treatment of 17yo girl in final hours before murder
Dimetrius Pairama's body was found in a steel drum after she was forced to hang herself.
Opinion: The solution is prioritising iwi and community interventions
OPINION: Dr Moana Eruera says the last thing we need is another review.
Boys in Oranga Tamariki care made to ‘fight until they dropped’
More claims of violence at an Oranga Tamariki youth justice facility have come to light.
Urgent action needed to improve safety in justice facilities, union says
The PSA’s Joe McCroy says the latest incident was a wake-up call for better resourcing.
Crown says resentment over Facebook post resulted in murdered teen's blowtorch torture, forced hanging
The defendant was 17 at the time the crime was alleged to have taken place in 2018.
Young people remain on roof of Auckland youth justice facility
The group spent last night on the roof in 11C temperatures.
'Extreme caution': Six youngsters still on youth justice facility roof
The six young people remained on the roof at the Wiri facility this morning.
Spiralling violence: France feared to be on brink of anarchy after police killing
Emmanuel Macron is under pressure to declare a state of emergency to end riots.
Māori-owned start-up seeks to use AI to address decline in global mental wellbeing
A new app enables users to map, measure and improve their own mental health.
Unemployed youth is not an economic solution
OPINION: Models that require thousands out of work must be questioned.
Providing a pathway: The Napier garage with a boxing academy out the back
'If you want to lift yourself up, lift someone else up' are the words Dean Moss lives by.
Dr Shane Reti on National's crime reduction policy
We need to crack down on crime, writes Dr Shane Reti.
Kids Don’t Come with a Manual: Episode 2 - Duplication Syndrome
This instalment of the programme deals with a neurological and developmental disorder.
Four youths brought down from roof of Oranga Tamariki facility
A group of youths have been on the roof of an Oranga Tamariki facility since yesterday.
Shaneel Lal: Tough approaches overlook the cause of the crime issue
OPINION: Pushing for tougher sentences is like beating a dead horse.
'Pop': Officer breaks woman's arm with 'poor technique'
She said he 'snapped' her arm while he was arresting her.
Kelvin Davis says OT staff did the right thing
Minister for Children pleased whistleblowers came forward.
'Turn this crime juggernaut around': Dairy owners head to Parliament
Organiser Sunny Kaushal said lines needed to be drawn before there was another murder.
'Exploited a vulnerable student': Ruapehu teacher struck off after sex with student
A school caretaker found the pair in a classroom close to one another.
Christian teacher stripped of registration over refusal to use trans student's pronouns
The teacher likened transitioning to identifying as a judge or an animal.
Watch: Neuroscience educator on ADHD in kids and what’s happening in your child’s brain
Nathan Wallis tackles challenges facing parents through understanding our kids' minds.
Students want strikes to end: 'We are calling for our right to education'
“While you battle over pay and conditions, students are being sent home."
Great Barrier sand dune collapse: Boy wasn't breathing, boy pulled out by car - reports
The two boys, aged 12 and 14, are still in a critical condition at Starship Hospital.
Winner wants to highlight horticulture as a career to other rangatahi
Grace Rehu takes out top Ahuwhenua young Māori growers award.
12-year-old covered in blood after assault outside Auckland McDonald's
The Filipino family only moved to New Zealand in August last year.
Ruapehu College reigns supreme at rockquest
“It is such a beautiful venue and it was chocka on Saturday night."
Rape trial: Jury returns verdicts on accused Seda Tiv
Jurors deliberated for about four hours.
Mike Hosking: Do you feel safer after Govt's mad crime and justice experiment?
OPINION: Govt doing the opposite to what polls show people want, Mike Hosking writes.
'Perfectionistic obsession': Coroner orders school review after teen took own life
Coroner calls for change around the handling of distressed students after 15yo's suicide.
Dirt bikers' 'intimidating, lawless behaviour' slammed by principal, MP
Principal Colin Watkins says he's heard talk of vigilantism from fed-up locals.
Is Labour really soft on crime? The numbers reveal a surprising story
The Herald has analysed decades of data to see how crime has changed in Aotearoa.
Police appeal over missing Auckland 14-year-old
Gerred was last seen more than a week ago.
Watch: PM Hipkins joins Mike Hosking to talk pursuit policy, youth crime
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins told Newstalk ZB’s Mike Hosking that changes to police fleeing driver pursuits were “probably overdue”. Video / Newstalk ZB