A set of Auckland parents have been left fuming after allegations an Uber driver bought alcohol for a 15-year-old on his way to a

The first official week of Schoolies has gotten off to a wild start with school-leavers brawling, vomiting and passing out before 8pm.

Three days after an 11-year-old boy was plucked off a street and sexually assaulted in West Auckland, his attacker remains on the loose.

Raw footage of the moment two students launched at a police officer after another allegedly attacked the principal's car has been revealed online.

Donations to Rainbow Youth are being made in the Destiny Church leader's name after his comment that gays caused Monday's quake.

Three teenagers are to appear in Youth Court after a string of incidents sparked by one of them being stood down from school.

Vaughan Somerville spent large chunks of his childhood and youth in Starship being treated for the complications of cystic fibrosis.

Runners and walkers raced along some of Hawke's Bay's finest beaches, forests and farmland on Saturday at the annual Staples Rodway

New data showing an increase in long wait times for youth patients needing mental health help has been labelled "appalling" by a local

A teen is in hospital after an assault at a Wairarapa agricultural job training centre.

Mathew Thomas Madams and one youth have pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of manslaughter at the Whanganui High Court on Thursday

COMMENT: Through a plumbing apprenticeship young people are setting themselves up for a career where there is huge demand for their skills.

Experts say house crisis is driving us towards a tale of two Aucklands, where the only homeowners will be those who are left the family home by parents.

Some big brand employers have got behind a campaign to get 500 young people into jobs in 50 days.

Auckland man jailed after he used bedtime stories as a chance to groom his 9-year-old daughter, reading to her before climbing into her bed and raping her.

A 16-year-old male was arrested in central Whangarei after he smashed the front window of a central city clothing business. Senior

Crime is on the up in New Zealand, with latest figures showing an increase in burglaries, assaults, abductions and sex offences over the last year.

More 18-year-olds are leaving school with NCEA Level 2 - a "stand-out" achievement in Government education targets.

It seems times have changed, as youngsters in 2016 are demanding everything from cash to iPads from the beleaguered tooth fairy - with some even demanding their teeth back.

The new Vulnerable Children's Ministry wants to recruit 1000 more foster parents in a dramatic bid to improve the quality of state care for children.

Today's kids have never experienced a world without the internet. Rose Hoare asks how parents and grandparents are coping in a new, high-tech world.

Armed teenagers dressed in Halloween horror masks - including a creepy clown - robbed a service station in Christchurch.

Salvation Army recommends tightening immigration rules further beyond last week's Government decisions to raise the point system.

Young people in state care will soon have a right to stay in or return to care until they turn 21.

New Zealand needs to provide much better care for the mentally ill, says a man who was rescued from a bid to take his own life.

Employers are being challenged to take on 500 unemployed young people in the next 50 days to give young New Zealanders a break into their first jobs.

COMMENT: Recent cases indicate violence between and against children is widely accepted.

Three teenagers were nabbed by police in Napier last night as they were allegedly burgling a house.

The Wakatere playground in Thames will soon be gone.

Teens were unlawfully detained for weeks on end in the seclusion wing of a youth justice facility run by Child Youth and Family, according to its own senior staff.