Broadcaster John Tamihere's $620,000 lawsuit against RadioLive's owner in the wake of last year's Roast Busters scandal has been put on hold by a High Court judge.

A team of Kiwi musicians, actors and artists are joining forces with marginalised Auckland teenagers to bring their street stories to the stage.

An angry father says an energy drink company handed out its product to his 11-year-old son and other children he believed were as young as 8 at a skate park.

The teens who assaulted Auckland schoolboy Stephen Dudley might have been sentenced but for the dead boy's family "it's certainly not over".

The Mental Health Foundation has received an unprecedented number of calls following the death of comedian Robin Williams.

Mountaineer Graeme Dingle's youth charity is branching out from its original outdoors focus to try to connect school-leavers with employers and jobs.

A further 3500 young people on welfare could have their spending tightly controlled by an adult supervisor if National is re-elected.

Burying your son after a brutal beating is every parent's worst nightmare. Seeing the attackers walk free, despite an admission of guilt, is Mona and Brent Dudleys' reality.

The frustration of Stephen Dudley's family boiled over in court this morning when the judge decided not to convict a teen who assaulted the schoolboy.

Don't be fooled by Holly White's reserved, quiet nature. Put her on a bike and she becomes a beast.

Students at an Auckland high school had a first-hand look at life in the trenches this week.

A group of primary school children have solved a problem that our biggest bank couldn't solve - finding a way to let disabled people into its downtown Auckland branch.

Pinepine Savage holds proof in her own life that it is possible to turn around a town that everyone had written off.

The Labour Party is promising to put $17 million into a new agency to help people on to the right career path.

If Peter Larsen's play Albert Black is written as eloquently as he describes it, it'll be a stunner.

'Good. Yeah. Nah. Dunno. Good. Sorta. Nah. Yeah. Okay. Whatever. See ya."

The Government is falling short of key targets it set itself for reducing child abuse and rheumatic fever.

Three people including two teens have been arrested following a burglary in Papamoa.

Jake Miller was head prefect of his school with a $40,000 scholarship to study law waiting for him.

In the aftermath of the tragic death of Jordan Kemp, we examine the way parents are increasingly turning their back on rugby to keep their children safe.

Hundreds gathered in stormy weather to say haere ra to a young Northland rugby player - four days after he died from a head injury he suffered while playing for his club.

Underage drinkers in America - those between 18 and 20 - are more heavily exposed to printed alcohol advertisements than any other age group, according to a new study.

Landing top talent is getting so tough in Silicon Valley that tech companies are trying anything for an edge, including hiring interns out of high school and boosting their perks.

A young New Zealand wakeboarder is in a critical condition in the US following a nasty training accident.

A fatal rugby injury has devastated a NZ family, sent shockwaves through a tight-knit Northland community and re-emphasised risks associated with the national game.