The nerves of thousands of high school students remain on edge after NCEA results were released yesterday only to be withdrawn and the website shut down.

An indoor shooting range under the Youthtown youth centre in central Auckland has been shut after shooters were exposed to high levels of lead.

Two months ago an 18-year-old Kiwi raised in Australia made a last vain bid to stay in the country he called home.

Michael Thomson says he has received a lot of advice as he leaves secondary school to study for a university degree in social sciences.

The condition of a 10-year-old boy who was pulled out of a west Auckland swimming pool yesterday has improved.

A 12-year-old girl and her 14-year-old sister are facing a long grounding after the younger sibling went on a joyride in her parents' car and crashed head-on with her sister - who was looking for her in another vehicle.

A 12-year-old boy was last night in a serious condition in hospital after an incident at an Auckland swimming pool.

Adolescents living in the most deprived areas in New Zealand drink almost twice as much alcohol than their peers living at the other end of the scale, a joint study has found.

New mother Shayna Haddon counts her son lucky to have been born in New Zealand and says she is looking forward to seeing the kind of person he will grow up to be.

Three people drowned in New Zealand waters this official Christmas holiday period - between 4pm Christmas Eve and 6am today.

A spate of attacks on older people over the holiday period has been described as "the most feral form" of behaviour in society - but not an indication of a new social trend.

Two 12-year-old cousins who have won official praise for their bravery are to meet the man they saved from drowning.

A 15-year-old drink driver was on a 24-hour curfew when he allegedly stole his friend's father's car and was spotted driving with no headlights on Saturday.

Coroner Wallace Bain is calling for action over the "frightening" number of butane sniffing deaths, warning that even one huff can kill.

Twenty years ago this week, when humans still roamed the Earth freely without buzzing or beeping, a UK engineer unleashed the world's first text message.

A teenage gang member who ambushed a struggling, quake-affected Christchurch dairy owner repeatedly stabbed him as he tried to rob his day's takings.

A coroner has questioned how the 14-year-old killer of a Scottish tourist was allowed to roam the streets of Taupo with a baseball bat before the murder.

Do it early - that's the advice an internet safety expert has for parents worried about how and when they should address concerns about their children's online activity.

Auckland has no shortage of skateparks, but which are safest, which are friendly, and which have the best resources? Donna McIntyre and two keen scooter riders whittle down their top six.

Thousands of teenagers are being exposed to graphic sexual material, violence, drug abuse and high levels of profanity on school-themed Facebook pages run by students.