He played 55 internationals for the All Blacks. Now Michael Jones is stepping up to lead West Auckland's Pacific community and agonising over going into politics.

Today, a 19 year old Taupo man was jailed for throwing a three month old baby, who wouldn't stop crying, onto the floor, causing life-threatening head injuries.

A New Zealand family expelled from Morocco on religious grounds is struggling to come to terms with the situation.

Questions have been raised about the monitoring of the online activity of sex offenders, after a murder in Britain.

The Family Court in Queensland has authorised the parents of a profoundly disabled girl to give their daughter a hysterectomy.

Brian Tamaki claims he had been ready to take a vow of poverty, but that was not what God wanted.

A panel of experts has recommended an alert system for all abusive mothers so officials know when they have more children.

The move to raise the minimum legal driving age to 16 will be part of the Government's road safety strategy, to be released tomorrow.