A 20-year-old man broke into a $2m luxury home in Queenstown and hosted an impromptu, seven-day alcohol-fuelled party for his friends.

New Zealand amateur golfer Lydia Ko has finished second in the New South Wales Women's Open in Sydney.

This year's Weet-Bix Tryathlon series kicks off on February 6 in Hamilton. Diana Clement, whose own children took part last year, offers advice aimed at both young and older readers on how to get the best out of the event.

Youth Court judges are gearing up to make hundreds of orders a year directing young offenders and their parents to attend parenting programmes.

One of the main lessons Nikki Bodde has learned from the Incredible Years parenting programme is not to use the word "but".

Doctors and nurses are being recruited to run parenting programmes in a bid to intervene before unruly children turn into delinquent teenagers.

Flickering candles, flowers and stuffed toys cram the pavement in the immediate vicinity of shot congresswoman Gabrielle Gifford's office.

Auckland student Nick Parsons had to brace himself as star All Black tackler Ma'a Nonu came in for a hit.

Navy divers using sophisticated sonar equipment have begun an attempt to find the body of teenage boy presumed dead after a jetski accident.

Fourteen civilians have been killed in clashes with Tunisian police.

A teenager who allegedly ran over another on his jetski has been helping in the search for his missing schoolmate.

A teenage jetskier was killed yesterday when he fell off and was run down by friends. It was one of two horrifying water accidents involving young people in popular holiday spots.

Board shorts had arrived with surfing sometime in the 1960s and looked good, I had to admit, when the wearer was standing on water. But those of us decently immersed had no use for them.

To most 8-year-old boys, the idea of a sartorial dilemma is whether or not to change tops after a Heinz spaghetti spillage.

The tragic death of a Nelson teenager this week serves as a warning of the risks of suffering from shallow water blackout when holding your breath underwater, a water safety expert says.