Te reo Maori is finding a home in one of the country’s most prestigious schools, with King's College making it a compulsory subject for all Year Nine students.

Unemployment numbers just released show NZ's jobless rate has fallen from 6.9 per cent to 6.4 per cent - better than many were expecting.

The father of a schoolgirl sent to South Africa after she was bullied at Howick College says the school is in denial if it thinks hers is an isolated case.

A teen has been sent to South Africa to finish her school year after claims she was bullied so badly at Howick College she was too scared to go to class.

A student at a top Auckland school has been arrested after stabbing another teenager during a public fight organised online.

Groundbreaking cellphone technology has been launched in a bid to stop teenagers being harassed by text bullies. The new service allows cellphone users to blacklist up to 20 numbers.

Inside the first of the Govt's new boot camps for serious repeat youth offenders.

A judge has paid tribute to the bravery of a bar manager and a patron who foiled the armed robbery of a Christchurch bar.

A desperate mother is begging for help to punish her 11-year-old son, who has admitted ransacking graves and starting a fire in a $300,000 spree of destruction with a mate.

Thomas and Leanne Papuni have waited months for the truth about the killing of their 11-year-old son Triston by a 12-year-old relative.

A 13-year-old East Coast boy has become one of New Zealand's youngest killers after admitting a charge of manslaughter today.

Hamish Chang has revenge on his mind, after returning home to find his every worldly possession tightly wrapped in tinfoil.

Around 100 people spontaneously broke into dance as part of a flash mob at Botany Town Centre yesterday, surprising shoppers.

Two boys embarked on a weekend vandalism spree, ransacking a cemetery and destroying property - but are likely to escape with a warning.