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Oranga Tamariki not meeting minimal standards for children in care - report
Reports show there is no significant improvements for children in state care.
Alice Springs youth hurl rocks at cars over violent weekend
Youth in Alice Springs filmed hurling racial abuse, spitting and assaulting pub patrons.
'Manifestly unjust': Life sentences thrown out for three teen killers
Neurological immaturity at the time of the murders mitigated their culpability - court.
Cyclocross to roll into Kowhai Park
There are plans to hold more races in the park later in the year.
Teacher shot by student to sue school district, warnings ignored - lawyer
Staff warned administrators three times boy had a gun and was making threats, lawyer says.
600 motel nights: Oranga Tamariki reveal longest temporary accommodation stays for Kiwi kids in care
A young person spent more than 600 days living in a motel, Oranga Tamariki has confirmed.
Military style academy tutor: 'Students learn how to respect each other’s personal space'
Discipline could be the key to turning wayward youth around - tutor.
‘The car was driving on the footpath’: Four youths arrested after police pursuit
The car was seen driving on a footpath and the opposite side of a main road on its rims.
Putin mulls new mobilisation of half a million conscripts
Lists of fighting-age men reportedly being drawn up, including those previously exempt.
Opinion: Are you still sending emails? How quaint!
Young workers are quietly quitting their inboxes.
6yo who shot teacher in US has ‘acute disability’; teacher's status revealed
One of boy's parents usually accompanied him in class but didn't the week of the shooting.
Boxing Day kidnapping: Accused can now be named
Accused was charged after young woman was found dead in crashed car on motorway.
Mum, 1-year-old son killed in polar bear attack
More details have been released after the attack in an isolated Alaska whaling village.
Greta Thunberg slams leaders' lack of climate action
The young activist was at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos.
IPCA complaint lodged claiming Māori youth racially targeted by police
Researcher: Police DNA gathering rates are 'alarming'
Aaron Hendry: More police will not reduce crime
OPINION: Youth advocate calls out perennial election year trope.
Slouching in court: Teen accused of jumping on mum, baby in tent rebuked by judge
The judge asked the man if he was tired before telling him to "stand up straight".
'Age is just a number': Meet Queenstown's teen business owner
Kasey Bonn is likely one of the youngest business owners in New Zealand.
'I fought for my life': Why farmer ordered his son to chop off tip of teen intruder’s finger
Bill Burr says shooting the teen was a last resort and he's glad he didn't have to.
Youth crime: How shopping malls, mental health and broken systems played a part
Teenagers have fallen foul of the law in spectacular ways this year.
You shall go to the ball: Student dyes dress blue for Cinderella look
Covid meant many students missed out on school balls last year but this year it's all on.
'Looked exhausted': Warning after car crash that killed parents and left 3 kids orphans
Cindy Braddock & Jake Day died in crash not far from home after driving through night.
Teen accused of murdering Queensland mum involved in previous stabbing, home invasion
"[I] could have been in the same position": 2021 victim speaks of his frustration.
West Auckland liquor store targeted in overnight ram raid
West Liquor on Henderson Valley Rd is the latest victim of the ram raid crime wave.
'He never made it': Clue as to cause of crash that killed parents, left 3 kids orphaned
Cindy Braddock and Jake Day were killed in the crash that their 3 young children survived.
'It's a Christmas miracle': Boy missing for six hours rescued after clinging to rocks
The 14-year-old boy was taken back to his family safe and uninjured.
Revealed: What’s behind ram raid rampage? TikTok and adrenaline
Police papers say young ram-raiders not in gangs, but follow influential ringleaders.
Nine youths arrested following spate of car break-ins
Four of the alleged offenders are under 13 and have been referred to youth services.
Whānau Ātea emerges on Mangere Mountain
Recreating what a Papa Tākaro looks like in 21st century Aotearoa.
Harvard-bound Medical student's desire to uplift Māori health inequalities
Māori student breaking a glass ceiling.
6000 tamariki and 600 whānau will have a very Merry Christmas
Dave's Army is making sure 6000 kids and 600 whānau have a Merry Christmas.
Māori students stood down at rate twice that of Pākeha students for punishment
Māori students are twice as likely as Pākeha students to be stood down.
Scribe releases first new music video after decade in musical wilderness
Scribe has released an album after a decade in musical wilderness.