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For some kids, it's the second year in a row they're spending their birthdays in lockdown.
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More than 260,000 children aged 12 to 15 in New Zealand can now receive the vaccine.
Programme encouraging girls to join cricket
"We want to create a 'girls' game of cricket, where they can have their own pathway."
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Seventy-seven people have died in fleeing driver incidents since 2010.
The poor pay more: How housing problems are costing our kids
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New rules aimed at stopping youth from vaping come into effect
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Madison Wood: Why teens are down on themselves
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Timaru fatal crash: Dad 'heartbroken'; driver posts apology from hospital bed
Friends and family are paying tribute to five teens killed in a horrific crash in Timaru.
'Harmful': Youth have no trust in controlling 'care' environments
Youth care residences kept youngsters for too long, affecting their safety and wellbeing.
Five teens killed in overloaded, speeding car; one found in boot
"It is a tragedy and it will reverberate around our community for a long time."
'Devastating' crash: Five killed, driver seriously injured in speeding, overloaded car
Five people have been killed in an horrific single-car road crash in Timaru.
Kerre McIvor: Don't like their rules? Don't choose the school
OPINION: It infuriates me when parents complain about school rules they signed up to.
Young Nats take fight to Collins over conversion therapy
National's youth wing is disappointed party caucus voted against conversion therapy ban.
Students called out for lying about mental health to get work extensions
Students faking mental health issues have been called out by those with legitimate needs.
Hearing reveals toxic drinking culture in small Southland town
Proposed new bottle store in Riverton did not pass the hearing process.
Aussie mum details 8yo daughter's 'nightmare' Covid struggle
"This s**t is real. Get fully vaccinated as soon as possible."
Taking back the streets: Meet the South Aucklanders standing up to violence
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Young Nats break with party over conversion therapy ban vote
National said it would only support the legislation if it was changed to protect parents.
National's new tough on crime campaign uses bad data, attacks scheme Collins helped set up
Judith Collins was Minister of Police in 2010 and Minister of Justice in 2014.
'Significant demand': Youth hub expected to ease pressure on Christchurch mental health services
Construction on the hub will begin after an additional $2.5 million from Government.
Anahera Pickering: Imagine if every young person had a village?
It's great to see community members pull together to seek solutions for our taitamariki
Another group of youths in custody after overnight incident
Another group of youngsters have been caught up in police incident in Auckland overnight.
'No one to talk to': 35-day wait for face-to-face youth mental health support
5197 young people have been referred to the CDHB mental health service over the past year.
Lorde's an 'elder statesman' at 24
Lorde said she didn't want to find herself in a position of constantly pursuing "likes".
'He'd barely had more than a sniffle': Covid kills 5-year-old boy
Wyatt Gibson was healthy and had no underlying conditions when he contracted Covid.
Rangatahi development camp changes lives for at-risk teens
Camp Oasis started in Tai Tokerau this year to help improve lives of at-risk teenage boys.
Ngāti Hine Health Trust's Covid vaccination Whangārei clinic biggest in North
Ngāti Hine Health Trust has successfully administered 4557 doses, as of July 4.
'Fears lives being put at risk' due to mental health wait times
Cases have more than six month wait times for youth in need for mental health support.
Editorial: The problem of kids and porn
EDITORIAL: There's no way of avoiding it, parents need to confront exposure to porn.
House prices rise 41% in five years - the impact on Kiwi kids
About 40 per cent of Kiwi kids regularly move house by the age of 8, study finds.
Dinosaur man beats meth, declares war on litter
Travis Takutai and his kids are raising rubbish clean-up awareness in Whangārei.
RSV virus outbreak: Bloomfield 'concerned' as cases rise
RSV is a 'nasty illness' that is debilitating for young babies, making them very sick.
'It's horrendous, I felt sick': Parents react to 20 rapes reported in school survey
A total of 725 girls, aged between 12 and 18, took part in the first survey of its kind.