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Editorial: Let parents guide kids' book choices
Fears that young people are influenced by popular culture should not be the basis for arbitrary banning of award-winning books.
Fears that young people are influenced by popular culture should not be the basis for arbitrary banning of award-winning books.
Baradene will host their biennial tennis exchange for the Alumnae Cup next week and at the centre of their push for silverware will be 14-year-old Isabelle Coman.
"These kids just need a chance, it's really hard at 17, they are too old to be in the system but too young to have rights."
A poem by an Auckland student that is "unashamedly in love with the idea of life" has won the National Schools Poetry Award.
A mob of schoolboys turned on a 19-year-old picking his little sister up from school when he tried to stop them attacking a younger student.
Jojo Stewart has managed to edge out the boys in the male-dominated field of computer science.
I hope the old boys' association keeps Simon Leese well stocked in good, single-malt whisky because he'd have needed a jolly stiff one after seeing his students, Kerre McIvor writes.
Emma Pewhairangi could have used her $20 "student of the month" prize to top up her cellphone or get free lunches for a week.
Two Kiwi teenagers have traded life in Taupo for two weeks' modelling work in China.
Toddlers in Britain are to be referred to weekly weight-loss classes to curb rising obesity levels.
Parents misbehaving on the sidelines have been warned to behave better and reminded that school-aged sport is "not the World Cup".
Green MP Catherine Delahunty will get plenty of support for her attempt to find out what sort of education is being provided to children in the Gloriavale school.
Kiwis are better off than you might have thought, suggests a study of teens' living conditions.
Year 2 students at Glenfield's Mānuka Primary School are still learning to read and write in English - but they are already learning te reo Māori too.
You might think BMX racing is all about technique in getting over those tricky humps in the tracks.
Children from a Māori immersion class in Pukekohe are the stars of a new digital book released by Auckland Transport for Māori Language Week.
Children are being schooled in online etiquette and the perils of going online in a bid to keep them protected from cyber danger.
Being told to "sit still" in the classroom may soon be a thing of the past.
A sitcom about the cultural clash between two Korean students who come to New Zealand and their Kiwi counterparts has started filming and will be screened to millions worldwide.
Urgently, we need to increase the availability and scope of apprenticeships to meet the changing demands of our economy.
The vast majority of young New Zealanders reaching out for support from Youthline are doing so through text messages.
Kerre McIvor asks if it’s appropriate to insert long-lasting contraception in the bodies of girls too young to be having sex.
The 15-year-old schoolgirl at the centre of a fracas over a provocative speech says she will miss her last day of classes rather than face her peers.
Kiwis will need to be careful about what they post online under a new wide-reaching law, or risk criminal charges over communications deemed deliberately harmful.
Riana O'Neill has had her bags packed for three weeks.
A teen was knocked unconscious for 15-minutes during the Saturday morning brawl that exploded during the Under 15s game between Otahuhu College and Tangaroa College.