Armed teenagers dressed in Halloween horror masks - including a creepy clown - robbed a service station in Christchurch.

Salvation Army recommends tightening immigration rules further beyond last week's Government decisions to raise the point system.

Young people in state care will soon have a right to stay in or return to care until they turn 21.

New Zealand needs to provide much better care for the mentally ill, says a man who was rescued from a bid to take his own life.

Employers are being challenged to take on 500 unemployed young people in the next 50 days to give young New Zealanders a break into their first jobs.

COMMENT: Recent cases indicate violence between and against children is widely accepted.

Three teenagers were nabbed by police in Napier last night as they were allegedly burgling a house.

The Wakatere playground in Thames will soon be gone.

Teens were unlawfully detained for weeks on end in the seclusion wing of a youth justice facility run by Child Youth and Family, according to its own senior staff.

Auckland mayoral candidate Chloe Swarbrick has already been approached by political parties.

Steve "Shag" Hansen is usually pretty quick to remind any of the Super Rugby franchises about the expected standards of a professional

The Government is injecting $50,000 into steering young people away from Hawke's Bay's gang scene, but many say it would be better invested in whānau and parenting skills. Made with funding from NZ on Air

Two Auckland teens are appearing in court today after a car was stolen and taken on a joy-ride of more than a hundred kilometres, from Paeroa to Whakatane.

With gangs deeply ingrained in Hawke's Bay, a new government initiative to steer youth away from them could provide lasting benefit

An elderly woman carjacked and beaten outside a large West Auckland mall is still recovering in hospital.

The release of seclusion and restraint guidelines to teachers faced with violent and extreme situations has been delayed due to legal problems.

If the race for Auckland's mayor was won on social media, Chloe Swarbrick would leave everyone else in her digital dust.

Herald investigation: Some teenagers are taking spurious NCEA standards - learning about toilet cleaning, household shopping and shift work.

Big building companies are tapping into social media to try to tempt young unemployed Aucklanders into construction trades. Fletcher

"Paddy's Army", a group of about 25 St Patrick's School pupils in Bryndwr who have collected almost 150 pairs of pyjamas to give to foster children.

A 13-year-old and her mum created a hilarious text exchange in the process of buying her very first box of tampons at her local supermarket.

An Auckland man has been jailed for emailing more than 42,000 files that involved the sexual abuse and exploitation of children.

As soon as they're old enough to pick up a knife could be the best time to get them into the kitchen.

Parents are feeding under-tens an average of 14 teaspoons of sugar a day - despite years of warnings about the dangers.

Being a transgender adolescent is no barrier to pregnancy, research shows.

Kiwi mum said she had no idea how affected her daughter was by a classmate's taunts until it was almost too late.

At least one student involved in last week's mass brawl at an Auckland KFC has been kicked out of school, while others have been stood down.

A mother of two special needs children says sending your child to school feels more like babysitting than an education.

Family holidays are fraught things. Why do we make such an ordeal out of what should be a treat?

An emergency services call out to Te Puna Wai youth justice facility last night was due to a group of girls huffing aerosol cans, police have confirmed.