An 11-year-old boy took two friends on a joyride through rural Auckland suburbs in his parents' car for up to an hour before crashing into a truck yesterday.

An Auckland teen has made a "dream come true" and will be heading to one of the world's top universities on a scholarship worth $100,000.

As a parent, you want your child to know you've got their back, especially when they become teenagers.

The St Bede's College rowing row will be settled out of court, one of the boy's parents said today.

An Auckland teen has ticked off another milestone on her bucket list.

The Canterbury school at the centre of a controversy around two pupils who were banned from rowing at the Maadi Cup says the board of trustees supports the ban.

When teenagers complain they are not understood, they are struggling to understand their own impulses and obsessions. They may find some answers in neuroscience.

We make assumptions about people all the time, and people particularly love to attach myths to 20-somethings, writes Verity Johnson.

In 2012, Liron Rosin was 8 when he was diagnosed with an inoperable liver cancer rare in children.

Police investigating the actions of a group of youths as young as 10 who were arrested over violent attacks in central Auckland will be 'looking hard' at their parents.

Police have apprehended a raft of young people, aged between 10 and 17 years, over two alleged violent attacks in central Auckland in the weekend.

Cancer boredom-buster Gabby Devine is celebrating her 13th birthday today by giving presents to 100 fellow child cancer patients in hospitals around the country.

A Facebook page has been set up for children to post videos of schoolyard fights and brag about their violence. Police have contacted the site to have the page taken down.

Tapping the talents of bright young things is a low-cost bus operator's tactic to stay ahead of the competition.

Dresden is a city in the east of Germany. It will be at the forefront of Nathan Brown's mind as he prepares to compete there at an international youth diving competition late next month.

Watching TV for more than two hours a day increases the risk of raised blood pressure in children, a study has found.

Pascale Sperling, 13, is heading to Britain to compete in the world's top dog show: Crufts.

The high school teacher producing the country's top dance scholars says the secret is treating the teenagers like "mini-professionals".

Parents of many school leavers will find it hard to relate to the working demands faced by their children.

Blues captain Jerome Kaino receives his new playing jersey from teenage patient Tyrone Banks at Starship children's hospital.

Over 70 per cent of elite college rugby players regularly use sports supplements, making them more likely to intentionally dope in the future, a survey finds.

The lack of students leaving secondary school with Information and Communications Technology qualifications has been a concern for several years, however the Auckland Business Leaders Group says fixing it more urgent than ever.

In November last year Datacom attended the New Zealand Job Fair in Sydney, organised by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.

A Cambridge University study found that how we behave with our money as adults is decided by the time we are 7, when most children can recognise the value of money.

In the final part of our Future Auckland series, we aim to stimulate debate.

87 per cent of teenage mums, and virtually all teen fathers, are missing out on education at specialist units designed for them.

Tech-savvy teenagers are scratching an anti-establishment itch over summer holidays with a rash of hack attacks on websites, says an internet security expert.

Designers, a poet, a politician and our most famous living soldier helped to inspire a group of Auckland teenagers in an unusual creative workshop yesterday.

I'm watching with interest the ways our lives are changing as a result of social media, writes Eric Watson.