The New Zealand Herald is pleased to announce the six winners for the 2015 Future Stars of Sports Awards.

When Jayde Lowe's friend Dani lost her battle with depression, the now 25-year-old Miss Lowe initiated a marathon run "Raise For Dani" fundraising campaign through Youthline.

The school principal behind a controversial ban on puffer jackets has been backed by his principals' association.

The inner-city youth centre is disappearing, a victim of both lead contamination and changing times. Simon Collins reports.

Tupua Urlich was just 17 when the state ended its care for him.

Orewa is a long way from Muriwai. But that doesn't faze Lucy Makaea in her quest to be the best surf lifesaving competitor she can be.

Education and bus company officials will meet in Auckland today after a police investigation into an incident in which children jumped off a moving school bus that wouldn't stop.

A small Auckland community is mourning the death of a "bubbly and energetic" 13-year-old boy.

Each week from now until the annual ASB YSPOTY awards dinner in November, we will profile past winners as we count down to the 25th annual event which honours the top young college sportspeople in....

Three years of bullying ended for 11-year-old Finn Williams when his school finally embraced the anti-bullying Pink Shirt Day last year.

Top NZ doctors are calling for the drinking age to be raised to 20 and booze sponsorship banned from public events in a push to reduce alcohol-related harm.

Holly Stewart is the embodiment of Selwyn College's tennis programme - young and on the rise.

The threat of social rejection to be the most widespread and potent form of stress for human beings. Deborah Hill Cone writes of trying to overcome this kind of killer shame.

It is a question that keeps some parents awake at night. Should children be allowed to take mobile phones to school?

Bars are increasingly turning to social media to attract young punters, including with Facebook notifications when they're near a pub, new research shows.

High schools are warning students off an anonymous messaging app described as a "virtual bathroom wall".

Taifeni Latu leads a simple sporting life. It's volleyball in the summer and league in the winter. So to say the Year 12 student at One Tree Hill College juggles the two is not quite accurate.

A Northland teacher convicted of sexually abusing two girls and physically abusing six children placed in his care by Child Youth and Family has had an appeal against his conviction dismissed.

A 13-year-old Auckland boy missing for a week is not believed to have come to any harm and may be trying to hide from police.

New Zealand's wealthiest philanthropists and community trusts are being urged to link up with local employers to create jobs for unemployed young people.

The recently dubbed high-tech capital of New Zealand, Wellington, is hosting free coding courses at libraries around the region this week to promote coding in schools.

Gymnast Christina Woodcock is determined to be a superstar.

Two teenagers who robbed a Mr Whippy owner at gunpoint in Auckland remain on the run, police say.

Stereotypical pom-poms are binned for aerial acrobatics as the Team New Zealand Cheerleaders prepare to defend a 2014 title at the world championships in Florida this month.

Two youths who robbed a Mr Whippy owner at gunpoint in Auckland yesterday are still on the loose.

Aidan Smith will join 24 other young Kiwi youth ambassadors travelling with the New Zealand Defence Force to Gallipoli for the centenary of the Anzac landings.

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.