Kura hourua is just one of a number of initiatives aimed at lifting Maori educational achievement but compared with other models it provides much greater autonomy and freedom.

Each week from now until the ASB YSPOTY awards function on November 28, we will profile past winners as we count down to the 25th annual event which honours the top young college sportspeople in the....

Joshua Uta was named the College Rugby League Player of the Year at an awards breakfast last month.

Topping the tables for youth suicide rates is not something any community would want to claim.

An Auckland teen living with the side-effects of a brain tumour has been chosen as the face of hope by a cancer charity.

A lack of sleep among teenagers who are spending the night hours on social media can cause depression and anxiety, according to a study.

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."

So, what should you aim for? Here are a few goals.

Put the phone down now, please.

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.

The Mosquito is an aptly named British-designed security device that emits a high-frequency sound audible only to young people, Jack Tame writes.

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.

Two Kiwi teenagers have traded life in Taupo for two weeks' modelling work in China.

Emma Pewhairangi could have used her $20 "student of the month" prize to top up her cellphone or get free lunches for a week.

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.

For a while, Jennifer Pan's parents regarded her as their "golden" child. But what would later unfold would be a story of love, hate, lies and murder.

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.