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.

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.

Teaching war dances and chants from the old island ways comes naturally to a family who have been involved in the Auckland Secondary Schools' PolyFest for decades.

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.

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.

It has been just over a decade since Charlotte Cleverley-Bisman captured the hearts of the country when she lost her limbs to meningococcal disease.

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.

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.

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.

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