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.

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.

Tears and laughter shared centre stage as Rachel Clark's grieving family remembered a special girl taken too soon.

Motivating young people can be difficult, but a group of presenters have taken up the challenge with gusto and are doing just that - motivating thousands of young New Zealanders every year.

They are the sport stars of the future - the names we think will soon be world-class. Here's what makes them tick.

Incidents such as the "Roast Busters" case show sex education needs to be more than a component of the health and physical education curriculum.

New guidelines for sex education will be released in a few weeks, but the Govt will shy away from ordering schools to teach more than basic biology.

Educators say biology classes are no longer enough for teens navigating a world where porn, explicit music videos and online hook-ups are the norm.

Two child car seats and a handbag were all that were left when a mother's car was allegedly stolen by a young hitchhiker she'd picked up.

Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz says young people out of work should consider working for free.

The 12-year-old boy who died in hospital after suffering a critical chest wound in Bay of Plenty has been named as Keegan Macpherson-Pirini.

New technology means we can monitor kids from birth until they fly the nest, but is spying good parenting?

A 14-year-old boy suspected of planning a series of bombings in Vienna was reported yesterday to have been offered US$25,000 by Isis to carry out the attacks and claims that two other youths recruited in the same way remain at large.