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Kids solve bank's access problem
A group of primary school children have solved a problem that our biggest bank couldn't solve - finding a way to let disabled people into its downtown Auckland branch.
A group of primary school children have solved a problem that our biggest bank couldn't solve - finding a way to let disabled people into its downtown Auckland branch.
The Labour Party is promising to put $17 million into a new agency to help people on to the right career path.
Pinepine Savage holds proof in her own life that it is possible to turn around a town that everyone had written off.
Technology has become so ingrained in family life that it’s even started changing the way children speak.
The brains of premature babies can perform almost as well as those born at full-term by the time they're teenagers, depending on the environment the child grows up in, an Australian study shows.
If Peter Larsen's play Albert Black is written as eloquently as he describes it, it'll be a stunner.
'Good. Yeah. Nah. Dunno. Good. Sorta. Nah. Yeah. Okay. Whatever. See ya."
Jake Miller was head prefect of his school with a $40,000 scholarship to study law waiting for him.
In the aftermath of the tragic death of Jordan Kemp, we examine the way parents are increasingly turning their back on rugby to keep their children safe.
Hundreds gathered in stormy weather to say haere ra to a young Northland rugby player - four days after he died from a head injury he suffered while playing for his club.
Underage drinkers in America - those between 18 and 20 - are more heavily exposed to printed alcohol advertisements than any other age group, according to a new study.
Landing top talent is getting so tough in Silicon Valley that tech companies are trying anything for an edge, including hiring interns out of high school and boosting their perks.
A young New Zealand wakeboarder is in a critical condition in the US following a nasty training accident.
A fatal rugby injury has devastated a NZ family, sent shockwaves through a tight-knit Northland community and re-emphasised risks associated with the national game.
Rachel Grunwell checks out fun activities for the school holidays, plus family-friendly things to note on the calendar for later in the year.
Dr Ellen Nicholson and Jenni Mace detail six ways to keep young people safe through adolescence.
Principals should not be too worried about the impact of the High Court's decision overturning Lucan Battison's suspension for refusing to cut his hair.
The Well Child book - the successor to the iconic "Plunket book" - has been given a revamp.
In a moving and illuminating video, Always questioned a group of adults on what it means to run, fight and throw "like a girl".
When I was growing up, bullying at school was a fact of life, almost a rite of passage. If you complained about it, you were told to toughen up, writes Peter Hughes.
Using the phrase "Like a girl" as an insult is a hard knock against any adolescent girl.
The sister of the 11-year-old boy who allegedly stabbed a classmate in the head with scissors has complained to the Ministry of Education about the school.
Editorial: Justice Collins made it clear that his judgment related only to this case. It did not rule on the lawfulness of schools' rules that attempt to regulate a student's hair.
Kohanga reo teacher Ann Makea is adding a new service to her preschool offering - financial literacy for the children's parents.
The boy who allegedly stabbed his 11-year-old schoolmate in the head had been bullied at school for over a year and may have "just snapped", sources say.
Saying there wasn't a problem in an area where two school-related stabbings occurred yesterday, says a child psychologist, after the local MP said "boys will be boys".
We picked the brains of students in the middle of school ball prep mode to suss out what it really takes to be the belle (or beau) of the ball.