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Expert fuels doubts over reading aids
Children's reading ability is held back by a one-size-fits-all approach at school, an expert has warned.
Mob man seeks political role
Former gang member-turned-youth mentor wants to help his community as a councillor.
Kids missing out on knowledge: expert
New Zealand's school curriculum has been hollowed out of knowledge as academic learning is increasingly abandoned for a misguided focus on skills and the process of learning, an academic claims.
Young workers deserve a better deal
Youth are finding the story they were told about hard work is not quite true, writes Cathy Bi.
School absences 'can affect students for life'
A delay in getting at-risk youth back into education can have life-long consequences, education experts say.
Schools ban hundreds
A teen has been left in limbo without education for 305 school days as new figures spark concerns that at-risk pupils are falling through the cracks.
Big chill traps hundreds at skifield
Ski workers set off explosives on Mt Hutt to prevent avalanches and clear the way for hundreds of stranded people to get off the mountain early this morning.
Pair saved after snow cave falls in
Tears and high-fives followed the rescue of two students from a collapsed snow cave on Mt Ruapehu.
Suicide rates drop for youth, rise for elderly
Youth suicide rates have dropped in the past year after a sharp rise last year, and coroners are now increasingly concerned about suicides by elderly people instead.
Youngsters give mayor their fix it list
Bumpy footpaths, traffic jams and shabby buses were some of the issues raised by school pupils with Auckland Mayor Len Brown yesterday.
Arrests after King's student party
A party organised by parents from one of New Zealand's top schools ended with security guards calling police to control fighting.
Family relief as alleged hit, run driver charged
A 5-year-old boy battling for his life after an alleged hit and run in Flaxmere has taken "a turn for the worse" in Starship children's hospital.
College Sport: Lacrosse girls catch on fast
The number of sports under the College Sport umbrella continues to grow with girl's lacrosse the latest to be awarded ASB Young Sportsperson of the Year status.
School campaign tackles rheumatic fever
A former Kiwis league international and a 13-year-old Glen Innes girl both kept quiet at first about their sore throats - and now regret it.
Initiative aims to get students mobile
Auckland ratepayers and charities have stepped in to help students at two low-income South Auckland schools pay for their learner driver's licences.
Hope for teen rugby player in coma
A 17-year-old 1st XV rugby player remained in a coma late last night but the bleeding on his brain had stopped and friends and family were hoping for a recovery.
Employers buy into youth job plan
Some of Auckland's biggest employers have signed up to a scheme aimed at finding work for the region's 25,000 unemployed young people.
Rhys Darby: Addictive digital blocks have a secret agenda
It feels to me like there's a global movement being run by a secret society intent on mind-controlling our children, writes Rhys Darby.
Herald on Sunday editorial: New parks stick it to PC brigade
Editorial: Every human activity carries a degree of risk. But that is what provides the challenge - and the reward.
Rough playground fun back in style
A more challenging type of playground is here to stay, despite one local body temporarily closing a slide last week after children sustained bruising.
Let the kids roam free
Danielle Wright rounds up some bargain family fun in the great outdoors.
Mazes to mini golf
Dionne Christian explores some of the newer attractions in Auckland CBD's Metro Centre.
Surge in teens self-harming - survey
Deliberate self-harming is reaching epidemic levels among Kiwi teenagers - but the teens say it has become "almost fashionable".