New Zealand internet sensation Jamie Curry and charismatic Kiwi The Mad Butcher are behind two anti-bullying campaigns aimed at teens.

A $200,000 scholarship to study music at Cambridge University is a dream come true for student Paul Newton-Jackson.

Political youth organisations have stepped up their recruitment drives before the September 20 election - but a PR expert says the handouts being used to lure young voters lack creativity.

Horses, birds, calves, even crocs - there are many ways kids can get hands-on experience with animals, says Dionne Christian.

A 16-year-old who admitted assaulting Stephen Dudley - who later died - has been discharged without conviction and had his identity permanently suppressed.

A Samoan group from Mt Roskill Grammar School was among those performing on the delayed final day of this year's Polyfest at Manukau Sports Bowl in Auckland.

Tyler McCarthy knows that in order to get to where he wants to be one day, he has to work hard now.

The final day of Polyfest has been delayed until tomorrow due to the threat of Cyclone Lusi.

What began as four schools coming together each year to celebrate cultural difference - performing on a makeshift stage on the school grounds.

First there was planking, then Gangnam Style, now ... derp-face.

A drunk teenager's deadly eight-storey fall from a Wellington apartment building has prompted a warning for suburban youths to be aware of the risks of high-rise buildings.

A 12-year-old boy who raped his seven-year-old sister after watching porn online has walked free after a judge ruled he is not a danger to society.

The high school that excluded an child with Asperger's Syndrome after a dispute with a teacher over a skateboard says it is disappointed a judge has quashed its decision.

The parents of a seven-year-old transgender boy are in discussions with an independent film maker to chart the next decade of their child's life as he undergoes medical changes.

Danielle Wright goes backstage at the Annie the Musical auditions in Auckland.

For most 11-year-old boys, Facebook is a way to chat with friends and share photographs - but for Reece Puddington.

Don’t be tempted by teen slang and just be your age, advises Sharon Stephenson.

Danielle Wright meets young entrepreneurs learning business lessons early.

A 16-year-old schoolboy has today admitted assaulting Auckland teen Stephen Dudley on the day a manslaughter trial over the teen's death was to begin.

'We told him no, it's pretty much suicide.' A young dad ended up in hospital after downing an entire bottle of absinthe in the 'neknominate' booze craze.

School starts across most of Australia this week, so parents and carers are breaking out the lunch boxes once again.

Benjamin Gaze started at Auckland Grammar School this week, 132 years after his great-great-grandfather faced the same nerve-racking initiation.

North Shore teenager Kate Stewart has spent hours studying the famous names engraved on the Tauranga Cup.

Child Youth and Family are investigating a video in which a 6-year-old boy is seen drinking from a beer bottle as part of a Neknominate dare.

A drinking game played through social media which has caught on in NZ has been labelled "incredibly foolish" and "very, very harmful" by an alcohol-harm advocacy group.