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Supplements rife in school rugby

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.

ICT qualification 'essential'

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.

Graduates flock to booming IT industry

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

Teaching kids about money

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.

Future Auckland: Recreation and leisure

In the final part of our Future Auckland series, we aim to stimulate debate.

Fears teen parents are missing out

87 per cent of teenage mums, and virtually all teen fathers, are missing out on education at specialist units designed for them.

Holidays prime time for hacking attack

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.

Nation's best inspire teens

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.

State rejects sex ed changes

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.

Of sex, love and consent

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.

Mum's good deed ends in stolen car

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.

Unemployed youths advised to take unpaid work

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

Police look at death of schoolboy

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.

Big mother is watching

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

Paper: Isis offered to pay teen $32,000

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.

Roast Busters' latest victim