Partying, smoking, drug-taking? It's common, students say
Students at one Auckland high school are not convinced drinking, smoking and drugs are as rare as an Auckland University survey suggests.
Students at one Auckland high school are not convinced drinking, smoking and drugs are as rare as an Auckland University survey suggests.
Jamie Curry's videos about anything and everything have attracted millions of fans from around the world.
Schoolboy rugby in Auckland has lost any notion of egalitarianism and the world famous 1A competition is now divided along financial lines.
Three teenage mothers will be among the first Auckland members of a voluntary scheme that helps people to start a garden, then pass on the chance of a garden to someone else.
Editorial: The importance some schools place on rugby success is obvious in NZ, but does it go too far, hampering the education of students.
An Auckland teenager who has spent much of his life in state care is warning poor quality caregivers are responsible for filling our jails with criminals.
Children’s TV spawned characters so vivid they drove young fans into a frenzy of excitement. But what happened to those familiar faces? Alan Perrott tracks them down.
Youth services are meant to be the model for transforming our welfare system from "gatekeeping" to "coaching" but results so far in Papakura are patchy.
I hadn't realised what a bad vibe homework created in our household until my 10-year-old had five school days without it.
A justice reform group is calling for 17-year-old offenders to be dealt with by the youth justice system rather than the adult criminal courts.
A school principal is considering lodging a complaint with the Medical Council after a boy was accidentally given a Gardisal injection.
Health experts want to target boys from the age of 11 who identify as gay to be first for vaccinating against genital warts and a range of cancers.
Dionne Christian previews a school holiday course of film-making fun for youngsters with ambitions.
Fathers will patrol Kaitaia streets and a community hui will be held to make the town safer after 10 teenage girls were attacked by at least 20 drunk young people.
NZ's education system has been treading water and its students will lose out in the global race for the best jobs unless change is embraced, a visiting expert warns.
The importance of well established and team sports to young people is a key finding in an Auckland survey of 8000 school-age boys and girls.
Are your teens ready for adventure and a feeling of conquering their fears? Danielle Wright finds out what's on offer close to the sky.
Police and school principals have issued warnings about an after-ball party planned for a former pub in Turakina tomorrow - although the man who lives there knows nothing about it.
Preschool education service provides in-home help for 1000 children.
A young Indonesian woman born with a large tumour covering half of her face is excited about restarting her life.
A baby who died while in CYF care was born to a mother who was taking methadone and the infant had to be given morphine to wean him off the drug, an inquest has heard.
Health authorities were warned about a troubled teenager's threat to overdose on her anxiety medicine but no urgent measures were taken prior to her death, an inquest has been told.
An engineer who assessed the Ohope landslide that killed a 17-year-old has re-iterated calls for the local council to adopt evacuation procedures.
At 3pm every weekday it’s a circus outside most primary schools in the country as parents vie for a parking space so they can collect their children.