Teen mum Nganoo Joseph hopes to graduate with a level 4 certificate in travel and tourism this year - and credits an All Black's sister with steering her to success.

It's always great to see someone standing up to a bully. That Hastings schoolboy Lucan Battison also won the confrontation with his St John's College principal is the icing on the cake.

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.

Kohanga reo teacher Ann Makea is adding a new service to her preschool offering - financial literacy for the children's parents.

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.

Teenagers who are physically fit do better in exams, new research suggests, and those who are lazy see their performance in the classroom suffer.

Teen superstar Lorde will urge people to vote in this year's general election - even though she's not old enough to have her say.

Giving young people a chance and encouraging them to do the best they can in life is what Auckland couple Rob and Zee Luisi are all about.

A new study groups Generation Y into six tribes. But this Gen-Yer doesn't agree with this grouping.

Editorial: The most contentious idea involves changing the burden of proof so it lies with the perpetrators of child abuse and domestic violence, not the victims.

An Auckland teenager has admitted his role in attacking schoolboy Stephen Dudley and will be sentenced in August.

Being accepted by her peers has been something a young Auckland teenager has always wanted.

Police are praising a bystander who saved a teenager being assaulted in a bus station from further injury when he intervened to pull off the attacker.

Kiwi parents believe their children spend too much time online and more are using digital technology as a babysitter, a survey says.

An unlicenced 16-year-old Dunedin youth is in hospital with a serious head injury after fleeing police in a high-speed pursuit.

A group of secondary school students are embarking on an ambitious project to build a three-bedroom home in six months.

An international search has begun for a researcher to delve into child and teenage mental health after Cure Kids received a multi-million-dollar private donation.

The Internet Party's first leader, Laila Harre, is promising young New Zealanders an "awesome" future in a growing digital economy.

Netball, rugby, touch, tag, athletics, basketball are the sports played by Florida Fatanitavake.

A survey has found Google now beats talking to friends for young Kiwis wanting to know about sex, drugs, alcohol, depression, stress or their health.