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Students lack Asia nous
New Zealand secondary school students realise the importance of Asia, but are not confident they have the knowledge and understanding to engage with Asians
Boy bowled over at blackspot
Was I hit by a car, Mum? Those were the first words Danielle Franklin heard her 9-year-old son say.
Libraries lend a hand to youth
Far from becoming irrelevant in the digital age, libraries are adapting to become more like youth clubs, finds Danielle Wright.
CYF admits it failed 12-year-old
A 12-year-old girl who took her own life while in foster care was not given proper support after she claimed to have been sexually abused by a caregiver, a coroner said today.
Push to teach pupils about suicide
The family of a teen who took her own life two weeks after her best friend committed suicide want schools to implement an anti-bullying and suicide education programme.
Row erupts over schoolboy rugby star
A row has erupted between an athletic coach and a top school over a star athlete who was allowed to play in a rugby match only weeks before a world athletic championship.
Namaste to a new generation
Danielle Wright finds yoga for kids is as much about becoming grounded as it is about getting up and moving.
Fatty diet wreaks havoc in islands
Pacific health experts are calling for a quota on the amount of fatty food exported to the Pacific Islands, where heart disease, diabetes and obesity are the norm.
NZ-born rugby league player dies at 20
New Zealand-born rugby league player Alex Elisala has died in an Australian hospital, just days after playing his first test match for Samoa.
Calls for legal high boycott a 'knee-jerk reaction'
A legal high lobbyist says synthetic cannabis is a low-risk psychoactive substance that had not caused any death and was statistically safer than alcohol.
It's okay to laugh at your kids
So, you think your child's funny? Danielle Wright talks to the kids comedy industry to find out how you can encourage your children to make people, other than their mum and dad, laugh.
James Griffin: Surviving the dark days
It is that joyous time of the year, the one (of several) that all parents love and look forward to; that time when the nurturing of children reverts from its rightful place in the schools of this nation into the homes, where the parents really quite like
Synthetic drug makers dodge ban
New Zealand communities are battling to rid themselves of synthetic cannabis - with the Government's promised solution months away.
Eight prosecutions for smacking in six years of law
Police say concerns that good parents would be prosecuted under the controversial anti-smacking law have again proven unsubstantiated.
Coromandel: King of hills
The Pinnacles walk is the perfect way to introduce family and friends to the fun of tramping, writes Katie Furze.
Hey kids, the fun is all for you
Over the next few months children, from tots to teens, can immerse themselves in music, comedy and drama as they like it: loud and boisterous, writes Dionne Christian.
Special report: State of our children
New Zealand's infant mortality rate has fallen to 4.2 in the latest Statistics NZ figures for 2012.
Innovator plugs agri tech careers
Young people are overlooking the agricultural technology sector as a viable, well-paid career option, says Gallagher.
Police role dies with tweets
If waking up to find your old tweets dredged up and splashed on the front page of a Sunday newspaper wasn't enough of a rude awakening for Paris Brown, the ordeal had only just begun.
Retail giants reject new youth wage
McDonald's and Restaurant Brands have joined other retail giants who have decided against paying 16 to 19-year-olds the new youth wage.
Kids found in unsafe Northland drug houses
A 3-month-old baby was the youngest of 17 children found by police living in unsafe drug houses during the annual cannabis blitz.
Stepping stones
The benefit of an after-school job is far, far greater than the cash it gives teens, writes Donna McIntyre.
Web troll admits assault
Rotorua 18-year-old Tristan Barker, who has a controversial web presence and is described as an internet troll, has admitted assaulting an Australian television reporter.