Steeper rate kicks in for students
Student loan holders will pay $11 more a week from today as the Government ramps up its repayment scheme.
Student loan holders will pay $11 more a week from today as the Government ramps up its repayment scheme.
The start of winter soccer for hundreds of Auckland children will be delayed because the drought's stunting of grass growth has made fields dangerous or vulnerable to destruction.
The head of secondary school principals has criticised the Government for not doing enough to help schools combat the growing problem of bullying.
Employers will be able to pay 16-to-19-year-olds in new jobs $11 an hour after a controversial bill was passed into law by one vote.
Name suppression has expired for the Rotorua 18-year-old accused of assaulting an Australian TV reporter.
Manu "The Beast" Vatuvei proved to be a big hit with a group of youngsters at Robertson Road School, in Mangere.
A decision to ban use of a $2.1 million West Auckland sports field on summer Sundays and to limit inter-club and inter-school games to one night a week during week days is "over the top", say three Parrs Park neighbours.
Another Rotorua man has avoided jail for his part in a gang brawl outside a child's first birthday party in Koutu.
The temperature in Parliament is sure to rocket when the law "reinstating" youth rates is debated this week.
More than 350 young people have signed on as building apprentices since a $2000 bonus became available last Wednesday for the first 10,000 apprentices who sign up.
Youth worker Flora Apulu tells Elisabeth Easther what she loves about living in culturally diverse Manurewa
The family of an Auckland girl tormented by bullies, including one who threatened her with an axe, have received a payout and an admission the school failed her.
Seeing her long curly hair being chopped off was almost a bit much for 12-year-old Gemma Singleton.
Are the days of the Harlem Shake, the craze that has swept the web, coming to an end?
A Parliamentary committee has recommended a starting wage for youth be passed into law.
Every Monday night, Chance Morgan watches Piha Rescue - it's one of her favourite television shows - so she knew the lifeguards before meeting them on school camp.
At 2.2m, Bronx native "Mighty Joe" Dorsett-Jeffreys often gets the jump on his opponents in the New York streetball circuit.
Judith Collins' Family Court Proceedings Reform Bill is about simplifying processes and saving money.
Eight-year-old Louie Chandulal grinned large yesterday when he told the story of smashing 104 not-out off five overs - including eight consecutive sixes - during his Saturday morning game.
So taxpayers have generously decided to bail out Wanganui Collegiate - what, no H? - to the tune of $3 million a year and $4 million for upgrading its buildings.
Sibling rivalry has proven to be a good thing for one Auckland family, with two sisters gaining top marks in the country in the Cambridge exams.
TV One news reporter Jack Tame tells Alan Perrott about his evolution from super-keen schoolboy reporter to US correspondent — will Mexico be next?