Ski workers set off explosives on Mt Hutt to prevent avalanches and clear the way for hundreds of stranded people to get off the mountain early this morning.

The battle between the two Kiwi teams is shaping as an interesting sub-plot to the Red Bull Youth America's Cup.

Tears and high-fives followed the rescue of two students from a collapsed snow cave on Mt Ruapehu.

Youth suicide rates have dropped in the past year after a sharp rise last year, and coroners are now increasingly concerned about suicides by elderly people instead.

Bumpy footpaths, traffic jams and shabby buses were some of the issues raised by school pupils with Auckland Mayor Len Brown yesterday.

Robots have a maths and science lesson in store for Elisabeth Easther.

Violence is the new "sexy" for teenage girls, according to one expert who advises parents and teachers on how to stamp out the increasingly aggressive behaviour.

A schoolboy rugby player who suffered a serious head injury during a first XV match is due to be brought out of his induced coma today.

A former Kiwis league international and a 13-year-old Glen Innes girl both kept quiet at first about their sore throats - and now regret it.

The number of sports under the College Sport umbrella continues to grow with girl's lacrosse the latest to be awarded ASB Young Sportsperson of the Year status.

Auckland ratepayers and charities have stepped in to help students at two low-income South Auckland schools pay for their learner driver's licences.

A 17-year-old 1st XV rugby player remained in a coma late last night but the bleeding on his brain had stopped and friends and family were hoping for a recovery.

Some of Auckland's biggest employers have signed up to a scheme aimed at finding work for the region's 25,000 unemployed young people.

A more challenging type of playground is here to stay, despite one local body temporarily closing a slide last week after children sustained bruising.

Danielle Wright rounds up some bargain family fun in the great outdoors.

Dionne Christian explores some of the newer attractions in Auckland CBD's Metro Centre.

Deliberate self-harming is reaching epidemic levels among Kiwi teenagers - but the teens say it has become "almost fashionable".

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.