A party organised by parents from one of New Zealand's top schools ended with security guards calling police to control fighting.

A 5-year-old boy battling for his life after an alleged hit and run in Flaxmere has taken "a turn for the worse" in Starship children's hospital.

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.

It feels to me like there's a global movement being run by a secret society intent on mind-controlling our children, writes Rhys Darby.

Editorial: Every human activity carries a degree of risk. But that is what provides the challenge - and the reward.

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.

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.

When Robin Vinod turned 17, he couldn't sign a tenancy agreement or be responsible for bills - but that was when CYF left him to fend for himself.

At just 10 years old Rico Bearman is chasing his fourth UCI BMX world title in Auckland today.

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.