Health experts want to target boys from the age of 11 who identify as gay to be first for vaccinating against genital warts and a range of cancers.

Dionne Christian previews a school holiday course of film-making fun for youngsters with ambitions.

Fathers will patrol Kaitaia streets and a community hui will be held to make the town safer after 10 teenage girls were attacked by at least 20 drunk young people.

NZ's education system has been treading water and its students will lose out in the global race for the best jobs unless change is embraced, a visiting expert warns.

The importance of well established and team sports to young people is a key finding in an Auckland survey of 8000 school-age boys and girls.

Are your teens ready for adventure and a feeling of conquering their fears? Danielle Wright finds out what's on offer close to the sky.

Police and school principals have issued warnings about an after-ball party planned for a former pub in Turakina tomorrow - although the man who lives there knows nothing about it.

A baby who died while in CYF care was born to a mother who was taking methadone and the infant had to be given morphine to wean him off the drug, an inquest has heard.

Health authorities were warned about a troubled teenager's threat to overdose on her anxiety medicine but no urgent measures were taken prior to her death, an inquest has been told.

An engineer who assessed the Ohope landslide that killed a 17-year-old has re-iterated calls for the local council to adopt evacuation procedures.

At 3pm every weekday it’s a circus outside most primary schools in the country as parents vie for a parking space so they can collect their children.

Fragile X Syndrome is a huge part of the lives of Michael Hori and Janine Ryder.

A family member of a teenager killed in a Bay of Plenty landslip following torrential rain believes his death could have been prevented if authorities had ordered evacuations.

Right when teens drop their first kint about driving lessons is when parents should tidy up their own road skills notes Donna McIntyre.

I became aware of the social networking site ask.fm in April when a mother of a girl in my daughter’s class copied me in on a letter she’d sent to the school principal.

A young cancer patient who has just finished his treatment is already thinking of others.

Low-grade mince is apparently still a staple of university life, with more than a third of students surveyed saying lack of money has affected their diets.

Dai Henwood admits he became a bully as he battled to combat those who picked on him because of his height.

The family of Auckland schoolboy Stephen Dudley hope his death will serve as a constant reminder of the tragic, unintended consequences that violence can have.

Police are searching cellphones for video footage of a fight which claimed a 15-year-old boy's life.

The parents of the 15-year-old boy killed in a fight at rugby training say it's any parent's worst nightmare - but now is not the time to be angry.

An enraged father dragged his son across a rugby league field at an under-9s game and forced him to punch another boy in the face, despite his cries of protest.

It was a typical teenage romance. Two lovestruck 17-year-olds, exploring their sexuality, filmed themselves having intercourse.