Thousands of school students marched through Paris yesterday to demand the return to France of a 15-year-old Roma girl.

In an all-North Harbour affair, Westlake BHS successfully defended their New Zealand SS basketball title with a 78-68 win over arch rivals Rangitoto in Palmerston North.

Analysis of a healthy eating and activity programme first tested in Waikato primary schools shows the project is saving taxpayer money and improving children's lives.

More than 100 operations - including two liver transplants - are not usually seen on the CVs of beauty contestants.

American transport officials are investigating how a 9-year-old boy got on a plane without a ticket and flew 2400km to Las Vegas.

With their youngest member's immune system vulnerable because of treatment for leukemia, the Johns family have had their activities limited.

The number of young people appearing before the courts has dropped to a 20-year low - but nine under the age of 16 were sentenced over homicides last year.

Three years of practising has paid off for three Taupo teens whose indie-pop band A Bit Nigel took top honours at this year's Smokefree Rockquest finals.

Older long-term unemployed people look set to lose out in a radical reshuffle of foundation education which will give higher priority to young people.

An Auckland father who says his daughter was told during religious instruction that she would go to hell is campaigning to have the classes dropped from her state school.

Children's reading ability is held back by a one-size-fits-all approach at school, an expert has warned.

Former gang member-turned-youth mentor wants to help his community as a councillor.

New Zealand's school curriculum has been hollowed out of knowledge as academic learning is increasingly abandoned for a misguided focus on skills and the process of learning, an academic claims.

A delay in getting at-risk youth back into education can have life-long consequences, education experts say.

Youth are finding the story they were told about hard work is not quite true, writes Cathy Bi.

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.

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.