Our week-long inquiry into our changing national identity concludes with a look at the future through the eyes of our youngest citizens.

A lost autistic teenage boy trying to find the local shop was robbed by two men who promised him a lift.

The parents of a Wairarapa high school student will be prosecuted for failing to ensure the child's attendance at school after years of ongoing truancy issues.

Prime Minister John Key said youth suicide statistics released today were damning and the Government needed to do better.

Researchers say dope use by young people can mess with the complex changes going on inside their heads.