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Students attacked at Tauranga Girls'
A teacher and three students were assaulted during an attack involving seven teenagers at Tauranga Girls' College - and the mother of one victim is "disgusted" at how the school has handled the incident.
Coping with wilful kids? It's as easy as ABCD
Working with - rather than against - spirited children is key, finds Donna McIntyre.
Synthetic cannabis rules 'welcome'
A major manufacturer of synthetic cannabis has welcomed regulation of the products and is...
School daze
How worried should parents be about teenagers' alcohol and drug use? Frances Morton went to find out.
Editorial: It's a matter of life and death
It is in the natural order of things for every generation of parents to lament that their children behave more badly than they did when they were growing up.
Desperate bid to rescue buried teen
The foster father of a teenager killed in yesterday's Ohope landslip tried desperately to save him.
Kerre Woodham: Teenage years are a killer
My 22-year-old daughter will graduate from law school this year.
Head of King's College writes to parents
The head of King's College has written to parents explaining his version of events surrounding the death of student, David Gaynor.
Drug dogs to check St Kent's ball guests
The school has also hired security guards to search students at the door.
Paul Holmes: Christchurch, King's and their week of pain
Heartbreaking times serve as a fragile reminder of desperately tested spirits.
<i>Deborah Hill Cone</i>: Rich or poor, it's tough growing up
Wealthy kids get the attention, but making it through the teen years is always a challenge.
Broadsides: How can we get more young people into jobs?
We asked Labour's Jacinda Ardern and National's Nikki Kaye to address youth unemployment.
Same-sex date banned at school ball
A Wellington boys' college has banned a student from bringing his male date to this weekend's school ball.