Youth
Hastings Boys' High students sneaking Uber Eats at lunchtime
Students at a Hastings college have been sneaking Uber Eats at lunchtime. Hastings Boys' High School, which offers all its 800 students free lunches, has now banned them from ordering the takeaways.
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Rotorua business owners, locals fed up with crime, ram raids
Some Rotorua locals say it's only a matter of time before businesses take the law into their own hands to combat a spate of ram raids and other crimes. Frustrated residents and shop owners met with… Audio
Queer and disabled rangatahi feature in doco Disabili-Tea
A new documentary series about young queer New Zealanders with disabilities will start streaming today on AttitudeLive.com and via Tahi. Justin Scott is one of the producers of the series called… Audio
How young is too young to be charged with a crime?
New Zealand's age of criminal responsibility is lower than many other countries around the world - Amnesty wants the government to change that. Audio
A unified approach to head injuries
Thousands of Kiwi kids are concussed playing sport every year, but our rules for treating them aren't up to scratch. Audio
Police arrest youngsters fleeing on the motorway
Two young people have been arrested after fleeing police on an Auckland motorway earlier today.
Greens want more support for students
The Greens are demanding more support for students after a survey they commissioned found two thirds of respondents are struggling to buy food and other necessities.
It also shows the average… Audio
Community organisation on keeping kids from crime
In the announcement yesterday Chris Hipkins named the Billy Graham Youth Foundation as a community organisation keeping kids away from crime.
The foundation's chief executive David Graham spoke to… Audio
Y25 recipients announced by YWCA
Y25 shines a spotlight on 25 women and non-binary people under the age of 25 doing extraordinary things. 15-year-old Spirit & Soul founder Jaskiran Kaur Rahi is among the winners, she talks to Jesse… Audio
Petition asks govt rethink changes to Childrens Commissioner
A petition against a new law which would end the role of Children's Commissioner accuses the government of not listening to the voice of those who have been through the state care system.
The… Audio
Students trial new high-stakes NCEA tests
Year ten students are trialling new high-stakes tests of maths, writing and reading in schools this week.
From 2024, teenagers must pass all three online tests to get any level of the NCEA school… Audio
Schools tackle truancy through knocking on doors
Schools in Northland and Auckland are tackling truancy by hiring people to knock on doors and talk directly to families.
Principals say they want to support parents and caregivers to get their… Audio
Marlborough youth council to review submissions on young people
Marlborough's councillors have asked if the youth council can provide feedback on submissions to next year's annual plan that directly impact young people.
Secondary school principals want to dump PISA testing
Secondary school principals say it's time to dump the OECD's prestigious PISA tests in reading, science and maths.
The Education Ministry has barely managed to scrape together enough schools to do… Audio
Woman tells Royal Commission about moving between foster homes
A woman, who moved between numerous foster-care homes says the then Social Welfare Department was a faceless agency that didn't take responsibility for those in its care.
Forty-nine-year-old , Ms E.D… Audio
Young vapers consuming more nicotine than a pack-a-day cigarette habit, group says
Some rangatahi who vape are consuming as much nicotine as someone smoking a pack-and-a-half-a-day of cigarettes a day, a youth health education organisation says.
Abuse in care inquiry: 'He would use his fists, hit me with objects'
As a boy of nine, Hemi McCallum found himself in the foster care of a man who he believed would eventually kill him, the inquiry into abuse in care has been told.
Abuse in care: Years of hell at hands of foster father
Four years of hell at the hands of his foster father. This is the evidence of a man, who is now deceased, which has been shared at the inquiry into abuse in care and its focus this week on state… Audio
School principal on plans to lift attendance
The government has announced ambitious targets to improve school attendance.
Truancy have been rising since 2015 and last year only 60 percent students attended regularly during term two.
The… Audio