Youth

The Timaru community is in shock after five young people died in a car crash on Saturday.

The teenagers - aged between 15 and 16 - were killed when the car they were in hit a power pole and broke in… Audio

A bid to lower the voting age to sixteen has seen teenagers spend the day trying to convince the Court of Appeal leaving them out is unjustified discrimination.

The group, Make It 16, took the case… Audio

Unprofessional staff behaviour, harmful physical restraints and a failure to implement appropriate Covid-19 personal hygiene measures. 

These are just some of the concerns highlighted by the Office… Audio

The Children's Commissioner wants the use of restraint chairs to be phased out as soon as possible.

Between 2015 and 2020 Police strapped 38 young people into the chairs - the youngest just 13 years… Audio

Not a single cent has been cashed out from the Government's $23 million loan scheme for those living in earthquake-prone apartments.

Official figures show no one has even got so far as to apply for a… Audio

The Police are strapping teenagers as young as thirteen into restraint chairs - despite a UN funded reported calling for them to be abolished four years ago.

The chairs use leg, waist, wrist and… Audio

The New Zealand police put 38 teenagers into restraint chairs between 2015 and 2020 - the youngest just 13 years old.

Restraint chairs leg, waist, wrist and chest straps to immobilise a person deemed… Audio

Next month, a group of young activists will be in the Court of Appeal arguing that the current voting age is discriminatory under the Bill of Rights. Make It 16 members Ella Flavell and Lily Lewis… Audio

The Royal Commission into Abuse in Care has turned its focus on to Pacific communities.

The inquiry is spending the next two weeks listening to the stories of Pacific people who came to New Zealand… Audio

A new report paints a pretty detailed picture on youth well-being amongst East and South Asian students - and some of the stats are not pretty. Produced by Kadambari Raghukumar Audio

A Wellington College pupil has been forced to change bus service after feeling ridiculed by a bus driver, who has refused to stop and pick him up.

The boy's family made two complaints about the… Audio

So at what age can a child decide for themselves whether to have a Covid-19 vaccine, independent of their parents wishes.

It's a question that could come into sharp focus if the government decides to… Video, Audio

Warning - some details in this report may disturb some listeners.

There are calls for a wider investigation following a survey of female school students, which has uncovered widespread sexual… Audio

A South Auckland youth hub is seeing an increase in its roll call, as students seize an opportunity to catch up on their studies. 

Many were among the most affected by Covid-19's interruptions to… Video, Audio

Staff members from Lake Alice Psychiatric Hospital have spoken of being too scared to report ill-treatment of patients in the child and adolescent unit in the 1970s.

Survivors have told the inquiry… Audio

Should the Government give the green light for the Covid-19 vaccine to be given to those aged 12 to 15 years old?

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced yesterday that Medsafe has given provisional… Audio

The government's being asked to rethink its Covid-19 vaccine roll out plan, now Medsafe has given the all clear for children as young as 12 to receive a Pfizer injection.

Health leaders are pleased… Audio