Youth

A rangatahi advocate says it's encouraging the government's introducing a fast-track intervention to prevent children from repeatedly committing crimes.

Under the new scheme, announced this morning… Audio

Invercargill is making a pitch to young people in the city and trying to woo more to come live there.

Most of those around the council table are over the age of 50 - so they've set up a pop up kiosk… Audio

National's ignoring the weight of evidence against enforced military-style camps for young offenders.

That's according to a lawyer representing survivors of some of the country's worst cases of abuse… Audio

Political parties are busy sharing their opinions on the proposal to lower the voting age to 16, in the wake of the Supreme Court decision.

While they're unlikely to get the vote for general… Audio

The campaign to lower the voting age for general elections is dead in the water, but 16-year-olds might get a vote at the local body level.

Yesterday, the Supreme Court ruled the voting age of 18 was… Audio

As the summer party season kicks off, Wellington Police are reminding young people about the importance of consent to prevent sexual harm. 

The Don't Guess the Yes campaign has been running since… Audio

A child health expert and former government science adviser says care is needed before action is taken to curb violence by 10 to 17 year olds.

National yesterday unveiled a plan targeting serious… Audio

Those working on the frontlines with youth offenders are putting the boot into National over its proposal for military-style camps.

The party wants to send recidivist teenagers to special 'academies'… Audio

The Defence Force, in collaboration with WINZ, is pairing young job seekers with potential employers in dire need of staff.

As part of its Limited Service Volunteer Programme, a group of young people… Video, Audio

Attendance rates in schools are still low but what is going to be done about it? 

Latest attendance figures show just 40 percent of children went to school regularly in term two this year.

The… Audio

A new report from the Education Review Office says attendance in schools is worse here than other countries. 

New Zealand Initiative executive director of the Oliver Hartwich says this shouldn't come… Audio

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio

A group of Afghan students who learnt English from New Zealand troops say their lives are now in danger and they're pleading with the New Zealand government to help them leave Afghanistan.

Soumya… Audio

People in North Canterbury's Pegasus Bay are relieved to be home a day after a fast moving scrub and forest fire threatened homes and animals.

They're frustrated and annoyed the huge disruption was… Audio

A massive fire north of Christchurch was sparked by a firework being let off.

The blaze burned through 160ha of pine forest and scrub along a five kilometre stretch of beach from Pegasus to Woodend.