Wealthy kids get the attention, but making it through the teen years is always a challenge.

We asked Labour's Jacinda Ardern and National's Nikki Kaye to address youth unemployment.

A Wellington boys' college has banned a student from bringing his male date to this weekend's school ball.

Those TV cooking shows may be inspiring a new generation of Kiwi chefs. By Gill South.

A child psychologist asked to fix a delinquent child knows what the parents seldom recognise...

Claire Gourley, the author of Who's Cooking Tonight? says: "I love food but I'm always busy with friends, school and sport and don't have much time to spend cooking. But that doesn't mean I want to settle for average food ... "

13 youths from Kawerau have died suddenly in just 18 months, with "no rhyme or reason."

The Rugby Union's general manager of community rugby, a former All Black, explains why officials try to level the playing field for the youngsters.

Cutting benefit costs a tough task, but there are avoidable mistakes.

The impacts of the global financial crisis hit are ingrained in our communities.

Just over a fifth of all working-age Northlanders were on welfare benefits at the end of March.

Australian great says rules unlikely to change across Tasman but size difference in junior players is an issue.

A top Govt scientist says there is an "appalling" lack of information about synthetic cannabis products.

More needs to be done during early childhood, write Peter Gluckman and Harlene Hayne.