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Aspiring tennis player makes her mark

Holly Stewart is the embodiment of Selwyn College's tennis programme - young and on the rise.

Making kids suffer our greatest shame

The threat of social rejection to be the most widespread and potent form of stress for human beings. Deborah Hill Cone writes of trying to overcome this kind of killer shame.

Phone ban lifts students' marks

It is a question that keeps some parents awake at night. Should children be allowed to take mobile phones to school?

Bars pull young punters online

Bars are increasingly turning to social media to attract young punters, including with Facebook notifications when they're near a pub, new research shows.

Schools clamp down on Yik Yak app

High schools are warning students off an anonymous messaging app described as a "virtual bathroom wall".

Studies, league and volleyball make life busy

Taifeni Latu leads a simple sporting life. It's volleyball in the summer and league in the winter. So to say the Year 12 student at One Tree Hill College juggles the two is not quite accurate.

No appeal for teacher charged with abuse

A Northland teacher convicted of sexually abusing two girls and physically abusing six children placed in his care by Child Youth and Family has had an appeal against his conviction dismissed.

Editorial: We all benefit if students learn second language

Eight years ago, a new primary and secondary school curriculum spoke glowingly of the benefits of knowing another language.

Surf club pair allegedly post improper pictures of young members

11-year-old crashes parents' car

An 11-year-old boy took two friends on a joyride through rural Auckland suburbs in his parents' car for up to an hour before crashing into a truck yesterday.

Scholarship crowns year of successes

An Auckland teen has made a "dream come true" and will be heading to one of the world's top universities on a scholarship worth $100,000.

Kerre McIvor: Parents do sons no favours

As a parent, you want your child to know you've got their back, especially when they become teenagers.

Rowing row to be settled out of court

The St Bede's College rowing row will be settled out of court, one of the boy's parents said today.

Rowers' parents meet with St Bede's behind closed doors

Another tick for teen's bucket list

An Auckland teen has ticked off another milestone on her bucket list.

Board backs school's ban

The Canterbury school at the centre of a controversy around two pupils who were banned from rowing at the Maadi Cup says the board of trustees supports the ban.