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Does school still work for kids?

Although parents can be fairly sure that school will provide their children with grounding in the basics - the question has to be asked: will it get them ready to deal with life in a fast and unpredictable world?

School picks up on valuable life skills

There's a lot more to modern schooling than the three Rs. One Hamilton school is teaching boys the three Ts: tie tying, tyre changing and steak cooking.

Girls set for Miss Junior NZ

The parents of girls as young as 10 are paying $700 each to enter their daughters in a junior Miss World beauty pageant.

Fran O'Sullivan: Jobs for our young - bosses must pitch in

Prime Minister John Key wants New Zealand to be a "magnet for investment" but his Government faces a big sales job to persuade New Zealanders that "foreign" investors and "big business" should be embraced.

Gun death: Father forgives friend

His son was shot dead by an air rifle while drinking alcohol with his friends - but the victim's father says he isn't angry with the teenager who pulled the trigger.

Penny Hulse: Jobs for youth big part of city's 'most liveable' vision

Fran O'Sullivan called on Prime Minister John Key to be "bold and courageous" and "get serious on youth employment" upon his return from Hawaii. Excellent stuff.

Editorial: Education stops youth crime

Young brides 'forced to wed'

Almost 800 girls under 18 were married in New Zealand in the past decade, and women's rights activists believe a number of those marriages were against the will of the brides.

Kerre Woodham: Wake up and repay your loans

Sound advice for a bright future

Michael Thomson says he has received a lot of advice as he leaves secondary school to study for a university degree in social sciences.

Condition of boy rescued from pool improving

The condition of a 10-year-old boy who was pulled out of a west Auckland swimming pool yesterday has improved.

Underage sisters grounded after joyride leads to crash

A 12-year-old girl and her 14-year-old sister are facing a long grounding after the younger sibling went on a joyride in her parents' car and crashed head-on with her sister - who was looking for her in another vehicle.

Elation after lifeguards save boy

A 12-year-old boy was last night in a serious condition in hospital after an incident at an Auckland swimming pool.

Underage drivers injured in head-on crash

Parents are being urged to hide their car keys after two young sisters took their parents' cars and crashed into each other.

Child protection boost likely in Wanganui

Poor youths drinking most

Adolescents living in the most deprived areas in New Zealand drink almost twice as much alcohol than their peers living at the other end of the scale, a joint study has found.