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Unicef 25 Feb 2010
The passing of the CYF Youth Courts Jurisdiction and Orders Bill through Parliament last night is a sad day for Human Rights in New Zealand, says Dennis McKinlay, Executive Director of Unicef NZ speaking for Every Child Counts,...
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University of Waikato | 1 May 2009
Dr Charlton of Waikato University's Psychology Department, says the brochure aims to fill the information gap around the Restricted Licence. "There's a perception that once young drivers get their restricted...
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Significant changes ahead to lower road toll
3News - Jerram Watts - 3 March 2010
Young drivers, alcohol, drugs and speed are the main targets of the Government's new road safety package.
Transport Minister Stephen Joyce today unveiled...
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Safety and education outside the class room This new publication is a great resource for alternative education providers. It contains helpful advice and usable formats for planning, risk management and policy formulation. All alternative...
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Salvation Army | 11 February 2008
The Salvation Army has issued its first ‘state of the nation' report which assesses New Zealand's progress on a range of key social indicators. The report, "What does it profit us?" analyses changes over the...
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What is the secret behind students staying in school? Interesting courses? A new study shows the unwavering support of teachers and community members is a primary contributor to students' success in school.
More: School...
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What is the secret behind students staying in school? Interesting courses? A new study shows the unwavering support of teachers and community members is a primary contributor to students' success in school.
More: School Connectedness: A Video...
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Stuff.co.nz - 30 July 2010
A Bay of Plenty high school is defending its decision to give away condoms and safe sex advice in a school ball package, saying the move was intended to help students make better choices.
The package was given to...
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New Zealand Herald - 17 May 2010
In the second of a five-part series where we look at our neediest kids, social issues reporter Simon Collins reports on what happens when they drop out or become truants.
A drive to stop schools kicking out...
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NZPA | Thursday, 21 February 2008
A high proportion of New Zealand school leavers quickly find work, but more needs to be done to lift their skills, a major international report says. The report, which the Government received a draft of in...
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School not the key to workplace success
Sydney Morning Herald | January 20, 2009
Social background is the biggest factor contributing to academic performance at school but it has little to do with success at university and in the workforce,...
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A forum for young queer people to voice, air and express what's going on for them, the things that affect them, and the challenges they face.
Queer Youth Visibility and Resource Project
10 School's Out internet radio shows, April 2008- June 2009...
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NZ Herald | February 11, 2008
A student uttering a swear word in the playground doesn't necessarily get a telling-off at Da La Salle College, the South Auckland school held up for praise by Prime Minister Helen Clark for its academic success....
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The Dominion Post 04/08/2009
Newspapers in Education 1 September 2009
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/wellington/2716383/Schoolgirls-unite-for-child-soldier-cause
Schoolgirls are giving a voice to child soldiers by spelling out...
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New Zealand Herald - Feb 8, 2010
A schoolboy had a metal pellet removed from his head after being shot by another pupil with a BB gun shot at a Wellington College sports event yesterday.
The year 10 pupil was crossing the road to the...
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The Timaru Herald | 13 June 2009
South Canterbury schools that ban same-sex couples from school balls could be breaking the law, an Auckland-based organisation supporting non-heterosexual youth says. With ball season coming up, students are...
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NZ Herald | June 26, 2009
Students with the highest needs in New Zealand will lose some of the therapists that make it possible for them...
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NZ Herald | June 26, 2009
Students with the highest needs in New Zealand will lose some of the therapists that make it possible for them...
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This book answers questions on the rights and responsibilities of students, parents and schools. Published 2005 4th edition. (18 chapters)To download a copy of this publication click here and scroll down to the downloadable books section.
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State schools are discriminating against thousands of disabled pupils, an unprecedented complaint against the Government alleges. IHC has lodged lodged a formal complaint with the Human Rights Commission - backed by affidavits from...
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Eastern Courier | Friday, 29 February 2008
A government push to keep students at school until they are 18 has a secondary college doubting its worth. "Some students, particularly non-academic, have outgrown school by the time they are 17,"...
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Wellington schools have called in police sniffer dogs to search for drugs in a "desperate" move to tackle a growing problem that is "destroying" lives.
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Some schools are refusing to allow pupils to set up gay support groups, forcing them to meet secretly to escape discrimination, an agency says. The problem was identified after allegations that some schools have banned same-sex partners at...
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High-decile schools grappling with misbehaving students want more help, as a new report reveals they use less than a quarter as many social workers as low-decile schools. Two teacher conferences under way in Wellington this week are discussing...
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Schools in behaviour battle The Press | Wednesday, 01 October 2008 High-decile schools grappling with misbehaving students want more help, as a new report reveals they use less than a quarter as many social workers as low-decile...
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Schools in behaviour battle The Press | Wednesday, 01 October 2008 High-decile schools grappling with misbehaving students want more help, as a new report reveals they use less than a quarter as many social workers as low-decile schools....
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Stuff.co.nz - Claire Trevett - 9 July 2010
Secondary schools in poor areas are likely to lose the most under changes to funding, Budget documents show.
The Government has changed the way schools receive operational funding. From next year...
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Schools let down high-needs pupils
Stuff.co.nz - Tom Fitzsimons - 5 hours ago
Half of New Zealand's schools are failing high-needs students, an Education Review Office report reveals.
IHC says the number is conservative and backs up...
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PPTA | 08 June 2009
Secondary schools are not getting the support they need when it comes to dealing with students with drug problems. The media spotlight on the use of drug dogs in Wellington secondary schools highlights this, PPTA president Kate...
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Children's Commission | 3 July 2009
A number of young New Zealanders are missing out on the education they are entitled to because their behaviour or disability is challenging for schools.
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Schools have been told to stop discarding their most difficult pupils from the mainstream system.
The call from Education Minister Anne Tolley at a weekend conference has won support from the top Youth Court judge.
Tolley told delegates at the...
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Sunday Star Times | 22 March 2009
A new book about trouble-making teens says schools need to turn their entire discipline systems upside down - and detentions, time out of class and trips to the principal's office should be first to go. This is...
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Feb 2009
National has scrapped Labour's regulation that required food and drink sold at state and state-integrated schools to be "only healthy options". But schools must still promote healthy food and drink. More from NZ Herald coverage
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Runaway CYF teens still in hiding
Stuff.co.nz - Mike Watson - 16 April 2010 Two boys who ran away from a Child Youth and Family-monitored camp in Te Urewera National Park remain in hiding. The boys, 15 and 16, absconded from the remote...
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Teenage mothers need support, not 'discipline', says Ofra Koffman
Taking a tough stance on teenage mothers and assuring the public that they will not benefit from choosing to become parents is nothing new. When Gordon Brown promised last week...
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11 November 2009
Ministry of Social Development completes a review of the impact of the substitution of section 59 of the Crimes Act. Report on s59 (pdf, 777 Kb)
Ministry of Social Development Chief Executive Peter Hughes confirmed that he has...
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Section 59 Terms of Reference for review announced
The review will be conducted by the Chief Executive of the Ministry of Social Development, Peter Hughes, the Commissioner of Police Howard Broad, and well known clinical psychologist Nigel Latta....
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NZLawyer, issue 125, 13 November 2009
John Hancock and Vanushi Walters celebrate 20 years of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and address the need for a complaints mechanism
On 20 November, the world will celebrate the...
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NZ Herald | Jul 07, 2009
They're known as Generation Y - today's older teens and 20-somethings, regarded as a self-obsessed lot who blow their pay packets as quickly as they text their friends. But two Waikato researchers say Generation Y is no...
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A qualitative survey exploring the impacts on the family when a young person in the family is suspended from school, the support and resources that families are aware of at such times and whether those supports and resources are accessed helpfully....
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Pathways to Youth Resilience - Whaia To Huanui Kia Toa Project Up-date: September 2009 What's in this up-date: Nau mai haere mai ki enei kōrero tuarua mō te rangahau nei - welcome to the September 2009 project up-date of the Pathways to Youth...
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NZ Herald | December 20, 2007
Sex education in school may encourage teenagers to put off having sexual intercourse, the results of a US government study suggests. The study, published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, did not say whether the...
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By Joe Lepper Children & Young People Now 29 September 2009 Sexual health clinics should start offering advice about safe drinking, according to a British Youth Council survey of young people.
The survey of more than 1,000 young people...
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Stuff.co.nz - Clio Francis - Aug 8, 2010 Clio Francis talks with victims of sexual abuse at the hands of Graeme McCardle who was convicted of charges at Aucklands high court.
The conviction of a sex offender who preyed on troubled...
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The Southland Times | 8/07/2009
Steve Biddulph, the author of several bestselling books on parenting and educating boys, put forward the theory at an international conference on boys' education at Lindisfarne College in Hawke's Bay. Mr Biddulph...
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Youths exchanging nude photos of themselves over cellphones, known as "sexting," should not face child pornography charges, as some have in the United States, a humanities conference heard Tuesday.
More: 'Sexting' no ...
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Sexual Behaviour among the Young: Risk and Protective Factors
See the link below to access youth related papers from the 4th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights held in October 2007....
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Children & Young People Now | 29 April 2009
A round-up of sexual health resources to use with young people during youth work sessions. Topics include STIs, contraception, teenage pregnancy and sex education.
Youth work activities:...
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This report for Statistics New Zealand makes recommendations for the collection of sexual orientation data, including that youth perspectives need to be taken into account whenever sexual orientation questions are being developed.
The...
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Scoop.co.nz (press release) - Mar 16, 2010
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists is concerned about the sexualisation of children in the contemporary media.
"Sexualisation of children involves the imposition of...
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Kina Trust
"Sharing the Kete" - working with young people and their families in responding to alcohol and other drug issues
For more information and to order, email info@kinatrust.org.nz or go to www.kinatrust.org.nz
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Marlborough Express| 17 December 2009
When more than 100 sailors hit the waters off Adelaide next week, sharks will be in the minds of many.
However, Queen Charlotte Yacht Club's Riley O'Neill has already overcome bigger challenges to set sail...
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Scoop.co.nz (press release) - 1 July 2010
A call has gone out for rangatahi Maori to be nominated to a national Maori Youth Council, to advise the Minister of Maori Affairs on issues affecting young people. "I'm looking for 12-15...
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NZ Herald | June 18, 2009
Maori Affairs and Associate Education Minister Pita Sharples says he wants Maori to have free access to universities... More
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Editorial: Raising the bar for Maori pupils
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TVNZ - 21 August 2010
School students in the Bay of Plenty are being hit hard with a strong message about drinking and getting behind the wheel.
And it looks like the campaign's shock tactics are working.
The 16-year-olds are learning that...
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Sir Howard Morrison: How great thou art
ONE News
A great entertainer, a great leader of his people and a great New Zealander has died.
Sir Howard Morrison passed away after a heart attack at his home in Rotorua. He was 74.
stuff.co.nz...
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Nine To Noon > Wednesday, 17 March 2010 Single sex versus co-ed schoolingWith Dr Alice Sullivan - Researcher, Faculty of Policy and Society at London University's Institute of Education. (duration: 12′31″)Download: Ogg Vorbis MP3
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New Zealand Herald - Jan 10, 2010
A teenage girl climbed out of her bedroom window to escape flames and save the life of her brother as a Gisborne home burned to the ground early yesterday morning.
The fire came 12 hours after a...
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Guide to Implementing Family Skills Training Programmes for Drug Abuse Prevention
This curriculum, available in six languages, is designed primarily for preventing drug abuse among young people. However, many of the family and parenting skills...
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Skylight - helping children and young people through grief, whatever the cause.
A not for profit national organisation that provides unique and specialised support to children, young people and their families/whanau through change, loss, trauma...
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Skylight launches new youth support magazine
Skylight has launched an innovative new single edition youth support magazine, 'The Journey Through', which honestly and frankly tackles the very difficult issues teens and young people face. It's been...
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Stuff.co.nz - Susan Pepperell - Sep 4, 2010
Everyone knows teenagers like to stay up late and sleep in - and even then they're grumpy.
But now a study has found if teens start the school day after 10am they're likely to be more alert,...
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Smacking - "It's wrong, full stop" say children
"It's bad that they are smacking them. It's good that they are disciplining them but they shouldn't be hitting them really hard. Maybe they could send them to the corner" - 11-year old girl who...
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"It's bad that they are smacking them. It's good that they are disciplining them but they shouldn't be hitting them really hard. Maybe they could send them to the corner" - 11-year old girl who participated in the What's Up survey.
Research report:...
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Manawatu Standard - Jessica Sutton - 23 March 2010
About 20 anti-social youths are at the root of much weekend crime in Palmerston North, including the recent spate of stabbings, city police say.
There has been a rise in juvenile crime in...
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For the first time, the Charities Register has brought together up-to-date information about individual charities, from which we can obtain information about the charitable sector and its work. Download the PDF version (935KB - link opens in a new...
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New Zealand Herald - 13 July 2010
So now we know. If you are a 44-year-old man, you can drug and anally rape a terrified 13-year-old girl as she sobs, says "No, no, no," and pleads for her asthma medication - all according to the victim's sworn...
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Radio New Zealand - 6 July 2010
Dame June Jackson has challenged marae in Manukau to provide a safe and sober environment for rangatahi.
Dame June was part of a delegation of high-profile New Zealanders who lobbied Parliament last month to...
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The Prime Minister's Chief Science Advisor, Professor Sir Peter Gluckman, has issued a briefing paper entitled Improving the transition: Reducing social and psychological morbidity during adolescence.
In it he says (in part) that "Although the...
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This report is intended as a practical resource for local councils wishing to engage their communities in decision making and planning.
Download Social inclusion of the hard to reach from http://tinyurl.com/aurct8.
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Social Revolution is happening at our fingertips with every status update and everytime we 'digg it.' But what does it all mean and how can you harness the power of information sharing to let more people know about what you do and why you do it?
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Addictive Behaviors. Volume 35, Issue 4, Pages 295-372 (April 2010)
Social network effects in alcohol consumption among adolescents
Pages 337-342 Mir M. Ali, Debra S. Dwyer
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Child Poverty Action Group says that despite the positive spin in the Ministry of Social Development's 2009 Social Report, all is far from rosy.
"The increase in child poverty is shocking and should raise all kinds of questions about our policies...
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The Dominion Post
Teen bloggers at risk of suicide, self-harm or hurting other people could now be picked up earlier with software developed by Victoria University researchers.
Tiong-Thye Goh and student assistant Yen-Pei Huang, from the School...
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Friday 1 May 2009
People who work with youth say they have been working on a range of ideas to address rising unemployment among young people - including the idea of a gap year.
New Zealand Aotearoa Adolescent Health and Development (NZAAHD)...
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Stuff.co.nz - 12 July 2010
Some students won't get student loans for their final years under the changed student loan scheme.
Victoria University student magazine Salient reported today that Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce said policy...
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New Zealand Herald - 15 Aug 2010
Lesley Elliott and high profile domestic violence victim Kristin Dunne-Powell have teamed up to save young women from abuse.
Next month the Sophie Elliott Foundation for Young Women will be unveiled with the help...
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Radio New Zealand - 2 Feb 2010
A teenage girl has fought off a 1.5 metre sand shark and survived relatively unskirmished when she was attacked while swimming at a beach in Southland. Lydia Ward, aged 14, was boogie boarding in shallow waters...
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NZ Herald | Jun 21, 2009
The Government is facing a complaint to the Human Rights Commission over its treatment of children with special needs. IHC, a charity supporting intellectually handicapped children and their families, has collected...
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NZ Herald | Jun 21, 2009
The Government is facing a complaint to the Human Rights Commission over its treatment of children with special needs. IHC, a charity supporting intellectually handicapped children and their families, has collected...
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The Bay of Plenty Times - 8 May 2010
Bullying happens every day in schools around New Zealand. But who is responsible? Bay principals say we all have a part to play in creating a culture in which bullying is ruled unacceptable, writes Carly...
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11 February 2010 Speech: The Maori Party Children, Young Persons and their Families (Youth Courts Jurisdiction and Orders) Amendment Bill Hone Harawira - Maori Party Member of Parliament for Te Tai Tokerau Wednesday 10 February 2010; 8pm
Whenever...
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Taranaki Daily News | 15/12/09
Fired-up young stock car drivers delivered what they promised at Stratford on Saturday and the under-23 class looks like becoming a major annual North Island event.
It was a smart move by Stratford to secure...
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SPINZ - Suicide Prevention Information New Zealand
SPINZ is a national information service and its main role is to provide high quality information to promote safe and effective suicide prevention activities.
The Information & Resources...
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The literature supporting a relationship between religion/spirituality and physical/mental health has led to recommendations that health professionals attend to these issues in patient assessment and intervention. The authors suggest a more specific...
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Massey University | 15 June 2009
Teenage girls prone to impulsively sending spiteful text messages need help from schools and parents in curbing what it is one of the most hurtful, insidious forms of bullying, says a Massey...
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Stewart-Withers, Rochelle; Brook, Martin (2009)
The role of rugby league, the NRL, and the Pacific region in relation to community development, youth development and crime prevention, health promotion and prevention, in particular HIV/AIDS and...
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The Press | 05 March 2009
Participation in sport by students and teachers is dropping, with rugby, netball and cricket losing young players, a national study shows. While traditional sports are losing secondary school students, sports such as...
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The St John International Youth Festival runs from 25-31 January. This is the ultimate experience for St John Youth, with over 400 young St John members from New Zealand and around the world coming to Christchurch for a week of fun and excitement....
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The Bay of Plenty Times
Two years ago, Martyn Chew went to Tauranga Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA) as a troubled child.
Now, he's the organisation's star volunteer and has won a national award for volunteer of the year for his...
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NZ Herald | February 09, 2008
Luke, 17, going on 23, greets me confidently as I enter the admin block at Rutherford College. He guides me through the school maze, making effortless small talk - about the traffic, being at school on a sunny day, the...
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Sunday News - Neil Reid - Jan 9, 2010
Sporting stars - including All Blacks' heroes Jerome Kaino, Isaia Toeava and Joe Rokocoko - are on a mission to get at-risk kids off the mean streets of South Auckland.
Some of New Zealand's biggest...
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Press Release: Families Commission | 7 February 2007
The Families Commission is calling on all New Zealanders to do more to show they support and value parents. Launching a new project to celebrate and support the role of parenting, Chief...
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State of the World's Children 2008
UNICEF's 2008 State of the World's Children report says community health programmes reduce child mortality. Strategies that can help reduce the number of children who die before their fifth birthday were...
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New Zealand Herald - 4 May 2010
Rural and less populated areas have the highest rates of child and youth offending, while urban areas - and Auckland in particular - have the lowest, latest statistics show.
But police say this reflects more on...
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Scoop - 9 June 2010
It’s not too late to take advantage of the free Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine which is still available to all young women born after or on the 1 January 1990 from their GP or practice nurse.
This is the last year...
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STIs & young people: campaign website - Australia
Many Australian young people today are unaware of the growing risks of STIs (sexually transmissible infections) including chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HPV, herpes, syphilis and HIV/AIDS. There were...
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TVNZ - A stoned teenager who drove through New Plymouth taking pot shots at cars, people and buildings with a paintball gun, has been jailed. Read More>>
jailed after paintball rampage
Stuff.co.nz - A stoned farmhand who...
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Stuff.co.nz - Sep 4, 2010
People need to stop complaining about children going off the rails and step up to help turn their lives around, a foster father says.
With Father's Day being celebrated tomorrow, a foster dad, who can be...
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The Stratford District Council, with funding from the Ministry of Youth Development and Mayors Taskforce for Jobs, has employed a Youth Initiatives Facilitator.
"Last year we did a lot of work with Stratford young people," said Community Services...
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Strengthening ties with the community/voluntary sector
Tariana Turia announced that the Government is committed to strengthening its community relationships and that it intends to put this into an agreement by the end of the year.
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Strong Connections at School Can Lead to Healthier Choices
Students who feel connected to their school are more likely to engage in healthy behaviors and succeed academically.
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NZ Herald
South Korean student Tae Won Chung stabbed his teacher in the back after being goaded about his fear of North Korea and returning home to military training, a court heard yesterday.
Avondale College teacher David Warren woke Chung as...
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Stuff.co.nz - Nov 10, 2009
Student leaders are calling for common sense and a collective approach to funding the tertiary sector Read More>>>
Otago Uni facing 'testing times'
Otago Daily Times - Allison Rudd - Nov...
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Student dies after drinking bottle of vodka
Radio New Zealand - 9 May 2010
James Webster, 16, was a year 12 student at Kings College in Auckland and died after going to a friend's birthday party on Saturday.
His uncle, Donald Webster,...
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Boy, 15, found dead at King's College
New Zealand Herald | 17 Feb 2010
A 15-year-old student was found dead by his schoolmates in his boarding house this morning.
The year 11 student, at Selwyn House in King's College, in South Auckland, could...
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$50 feeplan for 500000
Stuff.co.nz - John Hartevelt - 5 May 2010
A proposed annual fee to be charged to more than 500,000 Kiwis with student debt will net the Government at least $15 million.
The fee, expected to be charged at about $50...
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NZ Herald | 31 Jan 2010
A cash-strapped Kiwi student is selling her virginity to the highest online bidder.
Unigirl, a 19-year-old from Northland, has placed an ad on Hamilton-based website I Need under the heading Relationship for Sale.
"I am...
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Taranaki Daily News 23/07/10
Taranaki teens are among New Zealand's most likely to light up a cigarette after school, an anti-smoking group says.
Almost 8 per cent of Taranaki students aged 14 and 15 smoke every day, an annual survey of Year 10...
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Scoop.co.nz (press release) - Oct 19, 2009 As the first to see the sun on Oct 24th, New Zealand is kicking off the international day of action in style, with over 100 350-themed and inspiring events Read More>>
Kiwis multiply...
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New Zealand Herald - 26 Nay 2010
nzherald.co.nz asked students what they thought of police this year taking a tough stance on underage drinking and cracking down on after-ball parties.
Many parties have been cancelled after police earlier this...
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TVNZ Auckland Grammar students who posted photos of themselves worshipping Nazi symbols on Facebook have apologised to war veterans at Auckland's War Memorial. Read More>>>
Save outrage for times that warrant it
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Manawatu Standard - 24 August 2010
Many secondary school students who have a go at the region's agricultural competition are not from farming backgrounds, but they still want to give rural tasks a try, Land Based Training operations manager Stu...
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Otago Daily Times - 10 May 2010 University of Otago scholar Emeritus Prof Jim Flynn is urging university students to read more works of great literature to overcome a "love-of-reading deficit" arising from teenage culture.
Prof Flynn...
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The Office of the Ombudsmen says more consistent support needs to be available for students with behavioural difficulties in mainstream schools. More
Ombudsmen annual report: PDF version (1433KB); MS Word version (4.85MB)
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Mt Roskill's young people have the opportunity to make the neighbourhood their own with a competition launched by the Mt Roskill Community Board.
The board is inviting primary, intermediate and secondary school students to come up with ideas to...
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Auckland stuff.co.nz - 26 May 2010
Two Bucklands Beach Intermediate students have created a website to help prevent children from contracting the flu.
Teacher Katrina Robinson says the school got on board with a Kleenex initiative to make...
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NZ Herald | Saturday March 29, 2008
Cigarettes stunt boys' growth and don't help girls lose weight, says a study that busts smoking myths. Anti-smoking groups have welcomed the results of a major Canadian study showing the effect the harmful habit...
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The Press | 08/07/20
Controversial medication for hyperactive children was of no lasting benefit despite its widespread use, experts warn in the wake of landmark new research.
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Taranaki Daily News | 1 April 2008
Young Taranaki workers blindly trust their supervisors to such an extent they will do work they know is unsafe, a comprehensive study has found. Half of the region's teenagers aged 15 to 19 are in work but they...
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Reuters | Tuesday, 19 February 2008
The typical online sexual predator is not someone posing as a teen to lure unsuspecting victims into face-to-face meetings that result in violent rapes, US researchers say. Rather, they tend to be adults who...
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Scoop - 21 May 2010
The recent Study into the academic achievement of young cannabis users demonstrates a clear reason to Reform New Zealand's harsh cannabis laws. Currently there is no age limit for cannabis and since dealers do not check IDs,...
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New Zealand Herald A job subsidy scheme for young unemployed has closed five months early because it has run out of money.
"Community Max", launched last August, has been swamped with applications from non-profit groups wanting to employ more than...
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Best Practice Journal
Contents page from BPJ28. June 2010
Te aukatinga o te whakamomoritanga o te taiohi Māori Suicide prevention in Māori youth
Young Māori are most at risk of suicide
Prevention of suicide in young people...
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Mental Health Foundation MEDIA RELEASE 17 December
Figures released today show the youth suicide rate has declined by 46.6% since the peak in 1995. The overall rate of suicide has decreased 27.3% since the peak rate in 1998, continuing the...
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Press Release: NetSafe | 24 January 2008
NetSafe is calling on social networking sites to take greater responsibility for the care of young people within their on-line communities. The recent spate of suicides in South Wales which were linked...
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Supervision Scrapbook: kinda mainly for people who work with young people. By Rod Baxter and Trissel Mayor (2008) This taonga has been written especially for Youth Workers and people working with young people. It will help you...
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Otago Daily Times - 11 Feb 2010
A support service for hearing-impaired students is set to close tomorrow, days before the new academic year begins.
The Advance Centre for Deaf and Hearing-Impaired Students helped deaf and hard of hearing...
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NZ Families Commission 8 Dec, 2009
Supporting Kiwi Dads
The Supporting Kiwi Dads research surveyed 1721 fathers in early 2009. The report provides a snapshot of the views of fathers about a range of issues related to their role as dads,...
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Press Release: Relationship Services | 7 February 2008
Supporting parents and families is the most important thing society can do to foster healthy relationships and communities says Relationship Services, in welcoming the Families Commission...
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Tasi, Bruce Siumanaia (2009)
Pasifika people are a youthful population group. It is important therefore that Pasifika youth have opportunities to live fulfilling and satisfying lives where they can achieve their dreams, support themselves and...
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Nelson Mail | 19/06/2009
Twenty times more young people in Nelson are being treated for alcohol and drug abuse than 10 years ago, causing a senior clinician for Nelson's addiction services to question local schools' commitment to the problem. ...
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Green Party| 16 April
The Green Party revealed today its latest survey of school food. It shows that sausage rolls, hot dogs, donuts, cookies and other sugary, fatty foods are the staple foods on offer in a majority of New Zealand schools. More...
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NZ Herald | December 24, 2007
I belong to the organisation Cafe for Youth Health in Taupo, albeit in a voluntary and fairly new role. Among other work, the organisation seeks to provide clinical services and, most importantly, sexual health...
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Stuff.co.nz - Dec 6, 2009
A play performance arranged by Child, Youth and Family for foster parents and children in CYF care has caused shock after sexual themes and swear words were used.
One hundred and thirty two Wellington CYF...
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New Zealand Herald - 7 May 2010
Delegates at alcohol conference sound warnings about 'lethal' flavoured booze
Alcohol experts are warning parents to keep their children away from cheap, sweetly flavoured drinks laced with enough alcohol to...
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guardian.co.uk, Sunday 27 September 2009
The Scots are right to allow young people to vote on Scottish independence - its time to lower the voting age to sixteen
The constitutional question of suffrage for young people is...
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