Youth

Wanaka police are planning to crack down on the illegal supply of alcohol to minors this weekend as senior pupils from Mount Aspiring College prepare to celebrate the end of school for the year.

In a city with one of the highest youth unemployment rates, YouthGrow has a solid success rate for its participants, but funding is increasingly uncertain.

Richard Reeve's article, Climate crime is beggaring our children, was timely and on point.

"Easter Holiday Madness" for Wakatipu youth will break out over the next two weeks, starting today.

A youth project to "trigger the kid in us all" is being planned by three secondary school pupils in Oamaru.

Two of five young people involved in a crime spree between Invercargill and Dunedin last week were again picked up by police near Dunedin yesterday after allegedly stealing another vehicle from Invercargill.

Teenage runaways stole vehicles, petrol and even a donation box as part of a crime spree yesterday.

Five Mosgiel teenagers who became inspired after watching an episode of Man vs Wild on television on Sunday, soon found they were no match for the Mt Allan forest.

Dunedin police will soon have another tool to assist youth "showing signs of going off the rails" - a designated child offender case manager.

A plan to set up a car club for Northeast Valley teenagers has taken a step forward, with Otago Polytechnic agreeing in principle to the club using its automotive department workshops.