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Youth
Canterbury
April 23
Important to support youth through times of financial instability
In the current economic climate, the conversations around our dinner tables often centre on the rising cost of living, inflation and tightening budgets.
North Otago
September 4
Group stresses value of reaching out
The difference one person can make by reaching out and connecting with another cannot be underestimated, says the chairwoman of a Waitaki group tackling the issue of suicide.
Queenstown
June 26
Youth Booth week of fun for young people
Young Wakatipu residents and visitors are invited to take part in a raft of fun off-piste activities with the Youth Booth next week.
Queenstown
November 29
Police to target supply of alcohol to minors
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.
Dunedin
November 11
YouthGrow funding woes
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.
South Otago
September 10
Help for youngsters seeking work
Clutha Mayor Bryan Cadogan wants every young person seeking work in the district to have a job by March.
Queenstown
April 17
Holiday madness made for youth
"Easter Holiday Madness" for Wakatipu youth will break out over the next two weeks, starting today.
News
January 31
School pupils launch play project
A youth project to "trigger the kid in us all" is being planned by three secondary school pupils in Oamaru.
Dunedin
January 6
Teens vs Mt Allan - teens nil, Mt Allan 5
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
December 28
Second week teenagers arrested
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.
South Otago
December 20
Teens arrested after 200km 'crime spree' in stolen vehicles
Teenage runaways stole vehicles, petrol and even a donation box as part of a crime spree yesterday.
Dunedin
December 8
Police to appoint case manage
Dunedin police will soon have another tool to assist youth "showing signs of going off the rails" - a designated child offender case manager.
Dunedin
November 15
Teenagers car club plan gains support of Polytech
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.
Dunedin
October 11
Five Dunedin teens on drug charges
Five young people are being dealt with in the courts after a police operation targeted teenage drug dealers in Dunedin.
Dunedin
September 22
Runaway teenagers keeping police busy in Dunedin
A recent spike in runaway incidents from Child Youth and Family (CYF) homes in Dunedin has kept police busy and forced CYF to bring in security guards and extra staff to help caregivers deal with errant teenagers.
News
September 20
Safe tramping efforts recognised with prize
The Otago Youth Adventure Trust and Milton Rotary Tramping Club was last night named Clutha's premier volunteer grouping of 2010.
Dunedin
September 18
Jobs for youth on agenda
New Zealand Defence Force personnel and the Otago Southland Regional Employer Support Council met in Dunedin yesterday to discuss getting young people who succeed in defence force youth programmes into meaningful employment.
Dunedin
September 10
Call to help vulnerable young people
New Zealand would benefit more from early intervention to help vulnerable young people and their families rather than by building more "Milton Hiltons", University of Otago Prof Richie Poulton said this week.
North Otago
August 9
Murder accused youth likely to be committed for trial
An Oamaru youth charged with the murder in April of another 16-year-old will appear again in the Oamaru Youth Court on Thursday, and is likely to be committed for trial in the High Court at Timaru.
Dunedin
August 6
Trust wants youth worker for Fairfield
It has more than 350 teenagers, but the community of Fairfield has no support for youth, outside its primary school, and no way for them to feel a sense of belonging.
Dunedin
June 29
Pupil arrested after violent outburst
An incident in which a 14-year-old youth ended up in court following a violent outburst at school was "highly unusual", Dunedin police say.
Queenstown
June 23
Answers sought to drunkenness
Wanaka's drinking culture was put under the microscope yesterday at a community forum hosted by Wanaka Community Board chairman Lyal Cocks.
Dunedin
May 31
Forget problems, Inglis tells pupils
"Dream big" was the message double amputee Mark Inglis gave 870 school pupils in Dunedin yesterday.
Dunedin
May 30
'Worth its weight in gold'
A course promoting cleanliness, hard work and daily structure for young unemployed people is worth its weight in gold, a Dunedin police officer says.
Queenstown
May 26
Teen party alcohol-free
Finding things to do is often hard when you are 14, but Wanaka teenager Aaron Blackledge (18) believes he can help. Aaron, a year 13 pupil at Mt Aspiring College, has taken over organising private parties for Wanaka's young teenagers from Blue Moon founder Sophia Dewaal, who is now at university in Wellington.
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