Youth

The country's first ever 'sports school' is set to open next year, aiming to let young athletes train while keeping up with their education. Phoenix General Manager David Dome spoke to Corin Dann. Audio

A pilot training programme that lets students "earn as they learn" in the manufacturing sector is being hailed as a success and is now set to expand nationwide. Chief Executive of Advancing… Audio

National MP, Catherine Wedd has introduced a private members bill to restrict social media for under sixteen year olds and spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

The company behind Pita Pit says the demand from young people looking for jobs has grown exponentially in the last year. General Manager Brett Ingham spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

A business leader says he's got sympathy for young people trying to find work, and says the government can help to make it easier for employers to take on low-skilled workers. Phil O'Reilly spoke to… Audio

The government is celebrating the structured literacy results for new entrants which showed 58% of students were meeting or exceeding phonics expectations by term three, up from 36% in term one… Audio

'They've started to have the attitude women should go back to the kitchen and shouldn't work.' That from a 13 year old student who says she left school due to a rise in misogynistic and extremist… Audio

Inside New Zealand's kinship care movement, and what's needed to repair the cracks Audio

The Education Review Office which say school attendance is bouncing back, with a change in both parents' and students' attitudes. Porirua College Principal Ragne Maxwell spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

A new report from the Education Review Office says school attendance has returned to pre-Covid levels but there is still a long way to go. ERO deputy chief executive Ruth Shinoda spoke to Ingrid… Audio

New research has found Kiwi kids are at risk of leaving home without the life skills like cooking needed to thrive. Restaurateur Al Brown spoke to Corin Dann Audio

Finding work may not be as easy as getting off the PlayStation - data shows there are many times more potential jobhunters than jobs advertised. Money correspondent Susan Edmunds spoke to Ingrid… Audio

The government has announced 18-and-19-year-olds whose parents earn more than $65,000 a year will be ineligible for jobseeker benefits. Te Taiwhenua O Tamatea family services' Bevan Thompson spoke to… Audio

Get off the couch, stop playing play station and find a job, that was the Prime Minister's message to unemployed young people, but it might not be that simple in some parts of the country. Christopher… Audio

In today's episode, the family of the New Zealanders detained for taking part in a flotilla to get aid into Gaza speak out. Eighteen and 19-year-olds whose parents have a combined income of more than… Audio

In today's episode, the Government is tightening access to jobseeker benefits for teens. From November next year, 18 and 19-year-olds won't get it if their parents earn over $65,000 per year. A new… Audio