Children

The government will consider bringing school holidays forward in Auckland in response to the city's drawn-out lockdown - but can expect resistance from teachers and principals.

Education Minister… Audio

The people behind the wildly successful porn campaign are back with an edgy series aimed at kids on fake news.  Audio

Auckland Primary Principals Association President Stephen Lethbridge says 93 percent of primary and intermediate schools he has spoken to want the upcoming school holidays to remain the same.

"We've… Video, Audio

The next round of school holidays are looming. Auckland has been shown the light at the end of the tunnel, Tuesday 21 September, when Cabinet has penciled in a move to alert level 3.

Even then… Audio

Oranga Tamariki has admitted it sometimes asks District Health Boards to keep children at hospitals longer than they need to while it hunts for a suitable placement.

It goes against the advice of the… Audio

There's been excitement and anxiety among both kids and their parents, as hundreds-of-thousands of students returned to school today. But 10km south of the Bombay Hills, the Mangatawhiri School… Audio

Kathryn talks with Clinical Psychologist Sarb Johal about why rates of anxiety in children have gone up so much recently. He'll share tips and tricks for parents supporting anxious young ones. Audio

The school bells will chime again today - outside Auckland that is - as thousands of primary and secondary school students return to class.

More than three weeks of lockdown learning is over and with… Audio

It can be tough for adults to get their heads around horrific events like terror attacks, so how do we explain it to our kids? Child and Family Psychologist Linde-Marie Amersfoort offers some advice… Audio

Learning magic tricks promotes creative thinking and self-esteem so we should be seeing it happen in schools, says experimental psychologist Richard Wiseman. Video, Audio

If you're stuck for things to do with the kids during lockdown levels 3 and 4 - here's something for you! Whenua Iti outdoors have come up with some fun, outdoor activities to support learning… Audio

Warning: Details in this interview may upset some listeners.

Police investigating the discovery of a baby girl's body at an Auckland recycling facility are scouring CCTV footage for the movement of… Video, Audio

Some families with disabled children are struggling under the lockdown and need more help.

People who work with the children want an alert level 4 rule change so teachers and specialists can visit… Audio

A treasured birthing centre in the Hutt Valley will be mothballed next month, due to a lack of funding.

Thousands signed a petition calling on the DHB to take over the running of the centre, which… Audio

Parenting tweens and teens can be difficult territory to navigate, even more so in a pandemic when a life lived online is accentuated. Clinical psychologist Jo Lamble and Family GP Ginni Mansberg are… Audio

What Now is New Zealand's most successful and longest running children's television show and this year celebrated 40 years. Rex Simpson who founded it says it was a platform to grow new talent, and a… Audio