Youth

On today’s episode, we’re celebrating International Women’s day early with journalist Jogai Bhatt and Thee bad mana wahine herself Te KuraHuia. We get into the gender pay gap, worldwide statistics… Audio

New research on how screen time affects children’s language development makes for sober reading. With family members now so often on devices, the average three-year-old could be missing out on… Audio

It's full steam ahead with the government's plan to send young offenders to boot camps, despite youth advocates' assurances it won't work. Children's minister Karen Chhour has announced a pilot of the… Audio

On today’s show, we chat about all the talent coming out of Oce-nia-nia, as well as appearances from up and coming singer songwriter Spdrtwnbby from the hearty Avondale, and Brisbane based music… Audio

School stand-downs have spiked to record levels after dropping away during the height of the pandemic.

Schools used the formal punishment more than 25,000 times in 2022, or nearly 3.3 times for every… Audio

The latest Outward Bound programme saw a whole cross-section of New Zealanders take part and this week we're featuring some of them on Here Now.  Audio

Newshub's shock closure raises a question about the future of the workforce, with up to three hundred jobs set to be slashed.

Meanwhile, enrolments at the New Zealand Broadcasting School are picking… Audio

On today’s show, So’omālō reckons he could win a fight against 100,000 wasps, Evie updates us with what's happening with Newshub, as well as appearances from band Double Parked, and… Audio

On today’s show, So’omālō is back to tell us about the sunburn he got in Samoa. Journalist Sam Robinson re-caps pride month, and explains the outcome of New Zealand’s largest ever survey of gay men… Audio

On today’s episode, we chat with emerging Aotearoa RnB artist KRISTN who’s making waves in Australia, indie rock band WET DENIM pop in from Wellies and share how they came up with their band names… Audio

On today’s episode, General Fiyah is all grown up and releasing new music, local indie band Where’s Jai chat about the struggle of performing live when you’re underage, and we discuss a poop situation… Audio

With university kicking off for the year, parents are bound to have complex feelings about their children taking their first steps into independence, psychologist Gloria Fraser tells Nights. Audio

Dunedin Police are making enquiries after a liquor company supplied hundreds of bottles of alcoholic lemonade to a student flat in Castle Street in exchange for promotion on social media. The… Video, Audio

The Government's cellphone ban in schools is causing problems for some neurodiverse children who are struggling to get through the day.

Parents say they are not able to get an exemption.

Meanwhile… Audio

Young people needing specialist mental health care are waiting longer to see a specialist, according to a new report from the Auditor-General.

The report evaluated whether the money spent on youth… Audio

On today’s episode, comedian Bubbah dishes about the second season of ‘I Got You’, Bigfans' Noema Te Hau III has all the details on new artist programme Ignite, and we reminisce about our first jobs.

Many new primary school teachers feel 'unprepared' for teaching maths, according to a new report by the Education Review Office.

The ERO found almost a quarter of new primary school teachers are not… Audio