Young People stories

IWD 2024 calls for authentic allyship in cybersecurity, urging organisations to move beyond the surface-level, performative displays, and pursue tangible diversity and inclusion annually.

Life101 Launchpad, a new online programme, aims to bolster youth financial literacy and life skills. .

Blue Connections IT has donated 205 backpacks to the charity Backpacks 4 VIC Kids, emphasising its community commitment.

UK leaders call for action to alleviate the digital skills gap, especially for women, amid rising tech sector demand.

KnowBe4 launches free cybersecurity game 'Hack-A-Cat' on the Roblox platform, aiming to educate on cyber threats.

Engineering firm Black and White Engineering is expanding its workforce, having experienced a 34% increase in staffing over the past year.

Do rangatahi in Aotearoa understand the importance of being safe online, or has lifelong exposure to the internet resulted in widespread complacency?.

Government invests $10.2m in financial education initiatives to equip young New Zealanders with money management skills.

New Zealand's oDocs has been named the global Best Startup, Social Impact in the annual Talent Unleashed Awards for technological entrepreneurship.

The platform connects youth, educators, service providers and businesses together to support students through education, training and employment.

Christchurch's quake-hit schools to get new turfs from SKY's generous £200k donation, boosting post-disaster recovery.

NZ On Air and Canada Media Fund will receive $1 million in funding for three new projects, it was announced today.

More than 572,000 Kiwi students and teachers across 1815 schools can now access safe, fast internet via N4L's managed network.

Environmental Protection Authority declines marine consent for Chatham Rock Phosphate, causing shares to plummet 95%.

The government's plan to increase the private provision of state-housing is part of a wider goal to alleviate the country's most vulnerable by putt.

Debating the potential for online voting in New Zealand saw a room divided at the NetHui conference...

Side-gigs, from blogging and life coaching to freelance writing or web designing, are quickly becoming an essential part of building a successful career in the new economy.

Students with a talent for IT, electronics or engineering are being sought for the 2013 Bright Sparks competition.

Recent research conducted by security company AVG has revealed both a plethora of compromised pages on social networking sites such as Facebook, and that young people (those 25 years and under) are the most at risk from these infections.

Google New Zealand changes its homepage doodle for tonight's first All Whites game.

Google has posted the ten New Zealand finalists in its first-ever global Doodle 4 Google competition.

Kids today are entertainment media junkies, spending more than 50 hours a week with their cell phone, music player or game console, according to a US study.

British users of social network Bebo now have a one-click tool to report possible incidents of child abuse or ‘grooming’ online, and a UK agency concerned with the welfare of young people in cyberspace hopes other networks will follow suit.