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New Zealand children made more than 3500 individual submissions to a nationwide consultation on the development of an Agenda for Children.

Youth Affairs Minister Laila Harré today announced that Auckland will have at least two of the pilots of the new student work scheme Snap which was announced yesterday.

Youth Affairs and Associate Labour Minister Laila Harré says a bill introduced to Parliament today will repeal a provision of the Minimum Wage Act that allows employers to pay young workers literally nothing while they train on the job.

Youth Suicide prevention programmes will receive a $1.673 million boost in this year's budget, Youth Affairs Minister Laila Harré announced this morning.

Associate Education (Tertiary Education) Minister Steve Maharey has responded to inaccurate allegations by the New Zealand University Students' Association (NZUSA) about the setting of the 2001/02 headline interest rate.

Youth Affairs Minister Laila Harré is urging individuals and communities to help the government design a new strategy to boost the healthy development of young New Zealanders.

“What better way to hear the views of young New Zealanders than by asking them?” Steve Maharey, the Minister of Social Services and Employment, and Laila Harré, the Minister of Youth Affairs said at this morning’s Agenda for Children consultation launch

The Ministry of Youth Affairs will now be responsible for leading and coordinating the New Zealand Youth Suicide Prevention Strategy, Youth Affairs Minister Laila Harré announced today.

Youth Affairs Minister Laila Harré has released a "full and honest report" on New Zealand's implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCROC).