Caitlin Watson

For the younger generation, a massive part of their daily reality is living in the online world and realm of social media.  This involves being...

In recent weeks, stories about youth have topped the newspaper headlines, TV stories and Tiktok feeds due to a spate of ram raids.  Kids as...

One of my favourite subjects at school was History.  I remember learning about the way society was flipped on its head with the French Revolution,...

Are you feeling demotivated this year? Are you struggling to focus at school, university or just getting back into the swing of life? Rest assured,...

Here we are, heading into the third year of Covid-19.  For many young people, it is hard enough just growing up, going through puberty and...

The last month of 2021 is upon us and it is looking like another year of spending the holiday season locally.  For some this will...

“Imagination is more important than knowledge,” insisted Albert Einstein, “for knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire...

Meet “Max” (not his real name). Max is a 12-year-old who lives with his loving grandmother.  He experienced a lot of trauma growing up, doesn’t...

The Coast has recently seen the introduction of new community meal initiatives. Now Whangaparāoa, Ōrewa and Silverdale have free dinner meals on offer – the...

I have been pondering recently how we should really view young people not necessarily as agents to be changed, but as agents of change. Young...