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Story: Teenagers and youth

Contents

  1. Story summary

  2. Defining teenagers as a group

  3. Transitions and social relationships

  4. Teenage sexuality

  5. Teenagers and risk

  6. Control and rebellion

  7. External links and sources

All images and media

From page 1 - Defining teenagers as a group

Children milking cows

Children milking cows

Sexual segregation

Sexual segregation

Pan Pacific Jamboree, Auckland

Pan Pacific Jamboree, Auckland

Youthline poster

Youthline poster

From page 2 - Transitions and social relationships

Moving flats

Moving flats

Holiday job

Holiday job

Text language

Text language

Skateboard culture

Skateboard culture (1st of 4)

Rugby heads

Rugby heads (2nd of 4)

Goths

Goths (3rd of 4)

Boy racers

Boy racers (4th of 4)

From page 3 - Teenage sexuality

Teen pregnancies, 1962-2015

Teen pregnancies, 1962-2015

Teenage mothers' school

Teenage mothers' school

Sex-education booklets

Sex-education booklets (1st of 2)

Booty call

Booty call (2nd of 2)

From page 4 - Teenagers and risk

Raising the driving age

Raising the driving age

If your mate's pissed, you're screwed

If your mate's pissed, you're screwed (1st of 1)

Youth smoking

Youth smoking

Binge drinking

Binge drinking

Suicide rates by age, gender and ethnicity, 2015

Suicide rates by age, gender and ethnicity, 2015

From page 5 - Control and rebellion

Larrikinism

Larrikinism

Hutt Valley youth club, 1958

Hutt Valley youth club, 1958

Milk-bar cowboys

Milk-bar cowboys

Young women, 1964

Young women, 1964

Down under the plum trees

Down under the plum trees

How to cite this page:

Carl Walrond, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/teenagers-and-youth/media (accessed 25 May 2022)

Story by Carl Walrond, published 5 May 2011, updated 1 Aug 2017

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