Quick-thinking staff are being praised after a knife was pulled during an altercation at a Hamilton school this morning.

The education sector has had to come up with more than half of the $1.9 billion to fund new education initiatives over the next four years.

The parents of a King's College student who died in his sleep in February have left a heartfelt message to the mother of another boy who died this week.

Parents of students at a top Catholic girls' school are organising an after-ball party with alcohol - despite police warnings.

Manukau's liquor licensing agency is drawing up a list of school ball dates, and will send inspectors to follow buses to after-ball parties.

A party consultant is telling high school students how they can get away with taking booze to after-ball parties.

A high school after-ball party with a van-load of alcohol was busted by police and liquor licensing inspectors in an early morning raid today.

Police are praising Hamilton Girls' High School's emergency procedures after a girl threatened other students with a knife late this morning.

The students of Te Puke High School are receiving ongoing support after one of their peers stabbed a maths teacher during class yesterday.

As blood dripped from stab wounds inflicted by one of his students, maths teacher Steve Hose yelled at the rest of his class to get out.

A witness to the stabbing of a teacher in a BOP classroom has told how the attack unfolded. The 53-year-old victim is now resting at home.

A post mortem into the death of a schoolboy who died in his sleep after a large drinking session fails to confirm how he died.

The family of Kings College student James Webster believe he died after drinking a bottle of vodka.

A King's College boarder died in his sleep at the weekend after drinking at a friend's birthday party - the second tragedy to hit the prestigious school in four months.

Anne Tolley has told secondary schools the Government is serious about education, but the next few years will not see a great deal of new money.