Students from top Auckland school King's College are in a "state of disbelief" after the death of a third student since February.

Turnover rates at some schools are sitting at around 56 per cent - more than half of the children who start the year don't finish there.

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.

Public concern over "apero geants", or giant open-air drinks parties, is growing after the horrific death of a student in France.

Our neediest teenagers are often being educated in "Third World" conditions without trained teachers, textbooks or standard school services.

Students at an East Auckland college are planning an after-ball party at a secret location this weekend, despite their principal's disapproval.

A small stencil used by Sir Edmund Hillary to mark crates for one of his expeditions is likely to go on show in the Hillary family home.

A boy who stabbed his teacher four times with a knife had been bullied by other pupils, his family say.

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

The number of young people aged 20 to 24 with no income almost trebled between 1996 and 2006, according to new figures.

Principals say teachers need the power to search students as schools become increasingly violent.