Auckland rugby bosses have compiled Ten Commandments for schoolboy rugby matches in a bid to stop unruly parents and others from sideline rants.

A university lecturer has embraced Wikipedia as part of her teaching after initially shunning the online encyclopedia.

Members of a school 1st XV with a booze "culture" were left to drink unsupervised for three hours in London on the night a teen sleepwalked to his death.

Sam Tommas' hopes were dashed two games into the season when he was told he could not play rugby for another school.

Two schoolgirl rugby teams have been suspended after a brawl in which players were joined by spectators and reserves rushing in from the sideline.

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

Parents of King's College students have devised a plan to allow alcohol at their children's after-ball party - but the school says it is keeping right out of the matter.

A Gisborne school community is reeling from the tragic loss of a student, after an 11-year-old died in a freak accident on Wednesday night.

An events firm embroiled in police crackdowns on after-balls says it doesn't supply alcohol to minors - it just works with parents committees.

Thousands of young people have gone online to mock and protest the police's crackdown on high school after-ball parties.

At least four after-ball parties have been axed as organisers run for cover after a police crackdown and concerns over teen drunkenness.

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.

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