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.

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.

71-year-old grandmother Jennie Oakley was the oldest graduate to walk down Queen St this week.

Cash-strapped New Zealand high schools can no longer afford to put on annual musicals, citing fees - up to $7000 to perform hit Broadway shows.

Rugby coach Tai Lavea - suspended for poaching a player - was himself plucked from South Auckland as a youngster to the exclusive school he now works for.

A rugby coach at an exclusive Auckland high school has been suspended for poaching a player from a poorer South Auckland school.

When the Last Post sounds on Sunday, a group of Sacred Heart College boys will be transported back to France where they stood at the graves of past students who gave their lives for their country.

A top private Brisbane school is considering a ban on rugby against some teams, fearing students could be badly injured or even killed.

Parents may be able to sue schools that fail to act when their children are bullied, a top public official says.