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Quiz: How good is your maths?
Just a third of students going to secondary school are numerate, says an Auckland Uni maths lecturer. Test your maths skills in our quiz.
We fail in basic maths, says lecturer
Just a third of students going into secondary school are numerate. Test yourself in our mini-quiz.
Survey: Few students understand basic finance
Most secondary school students are finishing school with a poor understanding of basic financial concepts, a survey finds.
Charges laid over boozy after-balls
Police are prosecuting a company for allegedly supplying alcohol to minors at school after-balls.
Unitec student accommodation 'uninhabitable'
Living in sub-standard accommodation is causing some Unitec students to develop health problems, it's been claimed.
Five suspended over Lynfield College assault
Mt Roskill Grammar's five suspended students will front the school's board of trustees next week, principal Greg Watson says.
School principal stunned by 'threatening' invasion
Teachers and pupils were forced to see off up to 20 "outsiders" who went to Bishop Viard College armed with a baseball bat and threatened students.
School invaders' guide suspended
The Lynfield College student who led a group of armed teenagers to a classroom where they beat up a 14-year-old boy has been suspended from school.
Teens in school bashing won't face any charges
The only penalty awaiting the teens in the Lynfield College attack: family group conferences.
Readers speak out over school ball controversy
Rangitoto College's decision to ban future school balls draws a strong response from nzherald.co.nz readers.
Students will have their ball, parents vow
Rangitoto College "blackmailed" and "bullied" students for knowledge of planned after-balls, parents say.
Closure threat after school staff charged
A school for some of the country's most difficult children faces closure after assault charges against three recent staff members.