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Police are prosecuting a company for allegedly supplying alcohol to minors at school after-balls.

Most secondary school students are finishing school with a poor understanding of basic financial concepts, a survey finds.

Living in sub-standard accommodation is causing some Unitec students to develop health problems, it's been claimed.

Mt Roskill Grammar's five suspended students will front the school's board of trustees next week, principal Greg Watson says.

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.

The only penalty awaiting the teens in the Lynfield College attack: family group conferences.

Rangitoto College's decision to ban future school balls draws a strong response from nzherald.co.nz readers.

Rangitoto College "blackmailed" and "bullied" students for knowledge of planned after-balls, parents say.

A school for some of the country's most difficult children faces closure after assault charges against three recent staff members.

Parents may organise their own ball for Rangitoto students if the school cancels next year's ball.