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 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.

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.

New Zealand's biggest secondary school bans school balls after parents helped students to organise a boozy after-ball function.

More Auckland parents are opting to spend thousands of dollars sending their children to boarding school - even if they live just minutes away.

Air NZ to introduce $39 standby fares for Otago University students.

Five Kelston Boys' High 1st XV players suspended after a schoolboy rugby brawl will confess their sins at a school assembly.

Suspensions lifted but school's BOT orders those involved to undergo anger management courses.