Footage of a schoolgirl brawl at Lynfield College, which shows a male teacher being knocked to the ground while trying to stop it, has emerged.

Maori Party co-leader Tariana Turia and Labour's Annette King are calling for action over a report slamming New Zealand's treatment of children.

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.

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.

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

Hanover Finance and its part-owner Mark Hotchin are taking a small investor to the High Court over $697.96 owed to the man's teenage daughter.

A 15-year-old is beaten to death during a lunchtime dispute over school seats.

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

Alcohol abuse by young people is costing the country a fortune.