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.

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.

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.

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

Gen Y kiwis are staying home longer, delaying life's big decisions.

A jury finds a teenage boy not guilty of raping a 13-year-old girl outside a 16th birthday party on the Kapiti Coast last year.