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.

Britain has the biggest drink problem among 13-year-olds in the Western world, according to a major study on child wellbeing published today.

Two young brothers are facing life in custody for beating, burning and sexually assaulting two boys aged nine and 11 reports Sky News.

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.

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.