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Analysis: Was the remarkable schoolboy try really against the rules?
ANALYSIS: 'It was not from our playbook,' the Marlborough coach Tonga Taumoefolau says.

St Kentigern edge Grammar; Nelson fall; Lindisfarne strike form
St Kentigern have continued their winning start to the season.

First XV rugby shake-up: South Island boys' schools plot breakaway competition
Co-ed schools like St Andrew's College and Rangiora High are excluded from the proposal.

Reports of NCEA exam breaches surge by 250% as AI use prompts crackdown
NZQA investigated 876 reported breaches of external assessments last year.

Deputy principal on leave, police complaint laid
The school has not confirmed any details but sent out a cryptic email earlier this week.

Warning that NZ is missing the digital bus
Our podcast highlights a need for urgent reform in tech vocational training.

Watch: 'The current system fails' – Govt investing $140m to boost dire school attendance rates
Most of the Government's funding will go towards creating a new nationwide service.

Victim of Waikato house fire was 14-year-old schoolgirl
She was Navaeh Ngamoki-Porter, a Year 10 student at Rototuna Junior High.

First XV rugby: How King's College got back on top in Auckland
King's College defeated Sacred Heart 36-22 to reclaim the Fitzpatrick-Kirkpatrick Cup.

Weight of the worlds: Lifter shines on biggest stage
'No matter where you are, it's still just you and the bar.'

Patrick Walsh: A heavy bureaucratic blanket has been a dismal failure for learning support
OPINION: The most vulnerable and disadvantaged children have been poorly served.

On The Up: 50 years of Havelock North High School, and 40 years with one teacher
From typewriter to computers, from School C to NCEA, Glenys Sparling-Fenton's seen it all.

Historic Hawke's Bay school's First XV to play against NRL youth side on Aussie tour
More than half of the school's roll is heading on a tour of Australia this winter.

First XV wrap: Tauranga Boys' dish out a Grammar lesson in historic win
The win marks Tauranga's largest margin in their rivalry's history.

First XV rugby: How Kiwi schools rate in world rankings
OPINION: Bay boys show they have the resolve to build on recent successes.

Teen's 160km hīkoi backing Māori wards referendum
Jack Karetai-Barrett's inviting others to join the walk, aiming to raise awareness.

NZ’s high school robot stars struggle to make world champs after funding denied
The previous backers have pulled out.

School bans energy drinks after spike in sick bay visits
Students were feeling sick after skipping breakfast and "guzzling" energy drinks instead.

Hamilton schools lockdown ends with imitation firearms seized, person in custody
Police were called to Silverdale Road just before 3pm.

Opinion: Why Govt’s latest plan for schools might fail history test
OPINION: A recent experience with standardised testing didn’t achieve what was promised.

Maadi Regatta power rankings: Who will claim school rowing’s biggest prize?
The Maadi Cup is the pinnacle of secondary school rowing and an icon of NZ college sport.