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How rugby-focused schools have dropped the ball on academic endeavour

One school has won five national First XV titles and one world crown.

Inside New Zealand's most successful schoolboy rugby academies

Hugh McGahan personally vets Westlake Boys' academy hopefuls for character.

Andrew Rogers: NCEA overhaul must confront deeper problems in education

OPINION: The review aims to stop schools 'gaming' the system by shifting to percentages.

Teachers day off: Improving working conditions will improve learning conditions, union says

PPTA President Chris Abercrombie is with us to take us through what needs to change in our education sector.

Inside the state school dominating New Zealand college sport

More than 500 out-of-zone students missed out in the North Shore school's latest ballot.

Teachers to strike this week as pay talks with Govt stall

Secondary and area school teachers will refuse to teach certain year groups this week.

Power rankings: New Zealand’s top sporting schools of 2025 revealed

Which school can claim to be the country’s biggest sporting powerhouse?

Mega-school split: Mount Albert Grammar proposes dividing into two

It may be a blueprint for other big schools battling to cope with rising student numbers.

‘It’s been pretty crazy’: Teen band’s whirlwind year of gigs and glory

The Kerikeri High School band formed only last summer before hitting big stages.