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First XV wrap: Scoreboard drama as Sacred Heart clinch last-gasp victory

Palmerston North edged Hamilton 21-19, their first win since 2011.

'Hand-up': Boarding fee boost eases isolation for rural students

Secondary students from remote areas can receive up to $6300 from the Government.

Hastings Boys' High score 35 unanswered points to come back to beat arch-rivals

Napier Boys' High School were up 17-0 after 15 minutes.

Thousands of school meals uneaten in Northland every week

Nationally, 34,878 surplus meals went uneaten for the week of March 28.

‘The lost boys’: How to stop our young men falling behind at school

A collaboration of boys' schools aims to improve outcomes for young men.

Paved paradise? Top Auckland school builds staff car park on $150m gifted farmland

The ASB MAGS Farm is protected by a covenant requiring it be used to teach farming.

On The Up: 'A hard thing to pull off' – the argument that made three teens national champs

Hawke's Bay won the secondary school debating champs for the first time in 37 years.

Literacy service axed in Budget 2025, leaving 109 specialists jobless

Educators describe the decision as “unjustifiable,” fearing negative impacts on students with complex literacy challenges. Video / Rafaella Melo

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.

Opinion: 'Fund hope, not hype' – what secondary teachers need from Budget

OPINION: Erica Stanford announced $53m for teacher registration fees for three years.

Cecilia Robinson: 'Why didn't we learn this at school?'

OPINION: The Government is embedding financial education from Year 1 in the curriculum.

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.