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Exam work feared lost in suspicious school blaze
Staff at Kerikeri High School fear students' mid-year exams and assignments may have been lost in a suspicious fire.

King's party axed after failure to secure bar
Plans have been scrapped for a King's College after-ball where parents were going to buy their children alcohol.

Knife pulled in school altercation
Quick-thinking staff are being praised after a knife was pulled during an altercation at a Hamilton school this morning.

Budget 2010: $1bn of education funding reprioritised
The education sector has had to come up with more than half of the $1.9 billion to fund new education initiatives over the next four years.

Heartfelt words of King's parents
The parents of a King's College student who died in his sleep in February have left a heartfelt message to the mother of another boy who died this week.

King's College reels after third death
Students from top Auckland school King's College are in a "state of disbelief" after the death of a third student since February.

Parents organise girls' after-ball alcohol
Parents of students at a top Catholic girls' school are organising an after-ball party with alcohol - despite police warnings.

Inspectors to tail teenagers' party buses
Manukau's liquor licensing agency is drawing up a list of school ball dates, and will send inspectors to follow buses to after-ball parties.

School praised for speedy response to knife threat
Police are praising Hamilton Girls' High School's emergency procedures after a girl threatened other students with a knife late this morning.

School 'coping well' after stabbing - principal
The students of Te Puke High School are receiving ongoing support after one of their peers stabbed a maths teacher during class yesterday.

'School is supposed to be a safe sanctuary'
Principals say teachers need the power to search students as schools become increasingly violent.

Classroom horror: 'Blood was everywhere'
As blood dripped from stab wounds inflicted by one of his students, maths teacher Steve Hose yelled at the rest of his class to get out.

'He just came over and stabbed him in the back four times' - witness
A witness to the stabbing of a teacher in a BOP classroom has told how the attack unfolded. The 53-year-old victim is now resting at home.

Post mortem fails to shed light on Kings schoolboy's death
A post mortem into the death of a schoolboy who died in his sleep after a large drinking session fails to confirm how he died.

Schoolboy could have been drinking vodka, family says
The family of Kings College student James Webster believe he died after drinking a bottle of vodka.

Schoolboy dies after party drinks
A King's College boarder died in his sleep at the weekend after drinking at a friend's birthday party - the second tragedy to hit the prestigious school in four months.