Cashmere High students Maddi McIvor and Montana Woods both have a great relationship with their dads - but they know it’s not like that for every teenage daughter.
Two school classrooms were extensively contaminated with the most dangerous type of asbestos after the wall linings were taken off without any testing.
They soldiered on near Anzac Drive’s equivalent of the trenches – teenagers respecting the legacy of Sergeant Jack Hinton VC, a name which now resonates with these students of history.
Principals are warning the $107 million a year they get to maintain school buildings is not enough and flash new classrooms are making the problem worse.
Police are investigating reports, including one involving a Christchurch student, that alcohol companies are giving away free drinks to university students in exchange for social media promotion.