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Supervision could have saved teen - report
Members of a school 1st XV with a booze "culture" were left to drink unsupervised for three hours in London on the night a teen sleepwalked to his death.
<i>Grant Christie:</i> Hard decisions needed about youth drinking
Grant Christie asks whether alcohol reform is a matter of conscience or science.
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.
Rich-lister fights for King's after-ball
Parents of King's College students have devised a plan to allow alcohol at their children's after-ball party - but the school says it is keeping right out of the matter.
Fight for keys, then fatal crash - police
A man has been formally charged after allegedly fighting his partner for car keys on a night of drinking before driving and killing a solo mother.
Troubled actress Castle-Hughes dumps the booze
Oscar-nominated actress Keisha Castle-Hughes has been praised for her decision to kick her drinking habit.
Parents get into the party spirit
Parents of a student at Rangitoto College, which cancelled its school balls this year because of a boozy party after last year's, are organising two private balls.
Confiscated alcohol still missing, say students
The student organisers of an after-ball where police raided a van-load of alcohol say they do not know what happened to the booze.
15 after-balls axe liquor plans as the heat goes on
After-ball committees from 15 schools in Auckland have cancelled plans to hold functions in which parents provide alcohol to teenagers.
Events firm denies supplying liquor to after-ball parties
An events firm embroiled in police crackdowns on after-balls says it doesn't supply alcohol to minors - it just works with parents committees.
Survey: NZers favour blood-alcohol reduction
NZers favour reducing the amount drivers can legally drink before getting behind the wheel, with 70 per cent supporting a limit of 50mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood, a survey finds.
Police after-ball crackdown mocked online
Thousands of young people have gone online to mock and protest the police's crackdown on high school after-ball parties.
Party's over for school after-balls
At least four after-ball parties have been axed as organisers run for cover after a police crackdown and concerns over teen drunkenness.
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.