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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.

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.

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.

Expulsion seen as tool of last resort

Today's youth a 'powderkeg'

Aorere strives to improve record

Second chance works well for student

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.

Police get tough on after-ball parties

Police foil $5.4m share plot

'You can leave drunk, you just can't arrive drunk'

A party consultant is telling high school students how they can get away with taking booze to after-ball parties.

France loses taste for giant cocktail parties

Public concern over "apero geants", or giant open-air drinks parties, is growing after the horrific death of a student in France.

Teens in Third World schooling

Our neediest teenagers are often being educated in "Third World" conditions without trained teachers, textbooks or standard school services.

A far better alternative to dropping out

When the mainstream model doesn't fit

College pays tribute to lost student

Hundreds of students gathered to farewell their 16-year-old mate "Webby", who died after binge-drinking vodka at the weekend.