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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.

'Who needs drink to have fun?'

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.

Absenteeism often cry for help

Safety call after 10-year-old shot in hand while hunting

TV review: <i>Skins</i>

The return of gritty youthquake series <i>Skins</i> is good news, finds Deborah Hill Cone.

Transient students struggle to catch up

Turnover rates at some schools are sitting at around 56 per cent - more than half of the children who start the year don't finish there.

Message sinking in: switching schools bad for kids

King's student in critical condition

A pupil from King's College in Auckland has been admitted to hospital, where he remains in a critical condition.

Police get tough on after-ball parties

'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.

Police bust boozy school after-ball party

A high school after-ball party with a van-load of alcohol was busted by police and liquor licensing inspectors in an early morning raid today.

<i>Deborah Coddington</i>: Heads in the sand while our kids are on the booze

Liquor licence question hangs over private party

Biker dies in heavy fog

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.

Tell the lies... then get trashed

Today's teens are telling the same fibs their parents told to cover their boozing, but are drinking high-potency "lolly" drinks with the sole aim of getting "trashed".

<i>Unsung Heroes:</i> 'Straight talker' leads by example