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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.

Trust moves in well before students get out of control

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.

Stricter rules for food advertisements for children

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.

Children in prostitution sweep were under Cyf care

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.

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.

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.

Teens caught using fake IDs

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.

Brazen burglars quick to reap rewards

School dropout levels fall over past 10 years

Truancy services' focus may shift

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