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<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

'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.

Bring the cane back in schools

Half of New Zealanders support the reintroduction of corporal punishment in schools, according to a national survey of 1000 people.

<i>John Roughan:</i> Death will change habits

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".

James' parents: We don't blame anybody

The parents of a King's College boarder who died after binge-drinking vodka want people to learn from the tragedy and don't blame anybody.

Police warn parents over ball parties

Police have told schools to let parents know that no excuses will be accepted if people are caught supplying alcohol to under-18s at after-ball parties.

Comic puts drink-drivers in the picture

Chinese teen celebrates birthday with his newfound family

Online debate rages over teen vodka death

<b>nzherald.co.nz readers</b> slam NZ's drinking culture during a heated debate on youth drinking, after the death of schoolboy James Webster.

Alcohol watchdog's advice to parents

ALAC recommends that parents hold off on serving alcohol to young people for as long as they can.

Classroom stabbing blamed on bullying

A boy who stabbed his teacher four times with a knife had been bullied by other pupils, his family say.

Robbers stab shop owner eight times for $200

A takeaway shop owner was stabbed at least eight times for just $200 by four youths who arrived and fled on bicycles.