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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.
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.
'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.
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".
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.