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

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

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

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".

Auckland City Council increasing its focus on enforcing a by-law which makes begging illegal.

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

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

The King's College mother who has challenged the Govt to act on alcohol issues says it is wrong to isolate the problem on the purchase age.

A large North Island iwi has adopted a bold strategy that will lead to a ban on bringing tobacco to events it controls.

What's in a name? Shelley Bridgeman discovers that society can be slow on the uptake when it comes to the patronymic.

A new study has found that alcohol is to blame for most suicide attempts involving overdosing.

Almost all of Auckland's licensed karaoke bars breach liquor laws in their first year.

Alcohol experts are warning parents to keep their children away from cheap, sweetly flavoured drinks laced with enough alcohol to kill them.

Economists are surprised at the massive drop in unemployment stats released today, with the rate dropping from 7.1pc to 6pc in the March quarter.

Whether it's a backlash against the feminist movement of the 1970s or a natural progression into making the most of choices, statistics show that an increasing amount of women - and men - would choose home over full-time work.

Young children should not watch any TV because it sets them up for obesity and poor academic performance at school, say experts.