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Help for those who fall through cracks

Trust moves in well before students get out of control

Nurse deregistered for relationship with girl

Underage sex trade uncovered

Children in prostitution sweep were under Cyf care

Today's youth a 'powderkeg'

Chief scientist warns of youth 'powder keg'

The Government's chief science adviser has warned of a "new biological reality" behind recent youth tragedies.

Half population want end to tobacco sales - survey

'Who needs drink to have fun?'

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.

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

'We treat our babies like dogs'

Social Development Minister Paula Bennett says children are being treated like dogs, as figures show serious cases of abuse against babies have leapt by two-thirds in just two years.

Liquor licence question hangs over private party

Africa's fermenting problem

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.

Teens in Third World schooling

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

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".