An events firm embroiled in police crackdowns on after-balls says it doesn't supply alcohol to minors - it just works with parents committees.

Thousands of young people have gone online to mock and protest the police's crackdown on high school after-ball parties.

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.

At least four after-ball parties have been axed as organisers run for cover after a police crackdown and concerns over teen drunkenness.

Students from top Auckland school King's College are in a "state of disbelief" after the death of a third student since February.

Turnover rates at some schools are sitting at around 56 per cent - more than half of the children who start the year don't finish there.

Parents of students at a top Catholic girls' school are organising an after-ball party with alcohol - despite police warnings.

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.

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

Hundreds of students gathered to farewell their 16-year-old mate "Webby", who died after binge-drinking vodka at the weekend.

Students at an East Auckland college are planning an after-ball party at a secret location this weekend, despite their principal's disapproval.

A small stencil used by Sir Edmund Hillary to mark crates for one of his expeditions is likely to go on show in the Hillary family home.

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