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Students treated at after-ball after downing energy drinks
Students at the St Kentigern College after-ball party were treated by paramedics after becoming ill from drinking large quantities of Red Bull.
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Top brains only - varsities cut class sizes
Places at many popular universities will be restricted next year to students who gain top marks at high school.
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Last weekend for Dunedin pub Gardies
Dunedin student pub The Garden Tavern, known as Gardies, will close its doors for the final time this weekend after being sold to Otago University this year.
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'Happy slapping' craze caused pensioner's death
Members of a UK 'Happy Slapping' gang have admitted killing a retired care worker in front of his young granddaughter.
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Is this the start of a backlash against circumcision?
The Royal Dutch Medical Association has adopted the view that the circumcision of underage boys violates their human rights.
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<i>Rebecca Barry:</i> Overachieving kids testing edge of reason
Climbing Everest one minute, circumnavigating the globe the next. It's enough to make any adult feel inadequate.
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Teen sailor to attempt second round-the-world bid
The parents of US sailor Abby Sunderland have defended the 16-year-old's doomed circumnavigation attempt.
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BoP girls report high rates of chlamydia
Bay of Plenty girls aged 15 to 19 are suffering from some of the highest rates of chlamydia in the country.
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Teen threatens officer with nailgun
A teenager on home detention chased a police officer with a nailgun in the Otago town of Cromwell early this morning, before crashing during a police pursuit.
![Girls of 12 working in 'young red light area', say police](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Girls of 12 working in 'young red light area', say police
Police are worried by a rise in underage prostitution in downtown Auckland, where girls as young as 12 are selling themselves for sex.
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Rise in underage prostitutes working Auckland streets
Police say increasing numbers of girls as young as 12 are working as prostitutes in Auckland's city centre.
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Searchers make contact with teen sailor
A family spokesman says searchers have contacted a 16-year-old Southern California girl who was feared lost at sea and she is alive and well.
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Rugby bosses tackle parents
Auckland rugby bosses have compiled Ten Commandments for schoolboy rugby matches in a bid to stop unruly parents and others from sideline rants.