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.

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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.

A pupil from King's College in Auckland has been admitted to hospital, where he remains in a critical condition.

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.

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

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.