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Parents 'organised fights' to settle playground rows
Police are investigating claims parents have organised after-school fights between Northland teenagers to settle playground disputes.

Big OE back on the menu
If London and other traditional destinations for the OE-brigade are back in business, corporates here could be hit with huge attrition rates.

'He lost control' - mum defends fatal crash teen
Ash Austin, 17, was driving a car that left the road and fatally struck Nayan Woods, 4, on Friday evening.

College tragedy: Mum warns of mobile phone danger
King's College boarder Michael Treffers died a day after suffering severe head injuries when he fell from the Market Rd overbridge.

Parents get into the party spirit
Parents of a student at Rangitoto College, which cancelled its school balls this year because of a boozy party after last year's, are organising two private balls.

Confiscated alcohol still missing, say students
The student organisers of an after-ball where police raided a van-load of alcohol say they do not know what happened to the booze.

Mother holding baby stops softball-bat attack
A woman holding a 7-week-old baby rushed to the defence of a senior citizen who was being beaten by a man armed with a softball bat.

Budget 2010: Early childhood educators 'devastated'
The Govt's decision to remove recognition for fully qualified centres 'dumbs down' the sector, early childhood educators say.