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15 after-balls axe liquor plans as the heat goes on
After-ball committees from 15 schools in Auckland have cancelled plans to hold functions in which parents provide alcohol to teenagers.
Events firm denies supplying liquor to after-ball parties
An events firm embroiled in police crackdowns on after-balls says it doesn't supply alcohol to minors - it just works with parents committees.
Police after-ball crackdown mocked online
Thousands of young people have gone online to mock and protest the police's crackdown on high school after-ball parties.
Heartfelt words of King's parents
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.
Party's over for school after-balls
At least four after-ball parties have been axed as organisers run for cover after a police crackdown and concerns over teen drunkenness.
Chief scientist warns of youth 'powder keg'
The Government's chief science adviser has warned of a "new biological reality" behind recent youth tragedies.
King's College reels after third death
Students from top Auckland school King's College are in a "state of disbelief" after the death of a third student since February.
Transient students struggle to catch up
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.
TV review: <i>Skins</i>
The return of gritty youthquake series Skins is good news, finds Deborah Hill Cone.
Parents organise girls' after-ball alcohol
Parents of students at a top Catholic girls' school are organising an after-ball party with alcohol - despite police warnings.
King's student in critical condition
A pupil from King's College in Auckland has been admitted to hospital, where he remains in a critical condition.
Inspectors to tail teenagers' party buses
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.