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.

Family and friends have farewelled a 16-year-old Auckland student who died after drinking a bottle of vodka last weekend.

The parents of a King's College boarder who died after binge-drinking vodka want people to learn from the tragedy and don't blame anybody.

Police have told schools to let parents know that no excuses will be accepted if people are caught supplying alcohol to under-18s at after-ball parties.

ALAC recommends that parents hold off on serving alcohol to young people for as long as they can.

A dreadful feeling came over Penny Webster when she saw the police car pull up outside her Thames home.

A bus passenger was taken to hospital after she was hit in the head by an object thrown through the bus window.

A takeaway shop owner was stabbed at least eight times for just $200 by four youths who arrived and fled on bicycles.

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

"Where is the zapper?" is as constant a question in our house as "where are your shoes?"

The King's College mother who has challenged the Govt to act on alcohol issues says it is wrong to isolate the problem on the purchase age.

Charles and Penny Webster, parents of King's College student James Webster, said they wanted people to learn from their son's death.

The students of Te Puke High School are receiving ongoing support after one of their peers stabbed a maths teacher during class yesterday.

The number of young people aged 20 to 24 with no income almost trebled between 1996 and 2006, according to new figures.

Principals say teachers need the power to search students as schools become increasingly violent.

What a doctor and mother of a King's College student wrote to fellow school parent John Key after the death of 16-year-old James Webster.

A tally of the harm alcohol causes to young people in New Zealand, as detailed in last month's Law Commission's report.

As blood dripped from stab wounds inflicted by one of his students, maths teacher Steve Hose yelled at the rest of his class to get out.

A doctor and King's College mother has written to fellow school parent John Key to demand action over NZ's youth drinking culture.

It was a typical teenage white lie - he was going to study with a friend.

A post mortem into the death of a schoolboy who died in his sleep after a large drinking session fails to confirm how he died.