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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.

'Who needs drink to have fun?'

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.

Absenteeism often cry for help

Safety call after 10-year-old shot in hand while hunting

TV review: <i>Skins</i>

The return of gritty youthquake series <i>Skins</i> 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.

Message sinking in: switching schools bad for kids

<i>Kerre Woodham</i>: Kids will be kids, even around grog

Liquor licence question hangs over private party

Biker dies in heavy fog

<i>Deborah Coddington</i>: Heads in the sand while our kids are on the booze

Police bust boozy school after-ball party

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.

'You can leave drunk, you just can't arrive drunk'

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

France loses taste for giant cocktail parties

Public concern over "apero geants", or giant open-air drinks parties, is growing after the horrific death of a student in France.

<i>John Roughan:</i> Death will change habits