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Kōrero: Child and youth health

Funeral of James Webster, 2010

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Funeral of James Webster, 2010

King's College student James Webster (16) died from alcohol poisoning in 2010 after drinking an excessive amount of vodka. The tragedy highlighted what some commentators described as New Zealand's binge-drinking culture. This is the funeral cortege leaving King's College.

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New Zealand Herald

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by Dean Purcell

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Kerryn Pollock, Child and youth health – Youth health issues, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/30330/funeral-of-james-webster-2010 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Kerryn Pollock, i tāngia i te 2 May 2011.