Highresyouth - Articles - NZ news http://www.highresyouth.com/articles/nz_news Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:50:01 +1200 Frondiz FeedCreator 1.7.2 Fire at Kaipara College http://www.highresyouth.com/articles/nz_news/fire_at_kaipara_college Northern Fire Communications shift manager Scott Osmond said the fire started at about 12.30am (8th December) in an administration and classroom building.]]> Robert Kern Fri, 08 Dec 2006 07:56:05 +1200 http://www.highresyouth.com/articles/nz_news/fire_at_kaipara_college 'Krumping' dance troupe aims to defuse South Auckland youth gang violence http://www.highresyouth.com/articles/nz_news/krumping_dance_troupe_aims_to_defuse_south_auckland_youth_gang_violence "Don't worry, parents, they're not having a fit," said MC Lua Maynard at a rally against domestic violence in Manukau yesterday.  He was introducing South Auckland's answer to youth gangs - a new dance craze called "krumping" in which groups of dancers take turns to have what look like convulsions, often ending in a dramatic fall to the ground.
Kingdom Warfare, a group of about 25 teenagers from a mixture of schools, showed how krumping "channels the anger" away from violence.
"We just started with three guys and then we started recruiting our families and friends," said one of the founders, Tommy Misa, 16, from Onehunga.
The dance form stands for Kingdom Radically Uprising Mighty Praise and originated in Los Angeles as a Christian spinoff from hip-hop.
Kingdom Warfare members come from several different churches.]]> Robert Kern Fri, 03 Nov 2006 06:01:21 +1200 http://www.highresyouth.com/articles/nz_news/krumping_dance_troupe_aims_to_defuse_south_auckland_youth_gang_violence Drink-drive message may be getting through http://www.highresyouth.com/articles/nz_news/drinkdrive_message_may_be_getting_through A blitz on drink driving in the west Auckland area this weekend has netted a slightly lower number of intoxicated drivers than in the past.]]> Robert Kern Sun, 15 Oct 2006 20:51:34 +1200 http://www.highresyouth.com/articles/nz_news/drinkdrive_message_may_be_getting_through Motorists drive past dying six-year-old child in car http://www.highresyouth.com/articles/nz_news/motorists_drive_past_dying_sixyearold_child_in_car Motorists drove past a dying six-year-old child and a critically-injured woman after their car slammed into a tree just south of Kaitaia yesterday.]]> Robert Kern Sun, 15 Oct 2006 20:50:23 +1200 http://www.highresyouth.com/articles/nz_news/motorists_drive_past_dying_sixyearold_child_in_car