The person said to have bought the alcohol that James Webster drank until he died will appear at an inquest into his death today -- as will the teenager's parents.
James Webster, 16, a student at King's College in the Auckland suburb of Otahuhu, was found dead in a bed at a friend's house after he had been taken home from a birthday party, drunk, vomiting and semi-conscious on May 8.
Sergeant Paul Black has told the hearing James had 391 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood and had died from alcohol poisoning.
For people under 20 the legal driving limit is 30 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood. For those over 20 the limit is 80 milligrams per 100 millilitres of blood.
Yesterday, Oscar John-Henry Robinson, who was 15 at the time and in the same boarding house as James, said the two went to the party together.
James told him he planned on getting drunk that night so asked Oscar if he could help to get him some alcohol.
Oscar put James in touch with an older person he knew, whose name has been suppressed until at least the end of the inquest but who will appear today.
James asked the person to get him a bottle of Smirnoff vodka and a bottle of Jagermeister, which Oscar delivered to him the day before the party.
Oscar said he was surprised James wanted so much alcohol. Usually, guys just had beers when they went to parties, he said.
"He said his alcohol supplies were low and he wanted it for other parties, too."
Auckland Mayor John Banks also gave a statement to the inquest after the evidence of his son, Alexander, who had been drinking with James the night before he died.
Giving a statement to the court "as a father", Mr Banks said such as tragedy could strike any family at any time.
"Mr Webster could just as easily be me giving this evidence now and my son could have been the deceased.
"I'm deeply saddened and bewildered from what I have heard today in this court.
"As a father, I have done my best to teach my two sons what is right and what is wrong.
"My mother slowly killed herself finally on a combination of methylated spirits and sherry that she would drink all day, every day.
"I say to fathers that we have to be very, very vigilant with our sons.
"We love our boy and we've done our best and I accept responsibility for his actions -- that's what a father should do."
Alexander, 16, had told the inquest he had brought a bottle of Jagermeister, purchased by his older brother, to the party where James consumed enough alcohol to kill him.
At odds with evidence given by other witnesses, Alexander said teenagers had been drinking openly at the party at the Grey Lynn Returned Services Club, and parents had done nothing to stop them.
He had called James over to his table to have some shots of his Jagermeister, and James produced his own vodka bottle for the two to drink.
After about 10 minutes James was "all over the place" -- it was apparent he had been drinking beforehand, he said.
Alexander gave James a bottle of water to drink, but immediately after finishing this he skulled the remains of a bottle of vodka "like it was nothing".
"It was gone in seconds," he said.
Asked whether he had encouraged James to drink, he said that he had, but only for fun.
The inquest is due to conclude today.
