Friends of Burnley teenager Jane Young, who has died in New Zealand, said she had been a 'brilliant friend' who was full of life.

Jane had attended Wellfield C of E Primary School, Ightenhill, and spent a year at Ivy Bank High School before moving to New Zealand with her mother Lorraine, and brothers Christopher, Alastair and George.

Tiffany Thomas, a classmate at Wellfield, said: "She was full of life, really happy, and dedicated to her friends and her schoolwork.

"It was her idea to set up a school newspaper and we worked together on it.

"She was a brilliant girl and I can't believe she's gone.

"I'm just trying to get in touch with as many of her old friends in Burnley as possible now, so that we can all remember her together.

"We all missed her a lot when she moved."

"The family had gone to New Zealand for a better life, and they were all doing so well."

Principal of Jane's school in New Zealand Vince Dobbs said she was an "incredible" young woman.

He said: "I suppose you'd call her the brightest and the best.

"She was most enthusiastic, positive, always able to get the best out of a situation, and never let an opportunity go past."

In her profile on the website bebo.com, Jane described herself as a party animal whose motto was "live for the moments you can't put into words".

Friends in New Zealand have set up a memorial page to her.

One, Laura Huntley, said: "You don't deserve to be where you are and I'll always, ALWAYS remember your smile and your laugh and everything about you. Much Love."

Another added: "Forever Jane Young who "lived fast and died young" - she will stay burned in my memory forever."

Friends including some of those who were at the party will hold a silence in the centre of Christchurch on Saturday.