From the Bay of Plenty Times by Carly Undy: “An alleged beating at a Bay school is a reflection of a rising trend in violence among young females, experts say. A Western Bay parent is challenging Katikati College’s zero-tolerance stance on bullying, claiming her daughter was beaten up at school by other girls and the…
We were so sorry to hear about the death yesterday of a 10 year old boy who died in a firearm incident in Dargaville and believed it to have been a tragic case of misadventure because the death was not going to be treated as suspicious. Our thoughts were with the boy’s family for their…
In March of this year a Taumata Whanonga – ‘Behaviour Summit’ was held at Te Papa in Wellington to discuss student behaviour in schools. The conference needed to focus on bullying and intolerance because a major international report released in December last year ranked New Zealand second worst (to Tunisia) among 35 countries for bullying…
By JO McKENZIE-McLEAN – The Press, 3 September 2009 “An attack on a Thai girl, who was beaten up by fellow pupils on a bus, is part of everyday “race hate” in Christchurch, a homestay parent says. Paul Stratford said the Avonside Girls’ High School pupil arrived at his house distressed and covered in blood…
The New Zealand Herald is this morning reporting another violent invasion of a school – Bishop Viard School in Porirua. It’s too early to say whether this is a copycat of Tuesday’s invasion of Lynfield College, or whether it’s a manifestation of the rising violence in New Zealand’s schools. It comes just weeks after a…
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