Yesterday we talked about knife incidents at Fairfield College and about violence in New Zealand’s school, saying that a breakdown in breakdown in family life and support at home for young people, generations of parents with no parenting skills to pass on, poverty, widespread drug and alcohol abuse, a culture of brutality and mental health…
A security guard at the school and her husband have confirmed to the press that racial taunting and bullying may have been factors that led to a girl bringing a knife into school and threatening people. The security guard had taken time off work following the incident and was said to be distraught because the…
The family of a 13 year old youth, who stabbed his teacher multiple times with a kitchen knife on 10 May, say that the boy had suffered in a school that had a “culture of bullying” – Te Puke High School. This comes as no surprise since most of us know that “Kiwis are worst…
Over a quarter of New Zealanders have been bullied at work according to the results of a new study Understanding Stress and Bullying in New Zealand Workplaces. The report says that New Zealand has one of the world’s worst records for workplace bullying and stress, something that may come as an unpleasant surprise to people…
Continuing in our series of Migrant Stories: first hand accounts of migrant life in New Zealand, taken from locations around the net. To read all of our migrant tales click here – migrant tales Today’s tale arrived via a message left on our mirror site. This is Steve’s story, where he tells of a widespread…
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