Two More Teachers Assaulted In Tauranga

Two more teachers have been assaulted in Tauranga since the stabbing of Steve Hose at Te Puke High School on Monday. (see Bullying to blame for teacher stabbing and related posts) Sunlive is reporting that two teachers at Tauranga Girl’s College were assaulted by a female pupil within a 24 hour period. The first assault was…

4 Year Old Attacked For Wearing Red Shirt

Many people say they want to live in New Zealand because ‘it’s such a great place to raise kids‘, or ‘that kids can be kids for longer there‘.  Of course the reality is very different, see previous post. Well, if despite that, you are still planning on making the move into this “culture of brutality”…

NZ Teachers Need More Power To Protect Themselves

Following yesterday’s stabbing of  Steve Hose, a 53 year old maths teacher at Te Puke High School, the Secondary Principals Association says that teachers need to have more power to protect themselves against violence in New Zealand’s classrooms. It’s a far, far cry from the safe, low-crime image that the country tries to portray abroad.…

Racist Attack On Elderly Indian Man In Hastings

A racist mob yelling “curries” is alleged to have attacked a quiet dinner party of co-workers in Hastings on Saturday night. Diane Joyce in the Dominion Post writes: “Seven men, all employees of dairy and restaurant owner Rakesh Kumar, were having dinner at an Oliphant Rd house when they were startled by banging on the…