NZ’s Human Rights Record Stained by Child Poverty, Lack of Investment in its Young: Amnesty International; UNICEF and OECD

Amnesty International Report 2013 270,000 children, yes 270,000, children are now living in poverty in New Zealand, a country infamous for its low wage culture. New Zealand’s high level of child poverty, violence against women and a proposed law affecting asylum seekers came under fire in Amnesty International’s Annual Report on the state of…

“Schools Don’t Need To Be Bullied Into Action”

Says Ian Leckie, national president of the union the NZ Educational Institute. Before taking up his post with the union Mr Leckie was principal of Tahatai Coast School in the Bay of Plenty. Bullying, both within New Zealand’s educational sector and the wider community, has been the focus of much media attention recently. In a…