Silent Death Toll In World’s Eighth Happiest Country

New Zealand was recently judged to be the world’s eight happiest country according to Gallap Poll Data that appeared in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. That report highlights just another startling disconnect within New Zealand, which often happens when perceptions don’t marry with hard facts. We wonder to what degree that is caused…

New Zealand Scores Second Worse in World for Bullying in Schools

Source Stuff.co.nz December 2008 NZ Schools Lead World in bullying “Three-quarters of primary school children have been bullied in the past month, ranking New Zealand 34th of 35 countries in a major international study. More evidence of an endemic bullying culture comes as teachers call for law changes to single out the most troublesome students…