2 of my children have been victims of verbal, physical and emotional bullying in school, in the community also one of them whilst on a training course.
Bullying is reported everyday, when its reported to the so called responsible adults they say "Dont worry its sorted", then it continues so it gets reported a second time and a third time, In the end the victim gets sick of it and retaliates with harsh consequences, both my children retaliated, they've both been expelled from school and the training course.
NZ needs to take a hard look at Bullying, cos it does happen, and some Bullies do become Victims, because all humans have instincts, if their lives feel threatened their instincts tell them to protect it.
My son is now on correspondence as the other schools in our area think he is a threat to other students.