
School's student exclusion quashed
The high school that excluded an child with Asperger's Syndrome after a dispute with a teacher over a skateboard says it is disappointed a judge has quashed its decision.
The high school that excluded an child with Asperger's Syndrome after a dispute with a teacher over a skateboard says it is disappointed a judge has quashed its decision.
Injured Vodafone Warriors players swapped rugby league for acting yesterday as they delivered an anti-bullying message.
It will give citizens the ability to challenge bullying in its modern form, empowering people to change the way they treat themselves and each other, writes Mai Chen.
We are developing a world of halfwits, writes Bob Jones. Much worse than cellphones is computer addiction, which is turning many into zombies, living a lonely existence of marriage to a cyberspace world.
The high school several Roast Busters members attended is checking its website.
A 15-year-old girl who says she was a victim of the Roast Busters group made a complaint to police two years ago, contradicting the official line that they could not prosecute members of the gang because no one had complained.
Radio hosts Willie Jackson and John Tamihere have been accused of "victim-blaming'' over their questioning of a young woman who is friends with a Roast Busters group victim.
Another vigilante group has sprung up on Facebook promising $4000 for footage of "Roast Busters" members "getting hidings."
Hamilton City Council insists it doesn't have a bullying problem - but former staff say that appears to be the case only because the problem is easy to hide.
Social networker to beef up measures to prevent harassment after five teens die following cyber bullying.
Bullying at a Waikato council is rife and an inquiry is needed to address the systemic and "toxic" problem which has resulted in 120 suspected cases, claims one councillor.
Kiwi mothers are pushing for the closure of the 'cruel' website linked to cyber bullying in NZ and four teenage suicides in Britain.
In a landmark court decision, a blogger has been ordered to remove dozens of posts and comments from her website and issued with a restraining order against a lawyer she harassed on-line.
The girlfriend of an Auckland schoolboy fatally injured in an attack after rugby practice has been subjected to vicious online bullying.
I became aware of the social networking site ask.fm in April when a mother of a girl in my daughter’s class copied me in on a letter she’d sent to the school principal.
New Zealand police have contacted the owners of a controversial social networking website which enables bullying and has been linked to overseas suicides.
Australian police are still waiting to speak to the teenager injured in an backyard explosion west of Brisbane amid claims he was deliberately targeted.
The family of a teen who took her own life two weeks after her best friend committed suicide want schools to implement an anti-bullying and suicide education programme.
A mother is warning of the dangers of bullying after her son, 11, tried to strangle himself with a skipping rope to end years of torment over a disfiguring affliction.
Workplace bullying affects a quarter of Australian medical professionals and similar "insidious" levels are likely to be occurring in New Zealand, says a researcher.
Inciting someone to commit suicide will be punishable with up to three years in jail under tough new cyber-bullying laws to be unveiled today.
The head of secondary school principals has criticised the Government for not doing enough to help schools combat the growing problem of bullying.
Embarrassing photos from work events and online gossip posted on the internet are contributing to a hike in workplace cyber-bullying, a new survey has found.
The son of a former Split Enz member is cementing his reputation as Australia's worst internet troll, and his antics may be putting his father's career in jeopardy.
The son of the former drummer for Split Enz wanted in Australia for alleged cyber bullying has been defended by his dad - who says his sense of humour is misunderstood.