More students can now recognise safe and healthy relationships, with Wanganui High School participating in the Loves-Me-Not programme this week.
More than 500 senior students joined in the programme on Tuesday and Wednesday, with the school hiring the YMCA to accommodate everyone.
Aimed at Year 12 students, the day-long programme is run by a teacher, a police officer and a representative of a family violence prevention organisation.
The programme, set up by the Sophie Elliot Foundation, teaches teenagers about what makes a healthy relationship in order to help them identify signs of a abusive or controlling one.
Wanganui High School deputy principal Nola Todd said the school was keen to offer the programme after being approached by police, and also wanted to offer it to its Year 13 students.