Poll: Have you ever been bullied?

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

People associate bullying with children in schools, but it can actually stretch beyond childhood to workplaces or neighbourhoods.

This Friday is Pink Shirt Day, which began in Canada in 2007 when two students took a stand against homophobic bullying after a new student was harassed for wearing pink. People across the globe are now encouraged to wear pink on this day to take a stand against bullying and promote inclusivity.

Have you or your whānau ever experienced bullying? Share your thoughts on Pink Shirt Day below.

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Have you ever been bullied?

• Yes
• No
• Other - I'll share below

Vote View Results

• 81% Yes
  81% Complete
• 19% No
  19% Complete
• 0% Other - I'll share below
  0% Complete

137 votes

A limited statutory manager is working with the Mangakōtukutuku College board

The Team Reporter from Hamilton Press

Parents can expect to see changes at Mangakōtukutuku College as a government-appointed helper gets to work.

That’s the message from limited statutory manager Dr Shane Edwards, who has taken over several responsibilities of the Hamilton school’s board.

According to one parent, communication had already improved since a list of behavioural issues, including a lunchtime brawl, put the newly merged school under the spotlight.

Wondering what temperatures will be like this week?

Libby Totton Reporter from Waikato Times

Waikato’s spate of brutally cold nights is over for the next week at least, according to MetService forecasters.

With a large anticyclone shifting off the North Island and heading into the Pacific Ocean, cloud and some rain will return to the region towards the middle of the week.