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This page last updated 28 September 2006
2004-1208 - NZ Herald - Tragedy
of the teaching profession
Editorial - Few items
of news have been sadder than the plight of Kapiti Coast schoolteacher Mike
Neville after his acquittal last week on four charges of indecent assault of
pupils..... the jury’s verdict speaks for itself. Mr Neville has been through
an 18-month ordeal of allegations, police investigation, prosecution and the
long wait for the hearing that has cleared him......... His case illustrates the tragedy of a profession that desperately
needs more men yet has to treat them with suspicion
2004-1207 - NZ Herald - 'Safe
practice' casts teachers as abusers
by Alison Jones - The acquittal of Michael Neville, the schoolteacher
accused of abusing his pupils, was welcomed cautiously by the primary
teachers' union, the New Zealand Educational Institute. Its national
secretary, Lynne Bruce, said not that the case marked a victory but that it
highlighted an "occupational hazard" for (particularly male)
primary teachers. That is disturbing enough. But what's more alarming is that the policies and practices intended
to guard against this risk unintentionally maintain the idea of the teacher
as a sexual abuser.
2004-1026 - Dominion Post -
More teachers behaving badly
by Leanne Bell - More than 50 teachers have been investigated for
inappropriate behaviour this year, including indecent assault, having sex
with students, violence, abuse and fraud. The Teachers Council has made
disciplinary or conduct decisions regarding 53 teachers this year, compared
with 38 for the whole of last year and 35 in 2002, according to figures from
the council.
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