not named, New Zealand (licensure remoked) [kicked, swore at students]

not named, provisionally registered assistant teacher, New Zealand, "physically abused his students and told them they were ugly and dumb"

Teacher kicked, swore at students

A teacher who physically abused his students and told them they were ugly and dumb has been censured and had his teacher's registration cancelled by the New Zealand Teachers Disciplinary Tribunal.


In a decision released over the weekend the defendant admitted the charges of serious misconduct and agreed to the consequences which also included paying a 50 per cent contribution towards the investigation and prosecution costs.

The man, whose name and the name of the school he taught at is suppressed, was a provisionally registered assistant teacher who taught a year nine science class.


Between 2011 and 2012 he admitted physically assaulting several students by kicking, punching, holding them down on the ground and grabbing them by the scruff of the neck or throwing books and rulers at them.​

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http://i.stuff.co.nz/national/education/10323069/Teacher-kicked-swore-at-students