Kiwi students report second-highest rate of bullying in international studyNew Zealand 15-year-olds report a higher rate of bullying than their peers in most other countries. Among the Kiwi students, 12.8 per cent reported being left out or having students spread nasty rumours about them, and 17.4 per cent said other students made fun of them. Children's Commissioner Judge Andrew Becroft said bullying rates in New Zealand were unacceptably high and should cause deep shame. But the rates of reported bullying should perplex New Zealanders and cause us to ask why they were so high. "There is something of a sea change going on in the schools in terms of making it absolutely acceptable to report bullying, and to make bullying something known as unacceptable."

Source: Stuff April 19, 2017 23:17 UTC