By Amelia WadeA teacher who kicked the back-side of a Year 9 student with a hearing impairment because he wasn't listening has kept his job. He used enough force to surprise the student but Mr Rowlingson told the sub-committee he did not intend to hurt him. When he continued, Mr Rowlingson said he became angry and frustrated and kicked Student A's back-side with the inside of his boot. He told the disciplinary sub-committee that the student, known as Student A, along with others were throwing triangles of aluminium and washers around the room. On November 11, 2015, Mr Rowlingson, a technology teacher at Melville High School in Hamilton, grew incensed when a student wouldn't listen to his instructions to stop throwing pieces of metal.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 02, 2016 21:48 UTC