Teacher Reprimanded for Threat
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Teacher reprimandedfor threat CRAIG HOYLE son off at the centre at 9.15am on ‘‘Watch your back, as I know where you a relatively lengthy career, and June 19. that she was held in sufficient pro- An early childhood teacher has However, the drop-off time was and your son live.’’ fessional regard by Kauri Kids to been censured for serious miscon- changed to 8.30am in the centre’s be promoted to head teacher’’. duct after she threatened the records, meaning the mother was backed up by other staff dren and bullied other staff, and The tribunal ordered her to mother of a young child. would have been charged for members who were nearby at the that she had allowed a teacher to complete a professional develop- Ngametuaangai Tuaputa, the additional time. time. She later laid a complaint start working at Kauri Kids ment programme with a focus on former head teacher at Kauri Kids Tuaputa insisted the mother about Tuaputa’s behaviour. before she’d been vetted by police. developing and maintaining centre in Howick, told the mother: had actually dropped her son off The committee uncovered a The NZ Teachers Disciplinary respectful relationships. It ‘‘Watch your back, as I know at 8.30am even after being raft of other allegations against Tribunal decided there was not rejected a submission from the where you and your son live.’’ confronted with CCTV footage Tuaputa when it began enough evidence to support some complaints assessment committee The Education Council’s com- which proved otherwise. investigating her for misconduct. of the charges, and that others did that she should also complete an plaints assessment committee The pair got into a heated argu- They included claims that she not meet the threshold for serious anger management course. began investigating Tuapata fol- ment, and the mother said she felt had force-fed children their misconduct, with the exception of Tuaputa is now employed by lowing a complaint from the threatened by Tuaputa’s language bottles, that she had fed sugary the altercation with the mother in Te Tuareka Good Story Trust, mother over the June 2015 inci- and raised voice. foods to children despite parents’ June 2015. which supported her through the dent. 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Manager ing a local board member’s shock Tracey Moore says owners need resignation. to be mindful of the added Lucy Schwaner was sworn in dangers. ‘‘The risks for animals – at the Howick Local Board’s most commonly dogs – in hot inaugural meeting on November vehicles should not be 3, but resigned and walked out underestimated. Our canine moments later after missing out friends don’t sweat like humans. on being made the chair. Instead they pant to dissipate It was the local board’s first heat and cool themselves.’’ item of business for the new three- Animals that have only year term (Eastern Courier, overheated air to breathe inside November 9). hot cars can collapse, suffer brain Schwaner, the wife of Botany damage and possibly die of MP Jami-Lee Ross, then took out heatstroke. 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