Outspoken children’s health campaigner Dr Lance O’Sullivan is preparing to take “drastic action” at a troubled Auckland boarding school after learning of what he says are serious safety issues.
Dr O’Sullivan, a Kaitaia GP who has been named New Zealander of the Year and Maori of the Year, claims Northcote’s Hato Petera College has failed to act appropriately on a series of serious bullying incidents, including an alleged threat made to a sleeping boy at the hostel in May.
He says the May incident, where a staff member allegedly broke into the boy’s room and verbally abused him, was reported to management but nothing was done until he got a letter from the boy two weeks ago. Read more
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