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Principals say the latest school attendance figures signal a turning point - but a complete U-turn is a long way off, and the associate education minister is still not smiling.
More school students are being stood down and suspended from New Zealand schools, as educators raise concerns about behaviour.
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Warning: Graphic content On his first day of high school a 13-year-old South Island boy was shown a video of a dog being skinned alive, and two more of.