About 2500 allegations of sexual harassment and assault have been made at Christchurch Girls High School this year - and more are expected.
Detective Greg Murton says the numbers of allegations of sexual harassment and violence at Christchurch Girls High would shock many people.
Photo: RNZ / Conan Young It s probably quite shocking to a lot of people, Detective Greg Murton said. The level of it, you know, with over two and a half thousand allegations this year alone from those students in that school. Let alone all the other schools around Christchurch, New Zealand and the world.
Three more formal complaints have been lodged since the survey of Christchurch Girls High students revealed 20 cases of rape, three of group rape, and hundreds of incidents of sexual harassment.
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Tuesday, 29 June 2021, 12:39 pm
The release yesterday of the findings from a sexual
harassment survey commissioned by Christchurch Girls’ High
School / Te Kura o Hine Waiora, continues to attract support
from all around the country.
Concerning trends in the
survey, related to how young women and the rainbow community
are dealing with sexual harassment in their lives, included
the reporting of 20 cases of rape, three of group rape and
hundreds of examples of sexual harassment amongst the more
than 700 students who took part in the survey.
School
Principal, Christine O’Neill, says police are at the
school again today, speaking with Year groups in their own
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