Cyberbullying in the spotlight at Kerikeri event
14 May, 2021 05:15 PM
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Netsafe says cyberbullying isn t more prevalent than it was 10 years ago but new technology has given bullies potent new methods for harassment. Photo / NZME
Netsafe says cyberbullying isn t more prevalent than it was 10 years ago but new technology has given bullies potent new methods for harassment. Photo / NZME
Online safety group Netsafe is holding an information session in Kerikeri next week
to help parents protect their kids from cyberbullying. While Netsafe says the proportion of young people subjected to cyberbullying has been fairly steady over the past decade, new technology has created more potent tools for bullies.
Bay of Islands College bans phones; fighting, disruption plummet
14 May, 2021 05:30 PM
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Bay of Islands College principal Edith Painting-Davis drops a freshly confiscated phone into the school’s cellphone jail while office administrator Shannon Tanenui notes the owner’s details. Photo / Peter de Graaf
Bay of Islands College principal Edith Painting-Davis drops a freshly confiscated phone into the school’s cellphone jail while office administrator Shannon Tanenui notes the owner’s details. Photo / Peter de Graaf
Peter de Graaf is a reporter for the Northern Advocatepeter.degraaf@northernadvocate.co.nznorthernadvocat
A Northland school says class disruptions and fighting have decreased dramatically since it banned mobile phones two weeks ago.
Film-maker puts Northland in spotlight with James & Isey movie
1 May, 2021 04:00 AM
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Isey and James Cross star in a documentary made by Northland film-maker Florian Habicht (right). Photo / Jenny Ling
Isey and James Cross star in a documentary made by Northland film-maker Florian Habicht (right). Photo / Jenny Ling
Jenny Ling is the Northern Advocate s feature writer and news reporterjenny.ling@nzme.co.nznorthernadvocat
Florian Habicht s latest film is a documentary about Kawakawa residents James and Isey Cross. Reporter Jenny Ling visits them at home for a chat about their newfound stardom. Isey Cross is sitting snuggled under a
Northland news briefs: Free Tamariki Day, Funky Fish is back
15 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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Anna, of Frozen fame, is one of the Disney princesses who will be performing in Russell on Saturday. Photo / Kasia Crawford
Anna, of Frozen fame, is one of the Disney princesses who will be performing in Russell on Saturday. Photo / Kasia Crawford
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Tamariki Day packed with events
Hundreds of kids are expected at a free Tamariki Day in Russell on Saturday featuring a bevy of Disney princesses, a top kapa haka group, bouncy castles and much more. The event will run from 10am-3pm in the grounds of Pompallier Mission on the Russell waterfront. Acting property lead Kirsty Hofstetter said the event, now in its second year, had been scheduled for March but was postponed due to Covid-19 alert level changes. The free whānau-focused event would offer entertainment, face painting, bouncy castles, a petting zoo, an enchanted lawn packed with games, a whānau tent, fire
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Bay of Islands College parent Erika Kihau, pictured with her youngest son Tuhawaiki Ngawati-Kihau, says students are too immature to have cellphones. The ban has been welcomed by parents of the students spoken to by
Stuff. One mother, Erika Kihau, said the ban should have happened a long time ago. “Fights are caused by phones – they [the students] are getting into fights so they can record them.” The fight scenes are then posted onto social media, Kihau said.
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Bay of Islands College student Bailee Nankivell says she doesn t use her cellphone during the day, but finds it useful after school.