A high school student has spent six days in hospital after he was bullied at a north Waikato school.
Fourteen year old Krishnan Naidu suffered a concussion and cut to the base of his scalp earlier this month at Te Kauwhata college.
It’s not the first time a serious bullying incident has hit the headlines.
Rates of school bullying in New Zealand are known to be among the worst worldwide.
So are we taking bullying seriously enough?
Human Rights Chief Commissioner David Rutherford joined Paul Henry this morning.