An 18-year-old man has been charged with assaulting a teacher after an incident outside a Rotorua school.
The attack took place at the end of the school day while the male teacher was directing traffic during pick-up time at Rotorua Intermediate.
Rotorua Intermediate School principal Garry de Thierry says the incident was witnessed by a number of students and parents.
A passenger in a car got out and is alleged to have punched the teacher in the head.
The teacher suffered a concussion and a broken ankle.
The accused is to appear in the Rotorua District Court on Wednesday.
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Posted on 04-03-2019 22:09 | By politis
Trained to be a teacher and then made to also do traffic management. It will be interesting if Work Safe have a view on this work related injury. I can not imagine any other employer sending staff out to manage traffic on public roads.
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