Photo / 123RFA teacher has been deregistered after marrying a girl he taught at primary school who is 34 years younger than him. The tribunal found that the former student began visiting the teacher in his role as her former primary school teacher, and not as an independent adult. The young cousin said that at the end of the older girls' Year 8 year the teacher gave the older girl money and jewellery and also gave the young cousin $5 and some earrings. There was disputed evidence about when the former student started visiting the teacher at her old primary school. The former student's parents gave evidence that they found out about the relationship six months after their daughter had left college.

Source: New Zealand Herald February 22, 2021 02:37 UTC