Auckland mum fumes amid claims; school says allegations not substantiated
An Auckland mother of three is fuming after her 11-year-old daughter claims she was forced by her school to remove a precious taonga from her neck - a pounamu gifted by her brother, who survived a lethal dose of electricity in a horror workplace accident.
The school itself says it’s still getting to the bottom of the matter but so far the family’s claims about a teacher’s actions had not been substantiated.
West Auckland mother Toni Paikea - whose son Jahden Nelson lost both his arms in the accident last year - told the Herald her daughter Keavarni arrived home from Te Atatū Intermediate school last Friday holding her taonga in her hands. Her string necklace had been cut.
“At first I thought the taonga might have come off while Keavarni was playing sports or running around,” said Paikea, 48, a spiritual and faith healer.
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