~ Kōrero Mai, Kōrero Atu, Mauri Tū, Mauri Ora – Speak Up, Stand Together, Stop Bullying! ~

We had a wonderful time last week celebrating Bullying-Free NZ Week (Pink Week) with a focus on kindness and anti-bullying. We finished the week with Pink Shirt Day, as you can see from these great photos.

The Pink Shirt Day storyPink Shirt Day began in Canada in 2007 when two students, David Shepherd and Travis Price, took a stand against homophobic bullying after a new Year 10 student was harassed and threatened for wearing pink. David and Travis bought dozens of pink shirts and distributed them to their classmates to wear the next day. The word got out online and hundreds of students showed up in pink, some from head-to-toe, to stand together against bullying!The grassroots movement captured hearts across the world and the campaign went global! It has been celebrated here in Aotearoa since 2009 and gets bigger and better every year.