Waiheke High School principal Cameron Flude would back a proposed ban on social media for under 16s. Photo Jason Brown

One-in-four Waiheke High students responding to an internal school survey say they feel “unsafe” outside school, and students cited after-hours bullying via digital devices such as mobile phones as the leading cause of that fear. 

By comparison, only one-in-ten students said they feel unsafe at school itself.

As many as 100 of the school’s 400 students suggests quite a sizeable problem. 

• Jason Brown

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