School arrest after fight triggered by Facebook

EducationHQ News Team

By EducationHQ News Team
Published September 12, 2016

A 20-year-old woman has been arrested over a fight outside a south Waikato high school allegedly triggered by an argument on Facebook.

WELLINGTON, Sept 10 - A teenage schoolgirl was punched and kicked in the head outside the college on Monday, media earlier ...

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