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| | Sunday News: New Zealand, world & sports news: Special unit targets violent, unruly youngsters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17) |
 | | The idea for Ka Mahuri, which in Maori means "shaping young saplings", started several years ago with a group of Christchurch principals grappling with how to deal with the violent and disruptive pupils their schools were often forced to expel. |
 | | Ka Mahuri would also include compulsory parenting classes and would provide support for the 10 schools involved in the pilot programme by sharing information on how best to deal with the children. |
 | | While many schools noticed a surge in poor behaviour from pupils in Years 7 and 8, Ka Mahuri's early intervention approach aimed to address problems earlier and get children in school, she said. |
| www.stuff.co.nz /stuff/sundaynews/0,2106,3600074a15616,00.html (648 words) |
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