{"id":415403,"date":"2026-05-07T00:59:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T00:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/415403\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T00:59:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T00:59:11","slug":"auckland-relief-teacher-ankui-gui-named-after-kissing-3-year-old-loses-registration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/415403\/","title":{"rendered":"Auckland relief teacher Ankui Gui named after kissing 3-year-old, loses registration"},"content":{"rendered":"

It included kissing a 3-year-old child on the lips on at least two occasions<\/a> and kissing the hand of another 4-year-old child.<\/p>\n

At least one child felt uncomfortable enough to report the conduct to her parents, who then alerted staff.<\/p>\n

Despite being warned about the inappropriateness of such conduct while working at New Shoots<\/a>, Gui continued to engage in similar conduct at Pascals.<\/p>\n

Gui and the centres he taught at had interim name suppression at a previous hearing in 2024, which has now lapsed. Both centres have been approached for comment.<\/p>\n

At the hearing<\/a>, the tribunal heard from one of Gui\u2019s former colleagues, who said she had seen him kiss a 3-year-old boy on the lips on two occasions.<\/p>\n

\"AnkuiAnkui Gui was a relief teacher at New Shoots Hobsonville in 2021.<\/p>\n

The tribunal heard Gui also allegedly tickled and then kissed the hand of a 4-year-old girl.<\/p>\n

Her father gave evidence at the hearing, saying his daughter wouldn\u2019t normally discuss teacher conduct but following the incident she did, which prompted him to eventually raise it with the centre.<\/p>\n

Another teacher at the centre said she watched Gui nuzzle his head into a 3-year-old girl\u2019s chest while she was standing on a wooden box on the playground.<\/p>\n

New Zealand Teacher\u2019s Disciplinary Tribunal<\/a> chair Jamie O\u2019Sullivan said in her final decision Gui\u2019s conduct was not isolated or accidental but \u201cdemonstrated a concerning pattern of inappropriate physical contact with multiple children across two early childhood centres\u201d.<\/p>\n

Gui told the tribunal he accepted some aspects of the conduct but maintained that his actions were not intended to be harmful or sexually improper.<\/p>\n

He explained that physical affection is viewed differently in his culture and expressed regret for not appreciating New Zealand\u2019s professional boundaries sooner.<\/p>\n

Gui also raised concerns about language barriers affecting his understanding of feedback from colleagues.<\/p>\n

He said he did not intend to return to teaching in New Zealand.<\/p>\n

O\u2019Sullivan said the conduct seemed to not be sexual in nature, but the tribunal\u2019s view was that Gui still did not fully appreciate why what he did was wrong.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe trained in New Zealand and he was spoken to repeatedly during the time period of the charged conduct and yet his inappropriate conduct continued, including against a young child who was not even a learner at the second centre,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Gui\u2019s registration was cancelled and he was censured for serious misconduct.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis marks the tribunal\u2019s disapproval and serves as a warning to others in the profession,\u201d O\u2019Sullivan said.<\/p>\n

The public register will be annotated for a period of 18 months and there were a number of conditions Gui had to follow if he wished to resume teaching in New Zealand.<\/p>\n

Jitbug operations manager Shefali Patel told NZME that upon being informed of incidents, it immediately commenced an internal review and stood Gui down while the process was undertaken. <\/p>\n

\u201cAt Jitbug, the safety and wellbeing of children is of the utmost importance. We take matters of this nature very seriously and maintain comprehensive safety screening procedures for all relief staff,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis includes a seven-step safety checking process incorporating identity verification, reference checks, and police vetting, all of which were satisfactorily completed prior to engagement.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe understand the trust that families, centres, and communities place in us, and we remain committed to maintaining high standards of professionalism, care, and child safety across all of our services.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brianna McIlraith is a Queenstown-based reporter for Open Justice covering courts in the lower South Island. She has been a journalist since 2018 and has had a strong interest in business and financial journalism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It included kissing a 3-year-old child on the lips on at least two occasions and kissing the hand…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":415404,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[28210,74,213657,51,6184,2245,164940,212998,44324,205900,11517,10136,111,43,139,69,75839,9361,7574],"class_list":["post-415403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-3yearold","tag-after","tag-ankui","tag-auckland","tag-childhood","tag-early","tag-gui","tag-kissed","tag-kissing","tag-lips","tag-loses","tag-named","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-registration","tag-relief","tag-teacher"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=415403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}