{"id":549782,"date":"2026-07-29T15:56:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T15:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/549782\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T15:56:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T15:56:15","slug":"sunlive-teacher-charged-over-recordings-in-staff-bathroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/549782\/","title":{"rendered":"SunLive – Teacher charged over recordings in staff bathroom"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An early childhood teacher has been charged with making an intimate visual recording after a recording device was found in a staff bathroom.<\/p>\n


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Police say no children have been identified in any of the recordings.<\/p>\n


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In response to questions from\u00a0RNZ, Detective Senior Sergeant Natalie Flowerdew-Brown confirmed police received a report that a recording device had been found in a staff bathroom at an early childcare education facility in Mount Maunganui on June 30.<\/p>\n


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A 53-year-old man was arrested, she said.<\/p>\n


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\u201cHe is due to reappear in Tauranga District Court on 3 August, charged with making an intimate visual recording.\u201d<\/p>\n


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Flowerdew-Brown said police could confirm no children had been identified in any of the recordings.<\/p>\n


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\u201cAs the matter is before the court, police will not be commenting further.\u201d<\/p>\n


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RNZ\u00a0has seen an email that has gone to parents from the early childhood centre on July 6.<\/p>\n


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The email said the staffer, a fulltime teacher, was arrested on July 2.<\/p>\n


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\u201cThe matter remains the subject of an ongoing police investigation and we have been advised that this will take some time. We are fully co-operating with that police investigation.<\/p>\n


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\u201cWhile the investigation is continuing, we do not know the full extent of the matter.\u201d<\/p>\n


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The email said all appropriate safety checking, including regular police vetting of the staffer, was undertaken.<\/p>\n


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\u201cWe know for some of you that this will come as a shock as he was a popular member of [the] team and well thought of by colleagues.\u201d<\/p>\n


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The Teaching Council register confirmed the teacher had voluntarily agreed not to teach.<\/p>\n


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Ministry of Education spokesperson Tui Rolleston said the ministry was \u201csupporting the service as needed\u201d.<\/p>\n


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\u201cGiven there is an ongoing police investigation it would not be appropriate to comment further.\u201d<\/p>\n


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\u00a0\u00a0This story was first published on\u00a0rnz.co.nz<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\"RNZ<\/p>\n


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