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Principals at four Dunedin schools have pledged to work more closely together to tackle social media harm and pornography.
The heads of Otago Boys' High School, King's High School, John McGlashan College and St Hilda's Collegiate School have agreed to a 'Community of Practice' to share what they're doing in their own schools to reduce the impact of sexual harm and harassment.
The group says it's not just a high school problem, but one facing the whole of society.
Research in this area has found most Kiwi teens have seen porn by the time they're 17 - a quarter had already seen it at the age of 12.
Figures published in 2022 found a third of the 2000 people prosecuted for revenge porn over a five year period were aged under 19.
The group's work will be facilitated by Melanie Beres at the University of Otago.
Richard Hall, rector of Otago Boys' High School and Jackie Barron, Principal of St Hilda's Collegiate talk about what they hope to achieve.
