Three former teachers at Southland Boys High School will share a $164,000 pay-out for unjustified dismissal.
The three teachers were all assistant principals in 2015, but a new rector appointed in 2017 decided to do away with their roles.
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The trio took the Invercargill school to the Employment Relations Authority after it disestablished their positions from the start of 2019.
The authority said the restructure was genuine, but the school s consultation about the proposal was a charade.
Its decision said the three teachers were all assistant principals in 2015, but a new rector appointed in 2017 decided to do away with their roles.
During the year Emma said she felt no pressure to match her brothers and be dux.
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Emma Tuckey who is James Hargest College s dux for 2020 with her brother Nick, the 2018 dux, and father Paul. “I thought I’d do my best and see what happens,” she said. “If I didn’t get it, it wasn’t the end of the world.” Nick and Tim were pleased for Emma when she was named the 2020 dux. Tim said the encouragement he and his siblings received from their parents to learn and do school work as young children was an important stepping-stone in their lives.
Duffy, who was born in Lumsden, progressed through the Southland age-group cricket system, played first XI cricket for Southland Boys’ High School, and lined up for the Metropolitan Cricket Club in Invercargill. Southland Cricket Association president Gerry Ward said he has followed Duffy’s progress from a primary schoolboy in Lumsden and was delighted to see him now get his opportunity with the Black Caps. “From a Southland Cricket Association point of view, it is great that young players can now see there is a pathway if you are persistent and work hard at,” Ward said. “He still recognises himself as a Southlander and if he had the opportunity to play more Hawke Cup cricket for Southland he would. Everyone [in Southland] that I’ve talked to is really pleased for him.”