Ngaruawahia High School has signed up to the Te Kotahitanga programme, intended to improve the academic performance of Maori students.

[3] The New Zealand football club Ngaruawahia United was formed in 1968 and is made up primarily of the teenagers attending the secondary school.

The school embraces the local regatta, a traditional perseverance of New Zealand's history and Māori culture.

The attack happened outside school grounds, and video footage was wildly circulated.

The girl's mother, who is writing a complaint to the school's board, said that an apology was not enough, calling the staff 'immature' and 'pathetic'.