Police called after 9-year-old goes berserk at school

"Police were called after a nine-year-old boy went berserk at a Palmerston North primary school leaving teachers fearing for their safety." ... and I am sure for the safety of their other charges.
"The teachers were unable to get the stick off him, they were worried about their safety and the repercussions of manhandling a student." ... and hence the safety of their careers.

This really is a sad indictment on the extent to which child 'rights' have progressed - that those charged with providing 'a safe learning environment' for them are so disempowered by the system that they are simply unable to provide this 'safe learning environment' for the offending child (do not feel they can do what is necessary to stop the behaviour), for other children in their care or for themselves ... and of course involving the police will disempower them further. What chance now for this child to acquire that mandated education in this school?
Now if such a beserk child were to injure another child while teachers watched and waited for the police, would they be culpable by ommission?

This level of immobility by caregivers (teachers), principally out of a fear of the potential consequences of their behaviour on them, is really neither safe nor acceptable practice.

Marketing 'illness.'

Kirwan depression ads see resources stretched ... Mental health services are being stretched after a television ad campaign about depression, starring former All Black great John Kirwan, worked too well. The advertisements soared to success, largely due to Kirwan, who helped destigmatise a condition that he also suffers from, the Mental Health Commission said.

To some people who remember him it will be as the apprentice butcher who was elevated to fame through rugby, had the ball knocked out of his hands by Gregan as he was crossing the line and losing the game for NZ, of subsequent ball droppings at crucial times and then the pedestal was gone ... now Henry has endeavoured to reduce this 'I have nothing else' complex by encouraging players to continue with 'life after the game planning' beit education or other.
To others he would be seen as an all black who has subsequently coached a number of 'lower order' national teams and had absolutely no reason to become depressed.
So does this programme of advertising simply reframe depression, make it trendy, topical, "I wannabe like John depressed." There are lots of positives to be had from this .. like avoidance of what you don't want to do ... like getting sympathy for this avoidance ... like reward for indolence ....
His symptoms are never really revealed, the reasons are never really revealed - although they were/are common for our 'not achieving at anything else' sports elites and not all can become sports commentators.
Services stretched due to a mirepresentation of an 'illness' I would suspect ... well done John, jolly good marketing there ... let's just include a few more 'normals' in our definition of 'abnormal,' a few more disempowered, a few more incompetents.
'Destigmatising depresion,' nonsense, this is active marketing.