OCTAVIA NASR, CNN ANCHOR: Now of course, the latest news, information, and entertainment are all available in the workplace, homes, and schools, all with the click of a mouse. Internet access has many advantages, but there are drawbacks, like hackers and stalkers. Now, there is a new threat: cyber-bullies. New Zealand's TVNZ has the story.</s>JOHN NEWTON, NEW ZEALAND TVNZ CORRESPONDENT: Collegiate students at home with the latest information and communication technology, but also vulnerable to the cyber-bully.</s>GLENN RIDDELL, STUDENT: We always had bullying. This is a just a new type and a new form, really.</s>JOE CONNELL, STUDENT: And just because it is over a computer screen, it doesn't necessarily make it any less harmful.</s>NEWTON: Cyber-bullying can range from abusive and threatening messages to racism and bombing, where a person receives hundreds and thousands of unwanted copies of hate mail.</s>JONATHAN HENSEMAN, HEADMASTER: In many respects, it is much more dangerous, because there is no accountability, there is no fronting out.</s>NEWTON: The school's computers are in constant use. The school has introduced special software to help filter out cyber junk; it also has a computer mailbox for students to forward any cyber-bullying they may receive.</s>SALLY HALLMARK, DEPUTY HEADMASTER: We're really, really keen, especially as a boarding school, to safeguard our student's emotional safety.</s>HENSEMAN: I don't think you are ever going to actually win that battle all of the time, but we are doing everything we can.</s>NEWTON: The school says that many of the parents may not realize that the home computer is probably one of today's major sources of cyber-bullying and is also writing to warn all its parents. From television New Zealand, I'm John Newton reporting for the CNN WORLD REPORT.
Cyber-Bullying Threatens Education in New Zealand