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Ashburton Intermediate School has dropped a rule requiring students to get a uniform pass to wear a pounamu at school.
The school rule was criticised online over the weekend, with reports of students needing a pass to wear a pounamu, and needing to present the pass whenever it was requested.
Principal Brent Gray said they have been made aware that this part of the uniform pass system is culturally inappropriate.
He said he is grateful to people who have raised the issue, and it has been rectified immediately.
Gray said they have issued a response and apology to the school and Māori community, and deeply regret any offence they have caused.
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