Stabbing At South Auckland School

A 10-year-old student has been stabbed at a South Auckland school.

The incident happened at Pacific Christian School - a primary and intermediate school - this morning.

The student was stabbed with scissors during a fight, a school manager said.

"There was a fight and someone was actually using scissors," the manager told APNZ.

She declined to comment further.

The student, a boy aged about 10, was in a critical condition, St John spokesman Robbie Walker said.

"We had call for an incident at around 11.30am in Coronation Rd, Mangere Bridge.

"We have a young male in a critical condition....police were on scene."

Pacific Christian School is a private Year 1 to 8 school (the primary and intermediate years) located on Coronation Rd in Mangere.

The most recent roll information shows the co-educational school had 84 students, with 83 being Pasifika.

The school's mission is to "glorify God through providing education from a Biblical perspective, in order to bring salvation to students and their families and to effectively prepare students for life, ministry and evangelism in the Asia-Pacific region".

The principal of Pacific Christian School confirmed to Newstalk ZB there was a fight between two boys at the school.

The school is next to the Namoa Christian Preschool.

A staff member who did not want to be named said they had seen an ambulance but did not know anything about the incident.

Source: NZ HERALD