Editorial: College responds to bond

In last Saturday's Bay of Plenty Times Weekend, we published a front-page article about Bethlehem College and a bond it had been charging parents.

The article has been controversial and prompted a response from the school.

The college has today paid for an advertisement in which it outlines its views on the issue.

The advertisement has been published in good faith in the interests of free speech and because we accept there are often different views on such matters.

However, I would like to make it clear that the Bay of Plenty Times Weekend stands by the reporting and integrity of its article.