A teacher at a Hawke's Bay school is being investigated for allegedly striking two students.
Hawke's Bay Today has chosen not to name the school or teacher, who has not been stood down.
Both the police and the Education Council were conducting separate investigations and declined to comment as they "do not comment on matters under investigation."
The school's principal said "obviously we do take issues and complaints seriously and we've got a comprehensive issues and complaints procedure in place to deal with this which is followed."
"Management has undertaken a thorough investigation of the situation and made recommendations to the board, police were notified, Education Council have been notified and they are both conducting their own separate investigation so until that process is concluded there is not much more I can say."
The principal confirmed that the teacher was still working for the school as it has found the teacher is not a risk to the students.