'It is not ok': Bullied girl's dad fights back by erecting billboard outside Christchurch school

Father claims Waimairi School has not dealt with the ongoing bullying of his daughter. Photo / Google

A frustrated dad has erected a billboard outside a primary school in Christchurch accusing the staff of failing to stop his 9-year-old daughter being bullied.

Fairfax reported that the girl was punched, kicked, bitten and choked by students at Waimairi School, according to her father, and that school staff did not tell him about or record the bullying.

This morning the man put a 1.8m high sign outside the school, which is in the suburb of Bryndwr.

It reads: "It is NOT OK for my daughter to be Assaulted and Bullied Again & Again & Again & Again & Again & Again & Again."

The bullying had changed his "loving and gentle" daughter into a different person, he told Fairfax.

He said he had met school staff six times but felt they did not "own" the problem and implied he was overreacting.

"I'm tired of hearing again and again 'Mr [withheld] we take this seriously'."

Restorative justice meetings had been held but did not fix the problem, he said.

Waimairi board of trustees chairman Cory Bedford told the Herald no formal complaint had been received from the girl's father.

"We have met with this parent to discuss the matter on a number of occasions. We are continuing to investigate his claims.

"It is not appropriate to discuss details of this matter publicly, because of privacy issues," he said. The school could not comment further.