One of two boys said to have assaulted another at a South Auckland high school has been excluded from the school.
The board of trustees of James Cook High School in Manurewa decided on Thursday to exclude the student as a result of the attack on May 28 that sent the boy to hospital.
The 16-year-old victim suffered two black eyes, facial abrasion and an injury to his teeth.
He had been tripped and punched. He fell to the ground in a sealed area and hit his head.
The school's principal, Grant McMillan, said the boy had returned to school.
