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A Bay of Plenty schoolteacher has quit after her appetite for sexual swinging was revealed in an anonymous email to her headmaster.
Now the teacher's husband has launched his own inquiry into who sent the email, saying the person had ruined his wife's life.
The anonymous email, which revealed the teacher and her husband had been advertising for swingers on the website nzdating.com, follows a similar one sent by the same person to the principal of another school. That email revealed naked images of one of that school's teachers.
The teacher in the latest case decided it was best for her to leave the school.
"I mean, what people do, whether they are swingers or wife-swapping - they are not actually affecting anybody are they?" said her husband.
"We have learnt a huge lesson about the internet, you know. I have my own investigation going on. These people have ruined my wife and my family by doing this and it is absolute rubbish. It's definitely gutless.
"She is a great teacher - what she does in her private life has nothing to do with anyone."
The teacher was reluctant to comment, other than to say she did not know what had motivated the anonymous emailer.
Teachers Council head Peter Lind said teachers operated by a code of ethics. This included ensuring they did not do anything to discredit the teaching industry.
"Any case or complaint needs to be investigated in a fair and reasoned way so I can't just make a blanket comment. But the process is there to protect the public and to protect teachers from unjust and unfair complaints."
Lind said the rules were similar to those in the medical profession.
Teachers had clear responsibilities and were in an occupation that was in the public view and if an action was likely to have an impact on their professional responsibility then they needed to consider that very carefully.
