With the beginning of the school year just ... "The great benefit of uniform is it reduces the hierarchy," says Webster, who outlines her findings on her website Drfrock.co.nz.

For New Zealand parents ... nightmare – the seemingly endless summer school holidays – and the beginning of another: new uniform-stationery-and-shoes season.

School uniforms are outdated ... attempts to make sure students wear their uniform properly- shirt tucked in, socks pulled up, black, not dark brown shoes, no jewellery etc.). Sometimes uniform ...

Of course, all school shoes must be black to adhere to the general uniform policy. But there’s a surprisingly vast array of uniform-appropriate styles on the market for primary and secondary ...

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University of Otago provides funding as a member of The Conversation NZ. The Human Rights Commission even publishes school uniform guidelines, setting out how school policies can help pupils ...