A Wellington parent - and former economics advisor to the Reserve Bank - has accused his daughter's school of coerced child labour.
South Wellington Intermediate School is right now running a market day, where all the kids have worked in teams to create food and other products to sell at a profit to raise money to replace the school's adventure playground.
But one parent, Michael Reddell - the former head of financial markets at the Reserve Bank - has published an opinion piece on his economics blog Croaking Cassandra - in which he accuses the school of exploiting its pupils, including forcing them to beg for money from local businesses.. he calls it the compulsory conscription of children.
