Year	School	What was installed	Source
2011	Wainuiomata High School, near Wellington	Installed after a Privacy Commission warning that it may breach student privacy.	RNZ News
2018	Tauraroa Area School, Northland	Two cameras inside the Year 9–11 girls’ and boys’ toilets; the principal said they were meant to cover lockers.	New Zealand Herald
2021	Queen Elizabeth College, Palmerston North	A camera facing the sinks in the girls’ bathroom; the school was cautioned by the Privacy Commission and kept it.	1News
2021	Wakatipu High School, Queenstown	Corridor cameras could see through glass into the cubicle foyer and were used to count who entered a cubicle.	Stuff
2023	Rangiora High School	Cameras in toilet corridors, triggered by a vape sensor rather than recording continuously.	1News
2024	Cromwell College, Central Otago	Cameras in toilets; the board said they would record only the common corridor area.	Crux
2024	Awatapu College and Palmerston North Boys’ High School	Communal-area cameras were being trialled at Awatapu and were already installed in bathrooms at the boys’ school.	Manawatū Standard / Stuff
2025	Nelson College for Girls	CCTV in bathrooms; a student reported no signage and a camera visible from the toilet.	The Press

The Secondary Principals’ Association described this as common practice as far back as 2011. (RNZ)

By 2026, the Ministry of Education’s school-property guidance recommended CCTV for large schools and directed readers to the Privacy Commissioner’s bathroom guidance—making a camera in a children’s toilet block a line item in routine property guidance. (Ministry of Education)

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