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Auckland Teacher Guilty of Grooming 11-Year-Old Student

2/20/2026

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Tamlyn May, an Auckland teacher, pleaded guilty to grooming an 11-year-old student.
She communicated with the boy via Snapchat and Google Docs, meeting him unsupervised.
She sent explicit photos and kissed him during their encounters.
The judge described the acts as an "unimaginable betrayal" and sentenced May to six months of home detention, declining to place her on the sex offender registry due to open justice concerns and her pregnancy.

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Story summary

Tamlyn May, an Auckland teacher, pleaded guilty to grooming an 11-year-old student.
She communicated with the boy via Snapchat and Google Docs, meeting him unsupervised.
She sent explicit photos and kissed him during their encounters.
The judge described the acts as an "unimaginable betrayal" and sentenced May to six months of home detention, declining to place her on the sex offender registry due to open justice concerns and her pregnancy.