No Freyberg High School students have been stood down or suspended after a student spat in front of David Seymour.
The ACT leader was visiting the Palmerston North school last week when he was faced off with a haka as he went to leave.
Video seen by 1News showed teachers creating a human barrier as the students performed the haka Ka Mate, before one student spat on the ground in front of Seymour.
In an email to parents yesterday afternoon, the school said: "It is important that you know, and can have confidence in, our unequivocal support of our students' rights to legitimately protest and have their voices heard.
"What we have found is that there was a need to respond to some of the behaviour after the protest.
"We have taken a careful and considered approach working closely with Haimona Maruera, Jocelyn Mikaere (Deputy Secretary for Education), our local MoE offices, the BoT, our Māori department and the relevant students."
The statement said the school is now working through a process of using the incident as a learning experience.
"We have utilised the restorative processes within our school's framework, which is a central part of who we are as a school.
"No students have been stood down nor suspended as a result of the protest.
"We are looking after the wellbeing of all our students and our showing manaakitanga to those particularly effected."
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