A teacher has lost his job after he accidentally broadcast pornography to his classroom.
The Teachers' Disciplinary Tribunal censured the unnamed teacher for the few seconds of adult content he broadcast in November 2011, but stopped short of cancelling his registration, Stuff.co.nz reported.
The teacher immediately confessed and resigned after pupils raised the porn clip with their student counsellor.
The mistake occurred when he was streaming a PowerPoint presentation from his laptop on to the school smartboard and it switched over to the next file, which happened to be pornographic.
The man, who was deeply remorseful for his actions, told the tribunal he has not viewed pornography since.
The tribunal has allowed the man to continue to practise as a teacher, although not at the affected school, and he must disclose the incident to any future employer.
