Prosecution threat over uni boss seizing bongs from student flat
$25,000 fund to take legal action over proctor removing bongs from student flat.
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Uni concedes it has no right to confiscate student flat bongs
Uni says 'what was done here was unusual and unlikely to be repeated'.
More students complain proctor took their bongs
Students complain uni proctor Dave Scott entered flats and took water pipes and bongs.
Teens less fit than parents were at same age
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Three Kiwis bag Cambridge scholarships
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Call for national health food policy in schools
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Influenza dead to be remembered
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Expert says huge Alpine quake is around the corner
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Whale researchers recover missing 'Saildrone'
University of Otago whale researchers tasked to find "Saildrone" missing since 2015.
Big NZ quakes shown to influence atmospheric CO2
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Pressures underlying Kiwi students' booze culture
University of Otago study finds binge-drinking culture alive and unwell among students.
Sergeant-major first killed by 'flu
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Device to reverse crippling impacts of Parkinson's
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Making babies: Are Kiwis less fertile?
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Rise of the drugs: Anxious, sleep-deprived Kiwis turning to anti-psychotic pills
Drugs designed for treating psychosis are being used in NZ for sleep or anxiety.
Study: Radioactive sheep point to nuclear blast
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Lending an ear for good
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NZ uni shooting threat traced to Colombia
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Paedophile priest: Church's failures 'deeply discouraging'
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Calls to restrict alcohol marketing around children
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Editorial: Heed Peters on medicinal cannabis law
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New call for companies to front up over data mining
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Auckland could get just five days' warning of eruption
Aucklanders could get as little as five days' warning of a major volcanic eruption.
Auckland family of six sharing double bed
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Kiwi research paves way for long-term flu vaccine
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NZ scientist calls out 'unnecessary' US skeleton study
NZ scientist joins criticism of US study of skeleton famed for its alien-like appearance.