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Photo: 123RF/ Matej Kastelic They told the Education and Workforce Select Committee inquiry into student accommodation today that staff at some halls were poorly prepared to help students with sometimes harrowing situations. The committee is considering pastoral care and residents' rights in student accommodation following complaints about how some halls of residence handled last year's national pandemic lockdown. The government introduced an interim code of practice for pastoral care of domestic students following the death of student Mason Pendrous in a hall of residence in 2019. He would h...

Report from RNZ Students and parents have urged MPs to regulate universities’ halls of residence and introduce minimum standards for pastoral care. They told the Education and Workforce Select Committee inquiry into student accommodation yesterday that staff at some halls were poorly prepared to help students with sometimes harrowing situations. The committee is considering pastoral care and residents’ rights in student accommodation following complaints about how some halls of residence handled last year’s national pandemic lockdown. Victoria University of Wellington student Azaria How...

The 19-year-old’s body lay undiscovered for weeks in a hostel. Christel Yardley/Stuff Waikato University Vice-Chancellor Professor Neil Quigley (file photo). A mandatory code, which outlines expectations for halls of residence and tertiary hostels, will come into effect in 2021. An interim code was put in place in 2020. In addition, tertiary providers carried out reviews of their services. Waikato University Vice-Chancellor Professor Neil Quigley​ said the university is trying as hard as feasible to keep students safe in its halls. Universities need to be vigilant because “lots can g...