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Student halls of residence will be bound by a mandatory code of practice following the death of a 19-year-old whose body lay undiscovered for weeks in his room at a Christchurch student hostel. (Video first published in September 2019)
It is a student rite of passage as common as O-Week toga parties: first year in the halls, second year in a flat. But Wellington s rental shortage means students are bypassing the flat hunt altogether and returning to the halls for a second year – and beyond – in record numbers. Second-year Victoria University student Cam Herbst returned to the halls two days ago after spending the summer with family in Auckland.