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Chloe Smith Criminal investigation underway at Middlemore hospital after impostor doctor allegations

Criminal investigations are underway regarding an ‘imposter’ doctor who worked in Middlemore hospital’s respiratory ward. It is alleged he worked there for a number of months before it was realised he was not registered. Health Minister Andrew Little became aware of this situation on Wednesday the 10th.

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Sam Uffindell in hot water over bullying allegations

National MP Sam Uffindell’s name has been in the headlines this week after a former King’s College student came forward, saying Uffindell, with other students, beat him in boarding school 20 years ago. Uffindell has since been accused of terrifying flatmates- which he has denied. Uffindell has, however, admitted that he was a school bully, and that he was asked to leave King’s after the incident in which he beat a fellow student.

Uffindell has also been stood down whilst an investigation is carried out regarding further allegations from a former flatmate. This former flatmate has said that Uffindell bullied her to the point where she was forced to flee for her safety. She also said this pattern of bullying was fuelled by excessive drinking, after which he would trash the house.

So is this merely school bullying or is this a pattern of intimidation and bullying behaviour? Sleeping spiders? I don’t know why I hadn’t thought about this, but there’s ongoing research as to whether spiders experience REM sleep—I kind of just assumed that they would. Anyway, research by Daniela Rößler (an ecologist at the University of Konstanz) has found that spiders’ sleep cycles include leg twitching and their eyes flickering. This is similar to REM/ rapid eye movement sleep in humans.

Climate change causes lizards to age before they are even born Due to climate change, lizards in France are giving birth to offspring that have already aged and have damaged DNA. This decreases their chances of survival, and the degradation of DNA over generations will ultimately send them into a population decline that cannot be recovered from.

Tourists go for a dip in thermals pools that are considered wāhi tapu (sacred) The Te Puia tourist attraction is under fire after allowing tourists to go into the thermal pools, with this place historically being where iwi would wash their deceased/ tūpāpaku. An apology- if you can call it that- was issued by the tour company featuring some bullshit about the demand for experiences- as if that fixes the fact that they should have respected the history of that area and not used it as a tourist spot.