New Zealand student death: calls for welfare overhaul after body lay in room for month

Lack of room checks and shift towards online studies contributed to delay in finding Mason Pendrous, inquiry finds

A report into the death of university student Mason Pendrous – and the month-long delay in discovering his body in his dormitory – has called for better pastoral care of vulnerable first-year students amid a rise in isolation and reliance on online rather than face-to-face interaction.

The 19-year-old e-commerce student was found on 23 September in his dorm room at Canterbury university, Christchurch.

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