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Tuesday, 16 September 2025 09:55

No Joy

Written by Milking It

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OPINION: Milking It understands a formal disciplinary process is being conducted by Victoria University of Wellington on what one of its academics, Dr Mike Joy, said about "hanging" dairy chief executives for nitrate leaching and poisoning waterways.

The process will be confidential for privacy reasons. So, we'll never know the price Joy will pay for his comments on social media platform LinkedIn.

Whatever the outcome, let's hope this is a lesson for everyone on what academic freedom is all about, the boundaries around it and the responsibility that goes with this privilege.

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