A senior male academic has been fired by the University of Auckland (UoA) after he tried to force a female Muslim student to shake hands.
When she refused, he laid a sexual discrimination complaint against her.
UoA vice-chancellor Stuart McCutcheon sent a newsletter to his staff warning them such "serious misconduct" would not be tolerated.
"Late last year we terminated the employment of a senior male academic staff member, after a complaint was received," he says in a screenshot posted to Twitter.
"The staff member concerned intentionally set out to force a young female Muslim student to shake hands with him. He did this knowing that she would consider it culturally or religiously inappropriate to have physical contact with a man who was not a close relative.
"When she declined to shake his hand, he made a complaint of sexual discrimination against her." [Newshub] Read more
