''Nexus'' is the weekly free students'
magazine
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of the Waikato Students Union at the
University of Waikato
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New Zealand
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History and profile
''Nexus'' was established in 1967 and now has an advertised circulation of 2000 weekly. It is published throughout the academic year in the form of a full colour magazine and is also made available on the Waikato Students Union website.
In the late 1990s the magazine faced troubled times, caused mainly by the student union membership being
made voluntary.
Controversy
In 1967, ''Nexus'' was sued after printing allegations against a professor at the
University of Waikato
The University of Waikato ( mi, Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato), is a Public university, public research university in Hamilton, New Zealand, Hamilton, New Zealand established in 1964. An additional campus is located in Tauranga.
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. In court, the case was described as "the worst defamation
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in New Zealand history" at the time. ''Nexus'' lost the case, and the defendant was awarded $30,000.
In 2003, an advertisement in the magazine, titled "''Nexus'', Funnier than Porn", drew several complaints.
References
External links
The Nexus magazine's websiteThe Waikato students' Union's website
Free magazines
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Mass media in Hamilton, New Zealand
Magazines published in New Zealand
Weekly magazines published in New Zealand
Student magazines
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