A doyen of New Zealand literature has compared plagiarism to drug cheating in sport because of the unfair advantage it gives over contemporaries.
And Professor Witi Ihimaera is buying the remaining stock of his new novel and publisher Penguin Group (NZ) is offering to take back stock from any bookseller who wishes to return it.
The debate continues about whether Auckland Unviersity has taken enough action against him.
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