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Turakina Māori Girls’ College, New Zealand In 2015, two students boarding at the Turakina Māori Girls’ College left the school and refused to return after allegedly being threatened by the apparition of a man in a black cape and hat. It was soon revealed that the school administration had accused the two girls of fabricating the story, which led to their parents getting involved and losing their temper over the handling of the matter. Some parents said that the school administration was in denial about the ghost (kehua) haunting the school hostel and also reacted angrily when a local reverend suggested the ghost had been made up by the girls. A former student then spoke up about her own experiences at the hostel dating back 20 years. Thirty-eight-year-old Kelly Sliepen told a local news outlet that when she was a student, she and a group of classmates once saw a cup careen across a table by itself and drop to the floor. She said that a local minister had been called to bless the building but that she saw an apparition on the main stairs not long afterward.[1]The school closed in 2016 after financial problems caused student enrollment to drop from 152 to just 47.