# Mystery defecator shuts down Masterton fernery again

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Podcast: [Checkpoint](https://stenobird.com/podcast/checkpoint-650800)
Published: 2026-06-11T04:50:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2019038879/mystery-defecator-shuts-down-masterton-fernery-again
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A mystery defecator has struck again - closing a much-loved fernery in Masterton while cleaning teams wiped up their mess. The Queen Elizabeth park attraction - which features an enclosed walk around a stream, through a path of ferns - shut its doors yesterday. The council said it is not the first time someone has emptied their bowels in the fernery. Jimmy Ellingham reports.

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