Professor Rat Catchers are apparently a new thing at Massey University. In an email the varsity's told staff they're responsible for disposing of dead rodents and vermin in traps that are in the buildings they work in. And it's also their job to lock and load the traps with yummy peanut butter. It follows on from cuts to non-academic staff including maintenance and campus trade people. Tertiary Education Union organiser Ben Schmidt talks to Lisa Owen.