A sweet treat has caused a stir at Orewa College after a student found an unusually shaped lolly shaped like male genitalia in a canteen mix bag.
It was the second such incident to happen in New Zealand in recent months, with genitalia-shaped gummy lollies found in a sweet bag sold in Dunedin late last year.
Orewa College sent parents an email informing them of the incident. "It has come to our attention that there has been a one-off inappropriate sweet found in a bag of mixed confectionery sold through the school canteen," the email said.
"... We will no longer sell this product."
Dunedin man Barrie Aburn said last September he found two rude lollies, one shaped like male genitals and one like a naked baby with a penis, in a bag of sweets his daughters bought him for his birthday.
The manager of the company that imported the sweets, Willem Van de Geest of Nelson, apologised at the time. He said he hadn't realised "inappropriate" lollies were among his imports.