International students targeted in Auckland CBD
A petition signed by more than 6500 people has been presented to a number of key members of the Auckland central community following an increase in violent attacks against international students. The...
View ArticleStudents rally for a safer city
Hundreds of Auckland students and residents have rallied in Albert Park, a park close to the university campus, demanding that measures be put in place to make the city safer at night. The rally took...
View ArticleFun News
Profile—Paul Henry What’s the best part of your job? Laughing at peasants. What’s the worst part of your job? Pretending to empathise with people. So what do you actually do? Drink red wine and laugh...
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*Interview* with the EY building What’s the best part of your job? Lighting up my spiky pigeon holders at night. What’s the worst part of your job? Dealing with all the fuckbois in suits who think...
View ArticleLiving more Awesome
Jimi Hunt is a mental health advocate, speaker, author, adventure seeker, and co-founder of the Live More Awesome charity. Having recently released his second book—A Guide To Live More Awesome, Kate...
View ArticleUniversity outsourcing university
Victoria University is considering a plan to “fully outsource” the international students’ foundation studies programme. A paper has been drafted suggesting the programme be privatised, outlining...
View ArticleYour flat will still be a bit shit
VUWSA’s submission to the Social Service Select Committee asking for changes to the Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill has been rejected. Of the 706 submissions—most of which called for the scope of...
View ArticleKelburn residents angry about non-existent building
Kelburn residents have voiced concerns during a hearing panel about Victoria University’s acquisition of the Gordon Wilson flats on the Terrace. The former Housing New Zealand flats are now owned by...
View ArticleV-ISA speak out against outsourcing
VUWSA International Students’ Association (V-ISA) are opposing the university’s potential privatisation of the VUW pre-degree foundation studies program. In a forum held last week, V-ISA presented the...
View ArticleBoring report proves mildly interesting
University Provost Professor Wendy Larner has presented her first report to the Academic Board following her first 100 days in office. The provost is the senior academic administrator for the...
View ArticleDemocracy still works
Andrew Little’s Healthy Homes Bill has passed its first reading in the House, 61 votes to 60. The bill was supported by the Greens, the Māori Party, New Zealand First, and United Future. If successful...
View ArticleBunk bed gate: The ultimatum
Katharine Jermyn Hall (KJ) residents who had to take shared rooms with bunk beds in February must now decide whether to pay $220 rent per week for their shared room in trimester two, or move to a...
View ArticleUC up in the clouds
The University of Canterbury (UC) has become the first tertiary institute in New Zealand to use a cloud infrastructure for large scale data analysis. This will allow researchers to carry out analysis...
View Article“The limit does not exist.”
VUWSA choose their Mathletes team VUWSA have selected their team to represent Victoria in the 2016 season of television quiz show University Challenge. The team—consisting of four men and one...
View ArticleVUWSA gives WCC oral submissions
VUWSA President Jonathan Gee and Welfare Vice President Rory Lenihan-Ikin recently made an oral submission to the Wellington City Council (WCC) to help shape their 2016/17 Annual Plan. The submission...
View ArticleWhy hasn’t he quit?
MASSIVE magazine editor Carwyn Walsh has dismissed an open letter he received from staff and students of Massey University, expressing concerns about the cover of the magazine’s second issue. The cover...
View ArticleSoul, Freedom, and Bluesfest
The idea of throwing a massive birthday party is my worst nightmare. So it should come as no surprise that when the time came for me to plan my 21st birthday, I avoided giving anyone who asked a...
View ArticleGowning around
Coming off the back of six graduation ceremonies, VUWSA President Jonathan Gee has turned into an academic gown. Vice Chancellor Grant Guilford said Gee had appeared his “usual chirpy self” the first...
View ArticleNo subsidised fares in near future
The Greater Wellington Regional Council (GWRC) has voted down an initiative to provide a 25% subsidy for student bus fares. The amendment to the Annual Plan was proposed by Councillor Sue Kedgely after...
View ArticleVUW talk over top of students
“We hear you, but we don’t care.” Victoria University’s Senior Leadership Team are moving forward with their plan to outsource the pre-degree foundation studies programme. According to the proposal...
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