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One Generation Wins At Everyone’s Cost
Monday, 17 June 2002, 2:59 pm | Aotearoa Tertiary Students Association
In looking at what is best for New Zealand, students need to realise that the creators of the Student Loan Scheme have no concept of what student debt means to individuals and families. Additionally, many members of this government enjoyed a free tertiary ... More >>
Enrolment and Exams Don’t Mix
Thursday, 13 June 2002, 5:48 pm | Aotearoa Tertiary Students Association
The Aotearoa Tertiary Students’ Association (ATSA) has begun a publicity campaign aimed at getting tertiary students to enrol in time for next month’ s general election. Election rolls will be closed on June 25th. More >>
TEC Will Need Student Input
Wednesday, 12 June 2002, 8:50 am | Aotearoa Tertiary Students Association
The Aotearoa Tertiary Students’ Association (ATSA) has welcomed today’s announcement of the members of the new Tertiary Education Commission (TEC), but is adamant that TEC will need input from student representatives. More >>
Labour Trying To Avoid Action
Tuesday, 11 June 2002, 5:29 pm | Aotearoa Tertiary Students Association
The Aotearoa Tertiary Students Association (ATSA) believes that the early election announced today will result in less for tertiary education. More >>
Budget Offers Little Relief For Students
Thursday, 23 May 2002, 4:18 pm | Aotearoa Tertiary Students Association
Michael Cullen’s ‘short arms, deep pockets’ approach to this year’s budget has disappointed the Aotearoa Tertiary Students’ Association (ATSA). ATSA is angry that after the 2002 Budget students are still the only group of people in New Zealand society who ... More >>
Budget Surplus Hides Grim Realities
Thursday, 23 May 2002, 11:58 am | Aotearoa Tertiary Students Association
The budget surplus being proudly displayed as an example of this government’ s fiscal responsibility hides some grim realities for tertiary students. More >>
Regional Polytechnics Need More than Leftovers
Tuesday, 21 May 2002, 9:00 am | Aotearoa Tertiary Students Association
The Aotearoa Tertiary Students’ Association’s (ATSA) initial satisfaction at the Government’s recognition of the importance of regional polytechnics was tempered when looking at the low amounts of funding involved. More >>
Students Vote in Favour of Compulsory Membership
Thursday, 16 May 2002, 8:23 am | Aotearoa Tertiary Students Association
“Students at Tairawhiti Polytechnic and Nelson-Marlborough Institute of Technology have voted overwhelmingly in favour of compulsory membership of their student associations,” announced Julie Pettett, President of the Aotearoa Tertiary Students’ Association ... More >>
Govt Breaks Its Promise To Consult With Students
Wednesday, 8 May 2002, 2:46 pm | Aotearoa Tertiary Students Association
In January this year Steve Maharey assured students that they would be consulted on possible changes to the Student Loan Scheme. “By sending a set of proposals to Cabinet without consulting with students and other stakeholders first, he is breaking ... More >>
Students’ Lives Not A Game!
Wednesday, 1 May 2002, 12:40 pm | Aotearoa Tertiary Students Association
The Aotearoa Tertiary Students Association (ATSA) has reacted strongly to unrealistic suggestions from Lockwood Smith that students should never pay off their student loans, and instead die in debt. “We are talking about the lives of real people here,” ... More >>
ASTA Supports Green Changes To Paid Parental Leave
Friday, 22 March 2002, 2:46 pm | Aotearoa Tertiary Students Association
The Aotearoa Tertiary Students Association (ATSA) strongly supports the proposed amendments to the Paid Parental Leave (PPL) Act put forward by the Green Party. More >>
Wanganui Students Gain Strong UCOL Representation
Thursday, 21 March 2002, 12:11 am | Aotearoa Tertiary Students Association
“The Aotearoa Tertiary Students Association (ATSA) is pleased that Wanganui students are strongly represented within the new structure at UCOL ," said National Student President Julie Pettett. More >>
National Student Body Concerned By Private Savings
Wednesday, 20 March 2002, 4:20 pm | Aotearoa Tertiary Students Association
The Aotearoa Tertiary Students Association (ATSA) has expressed serious concerns about a private working group’s proposal that individuals could “save and pay” for their children’s tertiary education through a savings scheme. More >>
No Cause for Celebration on Intl. Women’s Day
Sunday, 10 March 2002, 4:02 pm | Aotearoa Tertiary Students Association
International Women’s Day (8 March) should be a day of celebration for women worldwide. However, students are horrified by the release of new figures by the Aotearoa Tertiary Students Association (ATSA) which show that women in New Zealand are becoming increasingly ... More >>
Varsity Strikes – Students Need To Vote For Action
Monday, 4 March 2002, 10:19 am | Aotearoa Tertiary Students Association
“The Aotearoa Tertiary Students Association (ATSA) is disappointed at any calls for students to admonish staff for today’s university strike actions,” stated National Student President Julie Pettett. More >>
Te Roopu Tautoko Angered By “Triad Of Evil” Claims
Thursday, 28 February 2002, 2:58 pm | Aotearoa Tertiary Students Association
Te Roopu Tautoko, the Maori advisory committee of the Aotearoa Tertiary Students’ Association (ATSA), is outraged at Donna Awatere Huata’s claims that a triad of evil exists between the rituals of the marae, family abuse and the predominance of gangs. More >>
Interest On Student Debt Amasses At $410,000 Daily
Wednesday, 27 February 2002, 1:46 pm | Aotearoa Tertiary Students Association
The Aotearoa Tertiary Students Association (ATSA) is bitterly disappointed at today’s announcement by Government that the student loan interest rate will remain at seven percent for the next year. Figures released today by ATSA show that under the current ... More >>
The Alliance Needs To Pull Together
Wednesday, 20 February 2002, 10:28 am | Aotearoa Tertiary Students Association
The Aotearoa Tertiary Students’ Association (ATSA) is angry that the infighting within the Alliance Party is threatening to overshadow the real issues in election year. “The Alliance is one of the few parties with the guts to confront the student debt ... More >>
Student Debt Out Of Control
Wednesday, 20 February 2002, 9:46 am | Aotearoa Tertiary Students Association
The Aotearoa Tertiary Students’ Association (ATSA) is appalled at government figures released today showing that total student debt has reached $5 billion. More >>
National Blunders Into 2002
Wednesday, 16 January 2002, 12:08 am | Aotearoa Tertiary Students Association
"The National Party seems to have made a blunder of its own in claiming that the projected blow-out in student debt to $20 billion by 2020 is somehow the exclusive fault of the present government, advised Julie Pettett, President of the Aotearoa ... More >>
