New Zealand Union of Students' Associations - Latest News [Page 1]
Open Letter Re: Tertiary Student Exemption To COVID-19 Travel Ban
Tuesday, 25 February 2020, 5:05 pm | New Zealand Union of Students' Associations
Dear Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern (Prime Minister), Hon David Clark (Minister of Health) and Hon Chris Hipkins (Minister of Education) We are students, educators, staff and leaders across the tertiary sector in Aotearoa New Zealand. We have an urgent message ... More >>
Students to march on Parliament tomorrow
Wednesday, 10 April 2019, 1:42 pm | New Zealand Union of Students' Associations
Students will be marching on parliament tomorrow, calling on the Government to stay true to its commitment and restore the Postgraduate Student Allowance. More >>
Proposal To Increase Student Loans - More Than Meets The Eye
Thursday, 13 July 2017, 10:05 am | New Zealand Union of Students' Associations
12 July 2017 - The New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations (NZUSA) says that there’s more than meets the eye with recent proposals to increase student loan borrowing. More >>
'Tertiary Education and Other Matters Bill', Matters
Friday, 23 September 2016, 5:31 pm | New Zealand Union of Students' Associations
The New Zealand Union of Students' Association has found favour with some of the proposed amendments to the Education Act announced today. More >>
Careers merger confirms the need for Tertiary Education
Wednesday, 18 May 2016, 4:02 pm | New Zealand Union of Students' Associations
The newly announced merger between the TEC and Careers NZ sends a message to New Zealand that we already know. That tertiary education is essential to get into a career in New Zealand. More >>
Student power smashes Abbott fees proposal – for now
Friday, 2 October 2015, 5:13 pm | New Zealand Union of Students' Associations
The national student union congratulates our comrades in the Australian National Union of Students on their impressive campaign to defeat higher education fee deregulation as proposed by the former Abbott Government. More >>
Students Set to Impact on Election 2014
Wednesday, 3 September 2014, 1:19 pm | New Zealand Union of Students' Associations
In wake of the outrage that followed the publication of Dirty Politics some strong policy gains for tertiary students have been overshadowed. As the voting period for the General Election starts tomorrow (Wednesday 3rd September), the New Zealand Union ... More >>
Students Want What MPs Give (only) to Themselves
Tuesday, 1 July 2014, 1:14 pm | New Zealand Union of Students' Associations
In the light of massive increases in the housing perk that was announced for Members of Parliament last week, students are calling attention to the fact that the support that many students get for housing costs has not increased in ten years. More >>
Minister obscures impact of falling Postgraduate numbers
Friday, 22 November 2013, 5:24 pm | New Zealand Union of Students' Associations
The government has delivered further proof today that New Zealand’s reputation as a place to aspire towards attaining postgraduate qualifications is being run down by changes that withdrew student allowances from postgraduate students. More >>
Fair Internet Pricing a victory for consumer fight-back
Tuesday, 5 November 2013, 4:58 pm | New Zealand Union of Students' Associations
The Commerce Commission’s final decision to put a ceiling on the pricing for the most basic level of internet access will help ensure it doesn’t become unaffordable for students struggling under financial pressure, says the NZ Union of Students’ ... More >>
Faulty review of University governance
Thursday, 3 October 2013, 4:24 pm | New Zealand Union of Students' Associations
New Zealand’s national body for students, the NZ Union of Students’ Associations (NZUSA), has called out a range of flaws and inbuilt bias in the Ministry of Education review of university governance. More >>
Students’ Associations Foodbank Use Up – and Stretched
Wednesday, 18 September 2013, 12:08 pm | New Zealand Union of Students' Associations
New Zealand tertiary students’ finances are at a crisis point – if use of the country’s students’ associations’ Foodbanks offer any indication. More >>
Student Voices Join Campaign Against Chorus' Copper Tax
Friday, 13 September 2013, 9:12 am | New Zealand Union of Students' Associations
On on behalf of tertiary students throughout the country the New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations (NZUSA) has joined a campaign led by the Consumers Institute and Internet NZ to stop the transfer of $600 million from consumers to Chorus Ltd’s ... More >>