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NZUSA desperate to keep its hands on student money
Tuesday, 6 September 2011, 3:03 pm | Student Choice
NZUSA’s so-called alternative to voluntary membership is nothing more than a desperate attempt to protect its ability to stick its hands into students’ pockets. More >>
NZUSA misrepresentation fuelled support for vsm
Monday, 8 August 2011, 10:39 am | Student Choice
Years of misrepresentation by NZUSA contributed to increased support for voluntary student membership and helped to convince students that compulsory membership was a fundamentally flawed system. More >>
Charities Commission should examine political student unions
Friday, 3 June 2011, 9:55 am | Student Choice
Following the recent deregistration of Greenpeace, the Charities Commission should review the charitable status of various political compulsory student unions. More >>
Labour – listen to Clayton Cosgrove on voluntary membership
Wednesday, 11 May 2011, 9:39 am | Student Choice
The Labour Party and chief whip Rick Barker should follow the advice of Labour MP Clayton Cosgrove and support voluntary membership of private organisations, including tertiary student unions. More >>
Labour/Greens want voluntary student associations to fail
Friday, 6 May 2011, 10:46 am | Student Choice
By delaying a bill to introduce voluntary membership of student associations, Labour and the Greens are attempting to sabotage associations’ preparations for voluntary membership, Student Choice said today. More >>
Compulsory student union had $200,000 in SCF
Thursday, 21 October 2010, 11:30 am | Student Choice
The compulsory University of Canterbury Students Association (UCSA) invested $200,000 in South Canterbury Finance during 2009, pro-voluntary membership group Student Choice revealed today. UCSA’s investment in SCF was part of an investment portfolio totalling ... More >>
Freedom of association opens doors for Students
Saturday, 25 September 2010, 5:17 pm | Student Choice
Freedom of association opens door for genuine student representation Media release: Student Choice, 24 September 2010 Categories: education, tertiary education More >>
Move to strike off compulsory student union
Monday, 23 August 2010, 9:30 am | Student Choice
Pro-voluntary membership group Student Choice has moved to have the compulsory Whitireia Independent Students Association (WISA), currently at the centre of a police investigation, removed from the register of incorporated societies. More >>
Compulsory Whitireia student union costs $207,000
Monday, 16 August 2010, 9:50 am | Student Choice
The compulsory Whitireia Polytechnic student union, currently at the centre of a police investigation over fraud allegations, also took legal action against Whitireia Polytechnic in 2007. Defending this action cost Whitireia Polytechnic almost $207,000 ... More >>
Loss of $102K on WSU orientation is no ‘service’
Friday, 16 April 2010, 10:24 am | Student Choice
Student Choice is challenging the compulsory Waikato Students Union (WSU) to explain how the union’s loss of $102,000 on orientation events over three years can be described as a ‘service’ to students. In an attempt to avoid accountability WSU ... More >>
Industrial strength hypocrisy from TEU
Monday, 1 March 2010, 10:11 am | Student Choice
Voluntary union membership is good enough for tertiary staff but too good for tertiary students according to the Tertiary Education Union. Yesterday TEU president Tom Ryan defended compulsory student union membership, oblivious to the fact that the union ... More >>
Government should scrap loans for student unions
Wednesday, 24 February 2010, 9:48 am | Student Choice
Tertiary education minister Steven Joyce is being urged to remove the ability of students to pay compulsory student union fees with money borrowed under the student loan scheme. More >>
Waikato University Wrong On WSU Money
Wednesday, 29 July 2009, 2:04 pm | Student Choice
The University of Waikato has incorrectly claimed that the compulsory Waikato Students Union contributed $1 million to a new student centre to be built at the university. More >>
Student Choice Welcomes New Tertiary Team
Tuesday, 18 November 2008, 9:08 am | Student Choice
17 November 2008 Media Release - Student Choice Student Choice congratulates the new Tertiary Education Minister Anne Tolley, and her associate minister Wayne Mapp, on their appointments today, and challenge them to move quickly to give students the right ... More >>
New Government Must Grant Students Their Freedom
Thursday, 13 November 2008, 9:28 am | Student Choice
Media Release: Student Choice 11 November 2008 Student Choice congratulates John Key and the National Party for their victory in last Saturday's General Election. More >>
New Government Must Grant Students Their Freedom
Tuesday, 11 November 2008, 3:32 pm | Student Choice
New Government Must Grant Students Their Freedom Media Release: Student Choice 11 November 2008 Student Choice congratulates John Key and the National Party for their victory in last Saturday's General Election. More >>
Electoral Commission teams up with anti-National
Thursday, 6 November 2008, 12:23 pm | Student Choice
Student Choice is questioning the wisdom of the Electoral Commission's support for the Great New Zealand Vote Party, considering one of the other groups involved, the New Zealand Union of Student Associations (NZUSA), is a registered third party under ... More >>
Why not universal freedom of association?
Tuesday, 14 October 2008, 11:13 am | Student Choice
Today the New Zealand Union of Students Associations claimed that "hundreds of thousands of students" are welcoming the news of a universal student allowance. More >>
A little bit of honesty please, NZUSA
Friday, 18 July 2008, 3:45 pm | Student Choice
The news that Labour are thinking of introducing universal student allowances is hardly a surprise to members of student group Student Choice. More >>
Motel damage highlights compulsory games funding
Thursday, 24 April 2008, 11:57 am | Student Choice
Damage to a Rotorua motel during the recent University Games has highlighted the fact that the games are largely funded through a compulsory levy imposed on all university students, Student Choice said today. More >>
