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Cost of Living Payment Ends
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- The third and final instalment of the Cost of Living Payment was paid out early last week. It aimed to help those who earned under $70,000 last year deal with the rising costs of inflation.
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Te Aka Tauira: Ngāi Tauira Gifts VUWSA New Te Reo Māori Name
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- On 29 September, Ngāi Tauira, Te Herenga Waka’s Māori Students’ Association, passed a resolution at their AGM to gift a new Te Reo Māori ingoa to VUWSA: ‘Te Aka Tauira’.
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Headline Junkie
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- A Bite-Sized Look Into the Big Stories
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Patronscan: Protective System Or Privacy Scare?
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- An increasing number of Wellington bars are adopting digital ID checking technology in a move to make the capital's nightlife safer, but potential privacy risks are going unchecked by bar owners.
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The Environmental Cost of a $10 Disposable Vape
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- The average AirsPops disposable vape costs $10 and can be purchased from pretty much any dairy or petrol station.
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University Staff Strike in First Wave of Industrial Action
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- Thursday, 6 October saw the first university staff strike in over a decade.
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Opinion: What’s going on with the Tutors?
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- If you’re reading this, you’re probably a uni student and you probably have at least one tutor.
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VUWSA’s 2023 Exec Members Vaguely Promise to Increase Student Engagement
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- The results are in: Jessica Ye is VUWSA’s President for 2023.
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Where were all the VUWSA candidates? They’re running for Uni Council.
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- The University Council elects a new student representative each year to serve a two-year term.
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Local Body 2022- Who To Vote For? - A Salient Guide
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- A salient guide to help you vote for this local body election
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Local Body Scorecards - Rank Lambton's Candidates!
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- To help you decide who to vote for, Salient has summarised every candidate’s policies about climate, housing, and utilities.
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Coffees with the Candidates - Jonathan Markwick
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- Self-identifying as an “Angry Twink from Mt Cook”, Jonathan Markwick is running as an independent candidate for Wellington City Council to fiercely advocate for better housing for students.
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Coffees with the candidates - Steph Edlin
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- Steph Edlin is 21 years old, a third year student at VUW, and running as an independent candidate for Motukairangi/Eastern Ward for the second time.
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Coffees with Candidates - Tamatha Paul Profile
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- Current city councillor and student Tamatha Paul, is campaigning to “have another crack” representing the Central Wellington Pukehīnau/Lambton Ward.
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Coffees with the Candidates - Lachlan Patterson
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- Only 22-years-old, Green Party candidate Lachlan Patterson is running for Wellington City Council in the Wharangi/Onslow-Western Ward.
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Inflationary Food Prices Take A Bite Out Of Students' Wallets
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- The rising cost of living has hit campus food vendors.
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Headline Junkie
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- A Bite-Sized Look Into the Big Stories
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OPINION: Weir House Residents Deserve Better
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- Halls of residence: the most anticipated and exciting part of a fresher coming to university.
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Stafford House Breaches Residential Tenancies Act Six Times
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- Tenancy Compliance and Investigations (TCIT) have found Stafford House, managed by UniLodge, to be in breach of six sections of the Residential Tenancies Act 1986 (RTA), following an investigation from VUWSA.
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Wellingtonians March Against Court's Decision to "Protect Rapist"
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- Around 200 Wellingtonians, mostly young students, marched from Civic Square to Parliament on Saturday 10 September in outrage over rapist Jayden Meyer’s sentencing of nine months home detention.
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News Team Editorial: For Fucks Sake, Just Vote.
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- Local body elections are looming! We're here to convince you to not bin those voting papers when they turn up in the mail between 16-24 September.
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University Low-Balls Tutors
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- On 21 September, the Tertiary Education Union (TEU) are holding a paid union meeting to discuss future action as part of the collective bargaining process.
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Nīkau Wi Neera - Te Whanganui A Tara
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- At just 23-years-old, Green Party candidate Nīkau Wi Neera is running for Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Wellington City Council’s first ever Māori ward.
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Headline Junkie
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- A Bite-Sized Look Into the Big Stories
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Coffees with the candidates - featuring Afnan Al-Rubayee
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- As well as being a full-time public servant, Labour candidate Afnan Al-Rubayee is a mum and student campaigning for Pukehīnau/Lambton Ward.
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Queen Goneburger, Students React to a Fallen Monarch
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- As New Zealanders awoke on the morning of 9 September, a sour smell of death was in the air as we learned of the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II overnight.
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50th Anniversary of the Māori Language Petition
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- The Māori language petition has reached a huge milestone—50 years since it was delivered to Parliament.
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Tikanga Māori: Polluters in Court
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- On 15 August 2022, activist Mike Smith brought three actions in tort law against seven of the biggest polluters.
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Headline Junkie - Kiriwara Kōrero
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- A bite-sized look into the big stories
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A Protest Pictured, A Counterprotest Captured: Parliament’s Grounds Divided
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- A tale of two protests: Tuesday 23 August saw Brian Tamaki’s Freedom and Rights Coalition march to Parliament to put political leaders on “trial” for “crimes against humanity”, most notably for vaccination mandates which protestors claimed had caused harm to New Zealanders.
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