Waikato Students’ Union – Candidates for Election 2025
ELECTIONS The following is the official list of candidates that will more than likely be replaced by either a new list when people amend details or a much prettier list. The latter may happen tomorrow when the Comms team realise the columns don’t line up, but for now we have complied with the Constitution. President […]
Board Meeting
We are having a Board Meeting today at 2pm, in the Conference Room Sub 1.01
A Better Funded WSU
A BETTER FUNDED WSU Currently your Students’ Union is around 85-90% funded by a Service Level Agreement. Effectively the University meet with the WSU and they decide what the priorities for students are and how much of your Student Services Levy should go toward funding each thing. Then it gives us a contract to deliver […]
Consultation Models
CONSULTATION MODELS If we were to divide consultation into two sections then everything else in this hub would be called “Stuff we are pretty sure of.” A lot of it like changing election cycles to having more accountability placed on those taking your money is basically just delayed common sense that we think you will […]
Consultation
CONSULTATION CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM If you are a fan of the WSU you know that no one wants to have another SGM less than we do. The idea of 250 students in a room with pizza and drinks talking about more changes is not our idea of fun. BUT.. Recent changes to the Incorporated Societies Act […]
Checks and Balances
Of all the changes we want to make this one is the easiest and the most logical because it costs you money. Every time there are disputes, or complaints, issues with the board or HR it has cost you unbudgeted money. When the board are setting Honoraria or budgets they can effectively just ignore the […]
Cost of Living Crisis Impacting Students
Our Tauranga Director Sophie Priddy, and our friends at Good Neighbour Tauranga sat down with Breakfast on TVNZ to discuss the cost of living crisis, free food packages, and more. You can watch the whole interview on the link below. ‘Beyond tough’ – Some students struggle to pay for food (1news.co.nz)
WSU Student Sponsorship
Over the past decade the WSU has become great at giving things away. Pancakes are always a solid option, sausages of both the meat and non meat variety, BurgerFuel free fries were always great, and then there was that one memorable summer with a supplier of Noodles. However, without question the thing that helps the […]
Community Garden Growing
COMMUNITY GARDEN GROWING The Free Food Club is always looking for ways to equip our fellow friends (students) with new skills, friendly faces and free food! If you like to learn new skills, have dirty hands, or love free food, we welcome you to our Community Garden plan. FFC and friends, thanks to the funding […]
Cost of living: Bay of Plenty tertiary students relying on charities for food
Cost of living: Bay of Plenty tertiary students relying on charities for food WSU PRESIDENT GEORGE LIU WAS INTERVIEWED BY CATHERINE SYLVESTER IN HER PIECE FOR THE BAY OF PLENTY TIMES (30/04/24).GEORGE AND OTHER STUDENTS DISCUSS HOW THE COST OF LIVING CRISIS IS MAKING A BAD SITUATION WORSE FOR OUR STUDENTS READ THE ARTICLE IN […]
WSU Appoints Director Pacific
The WSU is delighted to announce the appointment of Rosalie Norton as WSU Director Pacific. “We believe Rosalie is an exceptional person and will be a fantastic addition to the WSU Board. She is creative, talented and has a strong drive to serve her community and Pacific People,” said WSU President George Liu. […]
BOON @ THE STUDENTS’ UNION
The Students Union Building (SUB) received a brand new mural thanks to the phenomenally talented @Haser_NZ and the people at Boon (faceook.com/boonartshamilton) Boon, in conjunction with the WSU and the University of Waikato have been working to bring more colour and life to campus. We will do a full breakdown on what the mural means […]