VUWSA O-Guide 2022 by Victoria University of Wellington Students' Association

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We’re VUWSA – the Victoria University of Wellington Students’ Association – funded partly by the Student Services Levy you pay every year, which allows us to do what we can to make student life better. That means more affordable opportunities and more fun at uni - and in Wellington City. Our ten student representatives govern what we do and make sure the student voice is heard across all levels of the uni. In 2021 we worked alongside community groups on a Public Transport Campaign to bring free public transport to students and Community Service Card holders across the country. Our mass COVID-19 vaccination event Community Immunity brought a party to campus for three days of vaccinations, prizes and food trucks. Not to mention during Stress-Free Study Week we sussed students with breakfast, events and donuts in the lead-up to exams. We’re in charge of back to back events during O-Week, Sex Week, Sustainability Week, Arts Week and plenty of other weeks throughout the year. We organize food trucks on Kelburn campus, offer free menstrual products and supply community pantry food (when you’re a bit low on cash) . We also provide free confidential support and advocacy services when you need some extra help. This Orientation Guide is your one-stop shop for all things uni. From info on services to great student deals, this book will set you up on the right path heading into Trimester One. For updates on all the cool and important things happening on campus follow us on our socials and check out our website for all the services we provide! Facebook / vuwsa Insta / vuwsagram Twitter / vuwsa Web / vuwsa.org.nz

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Kia ora, mabuhay, and a good old what’s up! My name is Ralph and I am your VUWSA President. Wherever you may come from across the motu or overseas, I want to welcome you to Vic and the next stage of your life - it’s going to be a wild ride. From a new environment to new faces to new challenges and opportunities, uni is going to be a shock but VUWSA is here to help you throughout this journey. VUWSA is your students' association and we are here to represent you, the students of Te Herenga Waka, Victoria University of Wellington. Whether it's your academics, welfare or engagement, VUWSA has your back. Having an issue with your class? We organise Class Reps so that every class has someone who will pass info between the lecturer and the class so everyone is supported and gets the most out of their education. In need of support? We provide free services like community pantry, menstrual products and bus passes for when you have classes at different campuses. We also have our two independent advocates who are here to help you with any issue. If you’re looking for some sick gigs or something to get amongst, we deliver O-Week, Sex Week, Sustainability Week and heaps of other events. We also tackle the big issues students face within Vic, Wellington, and Aotearoa. You’ll see us organize campaigns, speak out at marches, and run student advocacy bodies. If you’re passionate about climate action, sexual harm prevention, affordable living, or improving students' mental health and wellbeing, we will have a movement for you; a cheeky heads up to get ready to vote as we’ll be going hard with our campaign for this year's Local Body Elections. As you can see, we do a bunch of good stuff to make being a student easier but there’s so much more! Be sure to check out our social media and website or find us in our bright green office at the top of the Student Union Building at Kelburn Campus. Feel free to pop in, have a yarn, and get some goods. Uni is going to be an experience like no other. So, (safely) go hard with O-Week and make the most of your time at uni. Join a club, sport team or extra-curricular, write an article or do a podcast for Salient, or if you’re up for it, run for VUWSA. You’re now part of our community; go make your mark. The last two years haven’t been easy but 2022 is going to be an absolute stunner. Ngā mihi and lots of love from your whānau at VUWSA x Maraming salamat, Ralph Zambrano

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Welcome to Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand’s globally ranked capital city university. Wellington is a fantastic city in which to be a student. It’s home to a capital-city community packed with leaders, creators, thinkers, dreamers, doers, and lovers of life. Our students have easy access to everything the city has to offer, from cultural events such as CubaDupa and the New Zealand Festival of the Arts, to Parliament and history-making marches like the strike for climate protests that thousands of our students took part in last year. Our students are partners in their learning. They are closely involved in leadership at all levels—from decisions by the University Council affecting the entire institution to those by programmes affecting individual academic courses. We want you to have the best possible experience during your studies here and are committed to ensuring you learn and live in a safe and inclusive environment you will need to succeed in all areas of life. I encourage you to make the most of your time in Wellington by meeting new people and getting involved in the many activities we have available. From over 170 clubs on campus, to internships and programmes that help with personal development and leadership, the opportunities are limitless. Extracurricular activities are a great way to boost your CV, broaden your mind, make new friends, and have fun. Students have long played an important role in the Wellington community through volunteering, often with their hall of residence or through our service and leadership development programme Wellington Plus—from annual fundraising for charities to regular commitments with organisations such as Youthline, Cancer Society and Zealandia. If environmental activism is your passion, know that you have chosen a values-based university that is committed to showing leadership on climate change. We have an ambitious plan that commits our University to further reducing gross carbon emissions by 40 percent and to becoming net carbon zero by 2030. The University works hard to make sure you are safe, well mentored, and supported in practical ways so you can take advantage of everything that the University and Wellington have to offer. If you need some advice or run into a problem – academic, financial, social, personal – there is always someone who can help. All the best for your studies in 2022 and welcome to the Wellington student community. Professor Grant Guilford Vice-Chancellor

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Kia ora koutou! It wasn’t long ago, just a few years, when Tāmaki Makaurau was the most expensive city to live in Aotearoa. Auckland was the butt of all the jokes; congested motorways, road rage, million dollar house prices, and out-of-touch politicians. But if you’ve been there recently or you’ve moved from there, you’ll know that rent and house prices are stagnating and even dropping. The inner city is being re-oriented around the movement of people, instead of lifeless roads for cars. Houses are being built, rent-only apartment blocks, and Tāmaki is on the brink of transforming their public transport system. Believe it or not much of this transformation is a result of Auckland Council. Local Government is undoubtedly slept on, which is pretty shocking given the power that Councils have over your everyday life. The water that comes out of your tap, whether your bus shows up on time, how many houses are able to be built and where, the health and safety of your favourite bar and restaurant, even how safe you are walking home at night - these are all down to the decisions made by your City Councillor. In 2019, I was the President of VUWSA. I got sick of the decisions our City Council was making. It started with a proposed a liquor ban on Kelburn Park, AKA Fountown. I tried to tell our local councillors; “hey this isn’t safe! It will push first-years into dangerous, poorly lit alleyways to pre-drink before town!” and I was left frustrated by the lack of perspective and care for us as students. There are more than 20,000 of us just at Vic, but our councillors are generally indifferent towards our needs. That year I put my name forward to be a City Councillor and thanks to a people-powered campaign driven mainly by students and young people, I became one of three City Councillors for the inner city (Pukehīnau/Lambton Ward) who now has the honour of representing many of you! Since being elected I haven’t stopped repping our student community, and together we’ve managed to not just make calls for urgent action on Te Tiriti justice, climate change, housing and sexual violence prevention, but we’ve got massive wins achieving significant funding and unprecedented regulatory change. Local Government is really fucking important. It has the potential to change all of our lives for the better and can make our City a fairer and safer place for the most vulnerable whānau. AND guess what - it’s an election year this year! Which means YOU have the opportunity to decide who is in charge of your local government. To be honest, I didn’t vote in my first eligible local body election in 2016 because I thought it didn’t matter. I regretted it every year until I ran for council after too many 100-person flat viewings and the bus system collapses. However you choose to get involved in Pōneke in 2022, I hope you have an amazing year. Don’t hesitate to get in touch with me, and whatever you do, make sure you enroll to vote! xo Wellington City Councillor, Tamatha Paul @TamathaPaul / Tamatha.Paul@wcc.govt.nz

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TICKETS

PHOTO ID

Haven’t bought your tickets yet? Head to tickets.vuwsa.org.nz to see whether there are any tickets left!

Make sure you have your tickets ready on your phone (or printed out) to make getting into the gig easy as! If you are a Combo Pass ticket holder, you can get your wristband early on Monday 21st February up at Kelburn – this will mean you can skip ahead in the express lane to get into the gig! Otherwise, you can also get your wristband at the first gig you come to.

Even if you are under 18, or not planning to buy drinks, we are still going to need some photo ID on you – that means a NZ Driver’s License, Kiwi Access 18+ card, or passport. It must also be current (aka not-expired) and original (no photocopies or photos on your phone) – make sure you have it before you trek up the hill!

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If you have a student ticket (either a COMBO PASS or TOGA PARTY ticket), or you are under 18 years of age, you will need to prove that you are a VUW student at the door. You can do this with either your Student ID card (these are available to collect from enrollments during the day), or by showing us a copy of your Confirmation of Study.

Not vaxxed? Unfortunately you’re unable to attend. Events like O-Week are only able to go ahead thanks to the vaccine. Therefore, have your vaccine certificate ready to show us by heading to https://mycovidrecord.health.nz/ or you can get a wristband beforehand (on Monday 21st Feb up at Kelburn) to show you’re vaccinated so you can skip the queue at the door.

Make sure your battery is on full before you leave the house. Whether you have an electronic ticket or you want to get videos in the crowd, a fully charged phone will save you so much admin!

KEYS & WALLET

LEAVE THE VAPE AT HOME

A big night out followed by trying to climb through your window is not an ideal situation. Check you've got your keys and bring your wallet with ID and money to buy some snacks or a taxi home.

O-Week is a smoke free event, meaning smoking is prohibited in or around all events. It’s not worth getting kicked out of the venue for smoking or vaping, so leave it at home where you won't lose it in the mosh.

We want you to have the best time, so come ready to party, look out for your mates, and join us at our best O-Week yet!

Are you all set for VUWSA’s week-long party? Here’s a check list to make sure you are all set to get amongst O-Week 2022!

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Got a question? Head to vuwsa.org.nz/ oweek for all FAQs.

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The exec is elected each year by Te Herenga Waka students to make sure the student voice is part of all the important conversations at the university. This team is the face of VUWSA, and you’ll see them around campus, at events, at important meetings and in the media repping student issues. If you feel passionate about something on campus, or about students in the Wellington area, hit up the exec and see how you can get involved.

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Ralph Zambrano (he/him) Meet Ralph, your VUWSA President for 2022. Ralph is VUWSA’s main spokesperson in the media and has the responsibility of supporting the VUWSA Executive, working with Ngāi Tauira and student representative groups, and forming positive relationships with university leaders and local and national representatives to ensure students' best interests are always acted on. As President, Ralph plans to fortify the student voice by creating a cohesive and collaborative network for collective student action. He is passionate about using grassroots movements to address the big issues affecting students, such as affordable and quality housing, pastoral care, and sustainable living. Ralph is always open to hearing suggestions on what VUWSA can do to make being a student easier.

Jessica Ye (she/her) Jessica Ye is your Academic Vice-President for 2022. Working with VUWSA’s academic team, Student Academic Committee, faculty delegates, class reps, and advocates for student interests alongside other student rep groups at Academic Board and Committee, to ensure the academic issues students care about are centred. This year, Jessica will push for compassionate academic policy, equitable academic support, empowering spaces for student advocacy, and better visibility and accountability of VUWSA's work to students. The VUWSA academic team is going to have to bring its best game to make sure students are well-supported amongst the many academic changes the university will enact this year.

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Katherine Blow (she/they) Katherine is a fourth-year law and arts student from Kirikiriroa Hamilton, and is your VUWSA Engagement Vice President this year. As Engagement Vice President, Katherine will be helping VUWSA organise fun and accessible events throughout the year, as well as creating political and welfare campaigns to increase engagement with local and central government. Katherine hopes to educate students about the upcoming local government elections and to encourage consultation with them, give students the tools to create change for students, and promote diversity within the university.

Monica Lim (she/her) Monica wants to achieve a stronger connection between VUWSA and the student body, through education of important issues. She also aims to push hard for student wellbeing and equity to be at the forefront of university decision making processes.

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Alyssa Fa’afua (she/her) Alyssa is a commerce and science student, majoring in economics, finance, and psychology. Her focus in this role is on engagement, support, and collaboration. In engagement, she concentrates on Clubs Expo, attending events, and nominations. In support, she fixates on both areas of online and general support, as well as access to this support. With collaboration, her emphasis is on the relationships between clubs surrounding the university, club staff, and the clubs council, which she chairs. She is happy to help out if you need anything!

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Sophia Honey (she/her)

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Sophia is a law student who is very interested in policy and submissions. She is passionate about reducing our campus waste and carbon footprint, and she wants to work closely with our environmental groups to do this. Sophia plans to run the sustainability committee with a focus on intersectionality and uplifting Māori and Pasifika voices. Sophia always has time for a discussion about what you want to see around campus and how we can do better for our student body!

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Willa Aitken (she/her) Willa Aitken is the Education Officer for 2022. Her policies of support, advocacy and accessibility all surround making the University's learning environment more empathetic. Supporting students’ learning should be the University's greatest priority, as it's our willingness to learn that brought us here, and the knowledge we gain from a strong learning service is what will enable us to reach our full potential. Therefore, Willa's focus for this year will be on advocating for students' educational needs to be met, through ensuring that students' well-being is placed at the forefront by recognising that everyone learns differently and requires a variety of support systems.

Amelia Blamey (she/her) Amelia is your 2022 Treasurer-Secretary. She keeps VUWSA’s official documents up to date, helps maintain an efficient budget, and ensures that VUWSA’s work is transparent and accessible. Having been in the role in 2021, she will continue to push for better consultation and co-design with students when it comes to the work that VUWSA does and the money it spends. Amelia also hopes to push for better funding and support for other Representative and Equity Groups on campus. Fair funding for VUWSA and other campus groups fosters a strong student voice and gets the best deal for students.

VUWSA has two additional Executive positions - Equity Officer and Campaigns Officer - which we will be holding a by-election for early in 2022. Stay tuned for more information.

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You can access all of our services online at vuwsa.org.nz. Come and see us in person at our office on Kelburn Campus. VUWSA Kelburn Level 4 Student Union Building (across the quad from Milk & Honey and the Rankine Brown Library) Open 9am-4pm Mon-Thurs, 10am-4pm Fri.

Bus Passes If you have two classes on the same day at different campuses, you are eligible for free bus passes. Bring your timetable and Student ID into our Kelburn Office and we will load bus passes onto your Snapper card.

Lost Property Lost property on campus tends to turn up at our office. If you’ve lost items on campus you can log your missing items online and our reception staff will contact you if it turns up.

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Lockers

Parking Discount

Need somewhere to store your stuff? VUWSA has lockers for hire year round, with trimester and full-year options available. Apply online now!

VUWSA provides parking passes that allow you to access 50% off Pay and Display parking on Wai-te-Ata Road (behind Vic Rec at Kelburn Campus). You can apply for these online.

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Fruit and Vege Market

Microwaves

Every week during term time (not during study breaks), VUWSA brings our fruit and vege market onto campus. Grab your 5+ a day on campus all Wednesday (Pipitea) and Thursday (Kelburn). Usually there’s other treats like freshly-baked bread available too!

VUWSA has microwaves and a student kitchen available during reception hours at our Kelburn office. There are also a number of microwaves available across our campuses, in the Law Students’ Common Room, and many other locations across Kelburn, Pip and Aro.

Community Pantry VUWSA runs a Community Pantry which gives food parcels to students who are struggling to make ends meet. This is a no-judgment system, any student can access a community pantry parcel. Apply for one online on our website, then pick it up from our Kelburn office.

Free Menstrual Products If you’ve been caught out this time, we’ve got your back. Kelburn, Pipitea and Te Aro campuses all have collection boards where you can pick up a pack of free tampons or pads. These boards can be found in the unisex bathrooms in the Hub at Kelburn (under the stairs), by the Info Ihonui desk at Pipitea and in the library at Te Aro.

Subsidised Moon Cups Want a wallet-friendly and sustainable option for your period? Our mates over at Wā ($20) and Moraka ($10) have got you covered. Pick up your subsidised menstrual cup from our Kelburn office today - it could save you over $500 while you’re at uni!

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Need some advice? Been treated unfairly? Don’t know who to talk to?

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It’s not always smooth sailing when you’re at university. You may run into issues that prevent you from getting to class, getting fair grades, or submitting work on time. Let us introduce you to Erica and Alice. Our advocates are 100% independent from the university and 100% confidential. They can help you with questions or issues about classes, grades, employment, flatting, mental health, harassment and more. They will either refer you to the services you need or step in and help advocate on your behalf for fairer treatment from your lecturers, landlords and/or bosses. Pretty much any problem, whether uni-related or everyday-related VUWSA’s got your back. 04 463 6984 Advocate@vuwsa.org.nz vuwsa.org.nz/advocacy

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GET OUT AND ABOUT ON CAMPUS AND

VOLUNTEER FOR US! Throughout the year we need volunteers for various activities around the campus. Keep an eye out on our socials for more details!

HALLS COMMITTEE Join our committee to discuss all things Hall of Residence!

CLUBS COUNCIL

A place where an elected representative for your Hall can raise issues or give opinion on behalf of fellow residents. It’s about empowering students in halls to have a voice and ensure student welfare and engagement is prioritised.

The Clubs Council is a representative body for Clubs here at Te Herenga Waka. It advises the University on club matters, governs VUWSA’s clubs policy and gives a member an opportunity to sit on the Sponsorship Panel.

Interested in becoming a rep?

The Clubs Council is made up of ten club representatives, VUWSA’s Clubs and Activities Officer, and representatives from University Recreation. Email activities@vuwsa.org.nz to find out more.

Contact your Head of Hall to find out how or stay tuned for info from your Hall of Residence.

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Meet Joseph, Joseph is our Student Representation Coordinator. He is the person who keeps the class rep system all in order and helps out with any course or faculty issues you might experience. He makes sure your academic experience here at university is fair and just. Whether you are a class rep who needs a hand, or you find your course is not following the academic handbook, course outline or is being unfair - Let your class rep or our awesome SRC, Joseph, know. Joseph Habgood

At the start of each trimester your lecturer will stand at the front of the room and ask, “does anyone want to be the class rep?” You’ll sit there and toss up whether you do or don’t, but we think get involved! VUWSA runs the Class Rep system, which aims to have at least one student in every course, at every level, be the bridge between students and lecturers. The class rep is the person you can talk with about getting the lecturer to speak louder so you can hear at the back of the class, making sure powerpoints are accessible, your online courses are running smoothly, or any issues with course content. This is a really important job. VUWSA has online training and runs workshops and group sessions for class reps throughout the trimester to make sure you’re well supported. For more info head to our website. Being a class representative counts towards the VicPlus Programme and VUWSA hosts the Student Rep Awards each year to celebrate hard-working class reps and faculty delegates.

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Pop in to 85 Ghuznee St in the city, or be friends with us on Instagram! splendid.nz

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It can be pretty weird to be thrown into the deep end in a new place and not know what to do. Here's a beginner's guide if you’re new to Wellington – or even if you’re just new to Te Herenga Waka!

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To reverse that, the sun will burn you. Yes, it’s windy and cloudy, but in the summer months, you’ll burn. (Seriously, it’s worth just carrying sunscreen and a warm jersey with you at all times for safety’s sake.)

CHEAP EATS Get away from that hall food and try out some of the diverse food options scattered about the city. We’ve got more eateries per capita than New York, and these ones won’t break the bank. Get your BYO on at Oriental Kingdom or Red Hill. Lashings does a mean brownie, Sweet Release and Krishna Food have some of the best food out there for those with dietary requirements, and our own Maki Mono has half-priced sushi after 4pm.

GET INTO NATURE Sometimes you’ve got to escape uni life and get outside for a bit. Fortunately, Wellington is chocka with the green stuff. Within walking distance from all of the campuses there’s rad little hidden nature spots where you can have your lunch, hang with mates, or pretend you’re going to study. Check out Katherine Mansfield Park in Thorndon (just up from Pipitea Campus) Waitangi Park in Te Aro or the Botanical Gardens (the Botans) in Kelburn. If you want to go further afield, wander up Mt Vic (it’s really not that bad a climb, honestly) or out to Berhampore or Zealandia.

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Look, Wellington has a reputation. We’ve got some gorgeous sunny days, but there are a lot of days when the weather gets pretty shit too. Umbrellas will not work. We know that sounds like a Wellington meme, but they’re insufficient. They’ll break. Get a sick raincoat – you'll thank us in the long run.

Get yourself a Snapper card as soon as you can. You might promise yourself that you’ll walk every day, but soon enough it’ll be raining, and you’ll be facing a slow and damp trek up the hill. The Snapper card works on Wellington buses and some trains, and its sweet student price will save you a bunch of money in the long run. If you’ve got classes at more than one campus, you can get a bus pass from VUWSA for free inter-campus travel!

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AURAKI Reusable Cups

Compost and Recycling on Campus

Forgot to bring your KeepCup? Use an AURAKI instead! Pick up a reusable mug from one of the on-campus cafes and return at no charge. They’re a convenient way to reduce waste and help protect Papatūānuku.

Our campus has many different coloured bins, so we can sort our rubbish and ensure we reduce the amount put into landfills.

All you need to do is: Choose your cup. Use it for your drink. Return it to the cafe or in a drop off box around campus.

Green coloured bins are where you can chuck organic material like fruit skins. No plastic or packaging though, as the these bins make their way to composting or worm farms. Yellow coloured bins are usually recycling, and they’re for plastic or cans - but only if they’re clean!

BYO Discounts

Dark blue bins are for paper, and light blue ones are often for glass.

All food options on campus are happy for you to bring your own cups, containers, and plates for your lunch. Some offer a discount if you do so! Save your money and save single-use products from landfill.

Red bins are for pretty much all other general rubbish. If you’re not sure what goes where, check out the signs or ask a mate if they know where something goes.

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As a new university student, it’s really important to know not just the what’s what, but the who’s who at Vic. We here at the Victoria Tutors’ Network straddle several of these worlds at once, so we thought we’d give you a brief look at the kinds of people that make up the university. Vic can definitely feel like a faceless bureaucracy at the best of times. It is equally true that Vic is made up of people with a wide range of relationships to and stakes in the institution. Your most engaging and responsive lecturer, your most enthusiastic and compassionate tutor, and the sympathetic administrator who helped you change courses at the last minute all have one thing in common: they are all employees of the university. These employees don’t have the same relationship to the university as those who employ them though: the management who make decisions on behalf of the university. These decisions all too often reflect financial goals rather than educational ones. These interests don’t always align, and as a result the university’s decision-making doesn’t always represent its staff and students. That’s where student associations like VUWSA and unions like the TEU come in. The TEU, or Tertiary Education Union, is a workers’ organisation dedicated to the interests of all staff employed by universities across Aotearoa New Zealand. In short: if you become employed by Vic or any other domestic university, the TEU is your union. Unions are democratic, collective organisations that protect and advocate for employee interests. In New Zealand, you have the legal right to join a union and you cannot be discriminated against for being a member of one. Unions bargain for and negotiate collective agreements with employers which lay out terms for wages, hours, and working conditions. Unions also give staff a democratic say in how their workplace is run: they allow us to channel our collective voice so we have a say in decisions that would otherwise be made for us by our employers. Historically, this dynamic has resulted in huge gains for workers that today we take for granted: weekends, overtime, an end to child labour, good stuff like that! Union activism isn’t even restricted to labour politics, either. Unions have been on the front lines of feminist struggles for equal pay; they’ve flexed their muscles in support of Māori land struggles like the occupation of Bastion Point; and they’re also playing an important role through ‘just transition’ campaigning to ensure that industries are making the changes they need to stop contributing to climate change while not throwing everyday working people under the [electric] bus in the process. Unions have the power to quite literally change the world. So if you end up working at Vic, join the TEU. If you don’t, support the TEU anyway because ultimately, staff’s teaching conditions are your learning conditions. And look into unions at your own place of work—join one or start one! Tū kotahi! Tū kaha! ~Victoria Tutors’ Network

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Stress-Free Study Week Tri 1 - 6-10 June Tri 2 - 17-21 Oct

Sex Week Safe, sane and consensual sex should be at the centre of everyone’s experiences. As a part of our commitment to ending sexual harm in Wellington, Sex Week presents the opportunity for open and honest conversations with people who really know their stuff! No matter if you’re having sex, happy on your own, found the one/s or somewhere in between, everyone has the right to learn about themselves, their bodies, and healthy relationships.

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The end of the tri is a pretty hectic time, but VUWSA is here to help. VUWSA provides free food on campus every day of study week on our campuses. We also provide some fun study break activities throughout the week. We want you to feel as calm as possible during a really hectic time of the academic year!

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Re-O-Week Start Tri Two fresh and ready to get some As. No matter what Tri One has thrown at ya, Tri Two offers a chance for a reset. VUWSA hosts a week of fun and free events on campus to get you back into the swing of things.

Arts Week This is a week full of art, culture, performances, exhibitions and competitions! Get involved and submit your own work, or come along to one of our many events aimed at broadening your horizons and getting you involved in the arts! Whether it’s visual art, design, photography, dance, theatre, music - whatever gets your creative juices flowing is welcome!

Sustainability Week We all want to do our best for Papatūānuku, right? Sustainability Week is all about educating ourselves on how we can protect and love our Earth for a better future. VUWSA invites earth-friendly and sustainable organizations to campus for you to chat, shop or join, while also helping our student groups host fundraisers for important causes.

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Salient is our student magazine, created by a fab team of student writers, sub-editors, photographers, illustrators, podcast hosts and volunteers, all letting you know what’s going on at university and in the student world. Take a look at their weekly magazine (free, available at stands across all the campuses) or listen to their podcasts online. Wanna get involved? Chuck the Salient Editor an email. Email: editor@salient.org.nz FB - /salientmagazine Insta - /@salientgram Twitter - /salientmagazine Web - /salient.org.nz

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Kia ora koutou e hoa mā! Salient Magazine has had a stronghold over our student culture since 1938. We are your go-to magazine for student news, investigative articles, horoscopes, reviews, and puzzles. Our purpose is to hold the University and VUWSA to account, while also keeping you entertained and informed. We ask difficult questions, deliver hot takes, and strive to make the student voice heard. There is a new issue of Salient out every week, and it's distributed all around our three campuses. It's also available online through our website, so you can stay in the loop no matter where you are. In a world consumed by the digital, reading a physical magazine can be a refreshing change. For many of us, picking up a copy of Salient is a weekly ritual which reminds us to make time to read for leisure, not just for class. If reading isn’t your thing, we’ve still got you covered. Solving our puzzles is a fun way to kill time between classes, and our beloved centrefolds have become wall decor for flats all around Wellington. We also run Salient Podcasts, a selection of top quality yarns produced by and for students. Whether you’re an experienced writer or a novice who’s curious about journalism, Salient is the place for you. We are always on the lookout for new contributors, all you have to do is send through a pitch to editor@ salient.org.nz! We also love meeting writers in person, so you are welcome to swing by our office in the Student Union Building. Being a part of the Salient community made my university experience so much more enjoyable, and I highly recommend getting involved. And who am I? My name is Janhavi and I’m the editor of Salient for 2022. I just completed my Bachelor of Arts from VUW, where I majored in History, Cultural Anthropology and Theatre. I spent my first two years of uni contributing to Salient, before being hired as a staff writer last year. This year I get to run the whole show. I’m a proud Wellingtonian and I’m even prouder to be working for the coolest student mag in the country. So tie your toga on tightly, drink responsibly, and have the best O Week ever. Oh, and there’s a new Salient out every Monday - make sure to grab a copy! Ngā mihi nui, Janhavi Gosavi (she/her)

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