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NZUSA Council

Winter Council of NZUSA In Auckland was quiet. Constituents seemed to show greater confidence in the body than they had at Easter.

Decisions made included:

University Entrance: The first steps were taken in an attempt to abolish University Entrance accrediting. Victoria delegate Sue Markham called for more research into the effectiveness of accrediting.

Work Camps: NZUSA's International vice-president Graeme Pateman said students who were in work camps looked on them as free holidays. NZUSA may sponsor a graduate member of Volunteer Service Abroad who would investigate work camp possibilities and control the camps when established.

Finance: The financial shambles has been brought back to order and strict checks are to be made to prevent it from happening again. NZUSA books will be presented to a public accountant who will prepare monthly trial balances to be circulated to constituent student associations.

Voting Age: NZUSA has adopted a policy remit supporting the universal lowering of the voting age, to 18. Whether the drinking age should be lowered will be discussed next Easter.

South African Scholarship: The scholarship scheme has finally been abolished. Inter, national vice-president Graeme Pateman says that two attempts to bring out students have been abortive, and there was so little enthusiasm for the project among the universities that available finance would be inadequate.