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CHAFF VOL 50 N019

“Students are
{outing the hill?
Bil! Told.

The second progre[...]be drawn between

care.

the Maori Vice President and women's
self determination. It's a pity more peo-[...]sed legislation of Youth Rates in Sep-
tember. As.50% of students at Massey
will be affected by Youth[...]ising with the Wor-
kers Unemployed Rights Centre and will
rally around this issue on September 23rd
-[...]n, feel
free to come,up to the Boardroom or

come and see me. Meetings will be held
on Mondays and Fridays at 3.00 pm. in
the Boardroom.

The NZ Stu[...]fee from $54 to $69.

I was elected as Education and
Welfare Vice President on NZUSA for 19-
84.

Good[...]waste of human
life.” But the assorted Koreans and Japa-
nese who went down with the Korean air—
l[...]plain why it had been in Soviet
territory for two and a half hours but it
wasn't military, I doubt it was spying,
and yet it has been lost.

This is just one of those[...]et Union. Because Commu-
nism is clearly inferior and evil, as every
American is taught, America can wave a
stick and talk of punishment and righting
wrongs. But American heavy handedness
at[...]U—boat in 1915,
which created much public anger and aid-'
ed that country’s move to war.

l know we[...]War. That one was called The
War to End All Wars, and they didn’t
even have nuclear weapons. Maybe th[...]tangi
Day Celebrations, there are now many
groups and organisations all over the
country, who, rather t[...]people’s

awareness about the true significance and .

status of the Treaty right around the
country.[...]building strong
organisations in their own areas and who
carry out activities which they feel will
bes[...]sed that they are all indepen-
dent of each other and none of them will
tolerate being bullied or told[...]when in fact many differ in the way they
operate and also in what they may seek
to achieve. At this st[...]the need for these organisations
to get together and discuss questions
which are of common concern and per—
haps reach a concensus on such questions
in order to give the movement nationally
a more c[...]groups who attended,
none of them were major ones and this
‘paved the way for what was in fact a very[...]learly wanted to_build up strong rela-

tionships and communication networks
with all the other groups present, and by
the end of the Conference this had in all
case[...]ach of the participating groups were au-
tonomous and quite independent of each
other, each group felt[...]e
Treaty.

To 'take an example, there was
lengthy and lively discussion on the ques-

‘tion as to ’[...]colonial interests to
further their own interests and that Wai-
tangi protest action must be directed t[...]nce was that there were a
number of Pakehas there and it was gene-
rally agreed that this was a positiv[...]ehas were

, encouraged to contribute their views and

feelings to the conference, it was made

clear t[...]uggle must be
conducted under‘ Maori leadership and
that the role of Pakeha people must be to

give i[...]conclusion of the confer-
ence, all those groups and individuals who
attended made it quite clear that they
had considered it, well worthwhile and
that the unity which had been forged
would be a v[...]redit of this conference
that this was recognised and acted on ac-

cordingly and this can only lead to the
continued advancement o[...]around
the country with ever increasing protests
and with more and more people realising
the truth about the Treaty.

The funct[...]wing year, set
priorities for third term actions, and to
discuss and act on new developments rele-
vant to students. T[...]d 9, Canterbury 7,
Massey 6, Victoria 6, Otago 6, and
Lincoln and Waikato 4 each.

ELECTION

Of the four offices of[...]tion, only
one was contested. Both Malcolm McLean
and Margie Thomson stood for General
Vice-President.

Malcolm is an old MUSA worker
and had half of MUSA's vote, but Margie
found favour generally. She won 29 for,
10 for Malcolm and 3 informal.

Margie has been active in student
politics since 1981 and has a B.A. in
English Literature. She is heavily[...]rk-

Jessica Wilson stood unopposed
for President and was elected with' a
substantial majority, 38 to 4. She is
doing B.A. Honours English Literature,
and has been involved at Victoria Uni-
versity since[...]being able to ”organise twelve things at
once, and all before morning tea”. She
“doesn't mind ta[...]in office, although only with a small maj-
ority and on a second ballot. Her score of
22 for, 19 against and 1 informal shows'a
fair amount of disagreement ov[...]fOr candidates has led to
calls for Women’s VP. and Maori V.P.
to be selected by meetings other than[...]as that of Sarah Salmond,

standing for Education and Welfare
Vice President. Though Ses got in with a[...]abilities to communicate,
disseminate information and be account-
able.

' The criticism was fair, if u[...]which MUSA did
or did not back Ses was ambiguous and in
order to ascertain where MUSA stood,
the Elect[...]admirably silenced much of
the criticism herself and said co-operation
”will be easier in NZUSA” t[...]test
change for NZUSA. It has yet to be voted
on, and this will happen next term by
postal ballot.

' T[...]-
iated with the concept of self-determina-
tion, and motions to facilitate its intro-
duction - a spec[...]l/i/WM/fl/WWW/QI

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And For Those WI

’lhinK th one; _, ‘ l
ar[...]

"The increases do not take effect
until 1984 and are the only increase in
income students are liker to get before
the beginning of 1985. Students in hostels
and flats face massive increases in fees
and rents early next year as the Price and
Rent 'Freeze' is lifted. In fact many hos-
tels h[...]othing to slow down the landslide of
unemployment and this will hit students
looking for jobs thissumme[...]rtheid system are subject to political
repression and so are unable to com-
plete their education.

'Cu[...]oard is selecting a scholar to study here
in 1984 and 1985. To ensure the Scholar:
ship Continues, NZUS[...]s
year. This campaign has been largely
successful and is now drawing'to a close.
However any further do[...]cal way of showing your opposition
to appartheid, and Offering support to
Its victims. 7

Just post you[...]forum for all practising
artists, administrators and those concer-
ned at this topic.

Articles in recent issues of Art
New Zealand and Broadsheet have discus‘
sed the emergence of a “specific and self-
consciously female art in this country”.[...], women‘rartists’ struggle for
equal standing and individual distinction
in the art world continues[...]rent
that there is a great need for local artists
and administrators to confront the issue
of women, sexism and the arts - to some
extent it affects all of us.[...]s from
many people, the NZ. Students Arts
Council and other interested individuals
have organised this meeting for all practi-
sing artists and administrators to discuss
this issue.

The progra[...]Set of Electives:

(1) Sexism in the Visual Arts and Crafts —
Why do “women” and “crafts” popular-
ly still rank second to “men” and "arts"?
(2) Sexism in Music - Does the technolo-
gical world of recording studios, sound
systems and electronic instrumentation
place women at a disad[...]e dance world
meant women dancers, choreographers
and administrators are losing ground?
(2) Sexism in F[...]right to be universal.

Administration, Policies and Funding —
Opportunity or Opposition for women?[...]rom President’s office.
Registration fee is $10 and enrolment clo-
ses on the day, 17 September.

,.[...]RAL VP

I’ve now been at Massey for
three years and I’ve got pretty disillu-
sioned with the so-Cal[...]drinkable beer,_ a
band you can hear but not see, and for
that matter you can hardly even see the
perso[...]types, a raised stage or at least tiered
seating, and hopefully an improved b'eer
supply. We’ll try to make a profit (sorry
kids no more free drinks) and give you
more free lunch time concerts, and if we
become millionaires, our own P.A. sys-

tem[...]ural activities, theme
dances of all discriptions and generally
for more of everything throughout the
y[...]ore local participa—
tion, particularly schools and T Coll.

Show your support and remember
your ID cards next week, and please keep
in contact with any ideas, suggestion[...]981 l was a PEP worker for Rezzin
Arts , Festival and did some Education
Research for MUSA. l have assisted with
Orientation and Capping and helped with
various dances at Massey. This year l[...]have
attained a good grasp of contracting skills
and organisation. I feel I have a substan-
tial resource Of cultural contacts and have
developed a good working relationship
with N[...]rts Council.
I refuse to bow down tO‘performers and
will negotiate to our level of finance and
not theirs. .They may see us as little
people who[...]tnightly.
There is a lot of untapped talent about
and l don’tsee why both parties shouldn’t
gain fr[...]ill always be available for ad-
vice, suggestions and constructive criti—
cism. If any clubs o[...]

3. Prevalence of Certain Diseases

Pep[...]diarrhoea,
frequent infections, frequent injuries and
accidents, insomnia, depressive states,
morning a[...]nt - espec-
ially emotional - illness of a spouse and
children, child abuse, wife beating, unex-
plaine[...]ct or un~
tidy homes.

7. Heavy Smoking, Gambling and Taking
Other Drugs.

’; Other Drug Dependence,[...]c., -
hoarseness.
Face: puffiness, vasodilatation and
flushed appearance, parotid hyper-
plasia ("chipm[...]iders, palmar erythema, in-
creased sweating feet and hands.
Nails and Fingers: paronychiae, club-
bing, transverse white bands, trans-
verse grooves and opaque nails,
Dupuytren’s contractures.
Increas[...]trition, abnormal
liver enzymes such as GOT, GPT, and
ALP, and urinary urobilinogen in-
creased.

c)Psych[...]

TENANTS

(2) Asso[...]today. Further, that the notice
clearly be dated and shall state ”Repay~
ment may have been made sin[...]being set up
with help from Community Volunteers
and MUSA.

The response to the meeting, the
types of questions people asked, clearly
point to the need for a Ten[...]its aims were to establish itself
with an office and equipment to publicise
tenants'rights and to link up with other
social service agencies to[...]had become a commodity, rather
than a necessity, and that people were

GO 0V

- Applications are now o[...]e Asian Students'
Association seminar on “Youth and
Social Problems in South and Southeast

. Asia”. This seminar will be held i[...]the co-
operation of the United Nations Economic
and Social Commission for Asia and the
Pacific.

The seminar will focus on child
labour, slums and crime. Delegates will
also take part in an exposu[...]edge of the topics, be familiar with
NZUSA policy and with the Asian
Students' Association, and be willing to

Chaff 7 September 1983 Page 6

mak[...]RSEAS _

produce articles for student newspapers

and a report to NZUSA on return. Appli- .
cants must[...].

Applicants should include a curri-
culum vitae and other material relevant to
the application, and provide a contact
address and phone number. Applications
close 5.00 pm. on Frid[...]erned with the
inter-connections between the arts and

I Send
No
Money

Post coupon
or write NOW![...]mme is as follows:

9 September:

Ian Wedde, poet and novelist. lan Wedde
is a distinguished New Zealan[...]line
Fahey is a feminist painter whose power~
ful and uncompromising paintings have

received widesprea[...]ition.

23 September:

Craig Harrison, playwright and novelist.
Craig Harrison has been acclaimed by
Me[...]nt work.

7 October:

Mervyn Thompson, playwright and dir-
ector. Mervyn Thompson’s plays have
been performed throughout New Zealand
and he is a leading director and producer.

Where appropriate, the ' speakers will[...]. Nth.
or Visit him at 551 Ruahine Street

* Visa and Bankcard Facilities

Fully Adjustable
Internal Fr[...]roundsheet

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MURDERED BY APARTHEID

On A[...]detained under the country's “terrorism
act”, and held incommunicado in Port
Elizabeth. On Septembe[...]her service in Soweto,
a 15 year old boy was shot and killed by
the police. '

The apartheid regime felt differ-
ently, and delegates to the Transvaal
provincial congress of[...]lack South African Students'
Organisation (SASO), and honorary pres-
ident of the Black People’s Convention
(BPC) and leader of the black conscious-
ness movement insi[...]massive resurgence of fascism through-
out Europe and the States.

The connections between people
like Jensen and Eysenk, Fascism and race
'science' is well documented. In the last
20[...]e emerged in Europe. Most have large
circulations and many respected contri-
buting writers, including Jensen and
Eysenk. In reality these journals repre-
sent the[...]international
quarterly journal dealing with race and
inheritance in the fields of Ethnology,
Ethno and human genetics, Ethno-
Psychology, racial history, demography
and Anthro—geography".

The journal has a large num[...]Apartheid, paying regular visits
to South Africa and writing for the
Journal of Racial Affairs - the propaganda

as "group pride, and the determination
by blacks to rise and attain the envisaged
self". lt'meant basically that black people
should, and must, appreciate their value
as human beings, a v[...]regime could not tolerate. So Biko was
murdered, and then the black conscious-
ness movement, including SASO and
BPC, was banned.

It was a response typical of th[...]me, which will not tolerate
criticism or dissent, and has developed an
incredibly repressive array of l[...]te
rule.

FOR A DEAD PERSON

We have no heroes and no wars

only victims of a sickly state
succumbin[...]under lashing rains of hate.

We have no battles and no fights

for history to record with trite remark
only captives killed on eye/ess nights
and accidental dyings in the dark.

Yet when the roll[...]Christianity survive when Jews
control the Media and the Money" and

’ ¢er¢ . .

The Mankind Quarterly has links[...]ociety for “Biological Anthro-
pology, Eugenics and the study of Behav-
iour". The publication regula[...]rterly. The
contents of both are overtly anti Jew and
Black and carry on the tradition of Hans
Gunther (a prominent Nazi race scientist
of the 19305 and 19405).

The editor of the Neue Anthro-
pologie openly supported the Nazi policy
of Nordic reunification and has spoken
to fascist party meetings in Europe. Many
writers and advisors on this publication
are also involved wi[...]H.W. Hammerbucher is a good
example of the people and links involved.
“He is a publisher who frequent[...]. Its publisher
is Waldermar Schulz, ex Waffen SS and a
member of the N.P.D. National Commit-
tee”. Both journals have links with Jensen
and Eysenk. ' ,

Two other publications worth
mentioning are lNouvelle Ecole’ and
’Beacon’, both promote fascist-racist
views and both have feature work by
Eysenk, and praised Jensen’s work in the
field of racial in[...]Front, the Northern League
(European Nazi Party) and the South
African regime.

The popularity of these ideas is
gaining ground - even at Massey, Eysenk
and Jensen are presented in the Psychology
Department as serious and valid academics.

Much of Jensen’s work has been
proved to be unsound and some data he
employs has been fabricated, so why does
he and others maintain an acceptance in
the scientific w[...]is recognised as being the main
reason their work and reputations are
propounded and maintained with such
vigour.

Personally I[...]

If disrupti[...]to videotape the
pertinent responses (or lack of)
and contrast them to normal

cats with intact brains[...]ist, racist or offensive.

Complaints, criticisms and digs can be

of study here (so far), the ethical[...]As for masturbating -
doesn’t everyone do it? And
what’s wrong with that anyway.
You make it sound so self-
defeating and sordid. I agree that
we have a lack of emergency[...]elf in dirty, dark
places with the fear of public
and police‘harassment hanging
over you. ,

The leng[...]’s the
contents that are important,
hom*osexuals and heterosexuals
are fairly similar in this respect.[...]t accept yourself, don’t
have pride in yourself and don’t
take responsibility for yourself.
Your ra[...]erceive.

I only hope you can get
it all together and accept your
hom*oSexuality without dragging
anyone[...]a dreaded concept test. Duti—
fully wash hands and a sapphire
leaps down the waste pipe.

’Miss th[...]one? Thanks to the co-opera-
tion of the lecturer and the
plumber all was well. ,

I have the sapphire and
await the results of the test.
Many thanks to all[...]al decay,

' but a decay in attitudes, clothing,

and the desire to improve one’s
lot.

My father cam[...]Pounds to his
name. He now earns $28,000
per year and lives in an $100,000
house. He goes on overseas trips
and travels round New Zealand
too. This example of im[...]ed from my generation.

We tend to be in a groove
and are unwilling or apathetic
to try 'and get out of it. We relax
into it and in that relaxing the
decay sets in. We catch on to
“trendy” movements and dye
our hair, or wear uncouth
clothes with funny[...]money goes into these “art
nouveau” movements and some-
times masculine- or feminine
qualities are[...]bly
with some people.

The state of the econ-
omy and employment opportun-
ities should not be an obsta[...]s, the army life en;
'vironment taught discipline and
determination. People who

could not adapt to the harshness
and moral lactitude there were
the 'types who would n[...]of their Victorian
grandmothers’ books on dress
and decorum today, I feel, to try
and halt the social decay.

Not all of today’s scen-
ario is the individual’s fault, but
someone with drive and deter-
mination and. a good sense of
right, wrong, and the proper way
to conduct oneself has a good
chan[...]it is
one that has caused me a great
deal of pain and anger recently.

I am appalled to read of
the increase in rape and violence
towards women, and I ask my-
self why this might be so. Are
men feeling threatened by the
rise of a feminist consciousness
and women’s increasing indepen-
dence from male sup[...]think it’s
imperative that we women of all
ages and cultures, heterosexual
or lesbian, join together[...]ere are
doubtless many things that
divide us now, and that will con-
tinue to cause disagreement, but

it is imperative that somehow we
find our common experience
and use it to build a better
society.

Ah but sometimes I
feel very tired and I just want to
read Emily Dickenson or listen
to[...]g for
women. Although the going gets
pretty tough and thankless at
times, if we give up the fight we
ar[...]dis-
played that rare ability to open
your mouth and make acomplete
fool of yourself.

Your letter (3[...]a typing or com-
munication error. I gave my
name and not that of some mor-
onic peasant.

With regard[...]he paper drop-

A ping off Phil’s press release and

the lady asked me to clarify a
few points.

So n[...]d to believe you have friends)
by slandering Phil and I, I’m
afraid you failed. All you suc-
c[...]

The purpose of a high-p[...]ness
—to change public attitudes
-—to discuss and evaluate presnet govern-
ment institutions '

—[...]as hardly likely that we would
be a unified group and yet the conference
appeared to be founded on this[...]issuing the challenge, predom—
inantly lesbians and working-class women,
were generally dismissed as[...]for the entire weekend for Maori,
Pacific Island and women of colour who
were also free to attend any[...]ducation
programmes, p*rnography, sexual violence
and mass media, setting up an incest
survivor’s group and alternative for abused
children. In theory most workshops indi-
cated productive and stimulating discus-
sion; in practice the ones I[...]wo days
focussed continually on rape, child rape,
and sexual abuse; for most of us this was
no academic[...]cture theatres made real
communication ,difficult and for many
women unfamiliar with university facilit[...]l weekend in work-
shops as media representatives and taking
sessions. For whatever reason they’were[...]are the perpetrators of violence‘
against women and children and it was an

insult to expect women 'to feel com-
fortable and participate fully in discussion
when we were led to expect a women—only
space.

Rape and sexual violence has be-
come something of a trend[...]le because of its

white middle—class structure and as such
has received all the legitimisation it ne[...]of work in the area of
sexual violence for years, and have largely
been ignored. In this city the Rape Crisis
Centre is struggling to survive financially
and is constantly battling for money from
various fun[...]e
dies down, the conference booklet is pro-
duced and Jim McLay gets his Deputy
Leadership, Rape Crisis[...]till be seriously limited
through lack of finance and women. will
still. be raped. Conferences like the[...]only allowed to look at the issue of
rape so far and no further. The silence
which camouflages sexual[...]omen are chal-
lenged - that it is both a product and a tool
of this women‘hating culture.

Le[...]

L;-

On 17 and 18 August the Massey
University Students’ Assoc[...]commodation within
their means.

Many interesting and alternative
solutions to this frightful problem w[...]t the constitutional differ-
ences between owners and occupiers - the
fundamental economic crux of the[...]e end of the 2 day Seminar, 21 strong set
ofideas and principled statements emerged
and are pointed out at the end of this
article. Only[...]in this seminar can those with the
responsibility and means to solve the
housing problem be encouraged[...]-
ing, outlined how he saw the housing
situation, and gave Labour’s policy for a
solution. '

Evidenc[...]nd in the in-
creasing number of emergency houses and
a growing length of stay in them, the in-
creasin[...]state
houses, growing numbers of mortgage
sales, and gloomy reports from social
agencies on homelessne[...]blem, he
claimed, were a rundown in state housing
and private rental numbers, gentrification
of old hom[...]prices, an increase in the number of
family units and larger numbers forming
households.

The Governmen[...]p the pool of state houses being dimin— =
isged and to make better use of existing
housing stock. Lab[...]mortgage payment. The
use of alternative housing and tenancy
reform would also be advocated.

Idealism[...]of services involving
the central fabric of life and security.

Janet Brannigan ended her deliv-
ery b[...]ducing some people’s entitle-
ment to benefits, and the rising cost of
living, the housing problem for the un—
employed is sure to increase. N o wonder
squats and empty house registers are
being posed as-extreme[...]es to living, to slight modifi-
cations of rental and home purchase as
they exist now. '

SOLUTIONS

Te[...]ined the areas
where reform is desperately needed and
some possible solutions. The main areas
of concer[...]ularities
over eviction, opposing excessive rents
and initial payments, return of bonds and
intrusion on tenants’ rights of privacy.
His su[...]Australian model on which
reform should be based and the need for

comprehensive tenancy legislation t[...]he
general sector, nearly 40% still lived at
home and 15% were in halls of residence
and would, therefore, face the problems
sooner or lat[...]g policy must be that housing
is a social service and should be provided
to all at a cost related to in[...]g should not be a commodity, to
be speculated in, and regarded as a source
of private profit.”

Alan[...]alternative
to New Zealand‘s ‘own-your-own’ and
nuclear family tendencies.

Nigel Pilalis, Wellington Housing
Trust spoke on establishing a housing

trust and Charles Waldegrave, Lower Hutt.

Anglican Social[...]representing a group whose
rights are ill-defined and unenforceable
and against whom the weighty laws of
property ownersh[...]ington City Council has
shown some responsibility and recogni-

' tion of the housing problem. One of t[...]which requires
change in our notions of financing and
collective construction.

ACTION IMPLORED

At the[...]two day session,
remaining delegates got together and
formulated the following statements:

This Seminar:
—feels housing is a basic need and not a

commodity.

—we believe housing should be for people,
not profit.

—believes that political and economic
pressures have resulted in the lack of l[...]ight to adequate
accommodation especially workers and
those on fixed incomes.

—deplores present housing shortages
for these groups and recognizes that the
Government and local bodies have a
major role in providing accom[...]of letting agen-
cies profiting from the homeless and asks
that they be closed.

—the Seminar recognizing homelessness is
a fact andand demands that a system of rent con-
trols and security of tenure be introduced
to ensure that tenants’ rights and con-
ditions are safeguarded.

_the Seminar suppo[...]he Seminar
resolved that they would keep in touch
and exchange ideas through the New
Zealand Housing Ne[...]re, but he
was not, ‘he claimed, representative and
anyway he “didn’t expect reasoned debate
in a[...]duty of those with

_the responsibility - Central and Local

Government — to take up the call and
actually do something.

Peter Cooke.

Dominating the lack of political
r[...]vote.
This has left them politically power-
less, and enabled the apartheid regime to
enact whatever la[...]ntroduction of apartheid
using civil-disobedience and peaceful

protest were waged throughout the
19505, until the apartheid regime effec-
tively crushe[...]t was the “Suppression
of Communism Act” of 1950. This de-
clared in effect that the striving for[...]—
tional crime to entering the area. Whip-
ping and imprisonment were made com-
pulsory sentences for[...]two mass African political
organisations the ANC and PAC (Pan
Africanist Congress) were both outlawed[...]s of
interrogation, including torture, of
accused and witnesses.

1963 also saw the beginning Of
heavy political censorship under the
“Publications and Entertainment Act".
Some 12,000 publications have[...]ny act whatsoever, with intention
to endanger alw and order, or ‘cause

feelings of hostility between the white
and other inhabitants of the Republic'.
From then on,[...]altered rules of
evidence to aid the prosecution, and once
again made presumption of guilt which
the ac[...]have been detained, including
107 schoolchildren and students.
“Known” has meaning here because th[...]ity Act (ISA) allows
for incommunicado detention, and if
someone does find out you have been
detained,[...]from attending
a gathering of two or more people, and
are normally placed under House Arrest.
One perso[...]r they had died.

TORTURE

Torture is widespread, and offici-
ally condoned. So much so that 57 pol-
it[...]olice.

Two of the most common forms
are beatings and solitary confinement for
months at a time (causin[...]strangulation with wet
towels, sleep deprivation and electric
shocks. Detainees are forced to sit in a[...]ndcuffed, with a
stick forced between their knees and
elbows. A plastic bag is pushed over the
head covering the eyes. Clips are then put
on thumbs, toes, temples and genitals,
and electric shocks are administered.

One method use[...]ks, or having a
paraffin tin placed over the head and
beaten.

Prison conditions often add to the
tortu[...]undermined: black mine W0

Asians 30 cents a day, and ’coloureds'
and Africans received 15 cents worth of
food a day.[...]ined in 1964 was subjected to fre-
quent beatings and electric shock torture.
In 1979 he was convicted of “terrorism”,
and helping organise the Soweto uprisings.
Despite be[...]e most famous political pris-
oners in the world, and was forced to
spend almost twenty years under the[...]ie Mandela, is also subject to
frequent detention and maltreatment,
and is currently "banned". During the
Rivonia Trial (1963-64) of Nelson Man-
dela and others, even many of the wit-
nesses were torture[...].

The apartheid regime doesn’t stop
at torture and murder of detainees, but is
also engaged in an ac[...]t victims are Ruth
First, of the ANC, an academic and jour-
nalist, who was‘murdered by a letter
bomb, and Abraham Tiro, President of
the South African Stud[...]ssive arsenal though. There are
now some 120 laws andand consumer boycotts. As
with most othr laws, the on[...]until proven innocent. -

Meetings can be banned, and are,
for a number of reasons, and police
have almost total powers of search[...]

The facilitator did not organise
the discussion andand powers as the General
Meeting with which it is as[...]on could
have Women’s Caucus set up as an equal
and opposite legislature, converting
NZUSA Councils i[...]y
claim the change would be detrimental
for NZUSA and that the best way to fight
a common problem is wi[...]roach. -

Separatism, Paulette Keating,
Education and Welfare Vice President,
said is ”abdicating res[...]aking process
is not realistic when we “believe and want

» completely different things".

It is not[...]e'

goals. It is not cutting off chunks of

NZUSA and throwing them away, as»

one constituent suggested. NZUSA is now
” a coalition of sectoral interests” and
people must accept this.

A men’s caucus was he[...]aori. Both the position of
a Maori Vice President and the creation
of a Maori Standing Committee (Nga
Toki) and Commission were approved by
the meeting.

» Like the special plenary to decide
on the MVP, Nga Toki and the Commis-
sion will operate in a mana'Maori fas[...]ns commis-
sion, decision making is by consensus,
and by voting if a consensus is not
reached. Section[...]ga Rangatahi gatherings, as well
as both Councils and two other times.
Another subject covered at Coun-[...]offers
courses in Te Reo, martial arts, business
and Maori things in general. A Batchelor
in Maori Administration is offered at
present. There are 12 full~time and 5
part-time students, and 5 official staff.

For overseas students, Council[...]onal Executive
with full moving,seconding, voting and
attendance rights. The co-ordinator's
position wi[...]ear, run August
to August rather than May to May, and
Emele will have full-time employment
over summer.[...]n at Council. Hazel Arm-
strong of the Caretakers and Cleaners
Union Wellington outlined the four pro-[...]3.33; 18 year olds - $3.61;
19 year olds - $3.90; and $4.01 for 20
year olds.

Thirdly, it could freeze[...]$2.60 for 18 year olds; $2.29 for 19 year
olds; and $3.25 for 20 year olds. By this
scheme a 15 year[...]for further details on the youth
rates proposals, and get involved on the
Day of Youth Action, 23 Septe[...]be
too healthy. It is "vague, clumsy, un-
wieldy and time~consuming” according to
Alison Taylor of t[...]onal
Council with a National Management
Committee and Regional Branches would
get round the “lack of[...]n increase of
.90c over this year. An additional .500
per head will also be levied to pay for the
re-s[...]her reports by delegates on var-
ious commissions and personal accounts
of MUSA’s performance will gi[...]he energy gone?)

NEWAC is the National Education
and Welfare Action Committee of NZUSA.
Its major function is to discuss ways to
action priorities and policy from both
Welfare and Education Commissions at
NZUSA Councils and Standing Commit-
tee meetings. Due to the election of
NZUSA officers for 1984 running over
the allotted time and various other
agenda changes, NEWAC had very litt[...]ission set priori-
ties for term three as the TAG and Ouin-
quennium submissions and for term one,
1984, as the TAG, and Lecturer Training/
Assessment. These are very important
areas and in the case of the TAG and
assessment slow progress does not accur-
ately re[...]r training is a
very important issue for students and it-is
good to see it at last reach the priorities[...]ofiled in term one next
year you have infbrmation and arguments
that have been well thought out and can
be followed through.

Ouinquennium Submission[...]r term three as Youth Rates, Student
Unemployment and Ouinquennium Sub-
missions. Priorities for term one of 1984
were set as Accommodation and Student
Unemployment..lt is planned to incorp-
orate the issues of bursaries and hard—

ship with unemployment. Youth Rates

was[...]tion of Youth
Rates legislation will have on over 50%

_ of the student population (those under

twenty). These students could be earn-
ing up to 50% less than they did last
summer for doing the same jobll The
priorities of Accommodation and Stu-
dent Unemployment speak for them-
selves as[...]Rates sticker, post-
cards, posters, new stickers and'infrom-
ation kits. So watch out around 'campus
w[...]avy academic work-
load for the rest of this term and a desire

S‘ill'Rh‘d) PH \ l II"

"Free and democratic education"—a basic demand
of the Bra[...]under—
stand exactly what Youth Rates will
mean and oppose them strenuously. I
hope to get some information out on
stress management and relaxation tech-
niques (especially for exams) and also to
work on the Ouinquennium Submission.
Also odds and ends on various surveys,
Unemployment and the EUB (Emergency
Unemployment Benefit). Good luck with
exams and look out for the petition
opposing Youth R[...]

But that was all at least ten years
ago and today it would appear that
students no longer car[...]im that international affairs do
not concern them and anyway what can
they do about it all.

The main concern of the student
movement (both NZUSA and constituent
members such as MUSA) is to present
i[...]ssues to students, to make
students aware of them and present the
"unofficial" side of things. This oft[...]dent move-
ment have been based on sound evidence
and analysis.

As to the two charges presented
above.[...]r. New Zealand is part-of the
international arena and presents its views
as New Zealand (usually). New[...]have an effect as far as
New Zealand is concerned and New
Zealand can also in the many international
forums of which it is a part.

To this end, both MUSA and
NZUSA formulate policy on what we
think about issues and what we can do to
ensure that people are aware of[...]he United States' military action
within Honduras and against Nicaragua.

activities were well attended by students
and further activities to take place with
the visit o[...]vincible, soon. The Invincible is nuclear
powered and was also involved in the
Malvinas/Falklands war.[...]ing on overseas students as far as
intake numbers and course preferrences

are concerned. The National Overseas
Student Action Committee (NOSAC)

and the NOSAC Co-ordinator (Emele
Duituturanga) are the representatives of

overseas students within NZUSA and
international commission made moves to
enable the committee and the co—ordinator
work more easily and effectively.

y K ‘e TV I'M

4. The final and most pressing con-
cern was the Southern Africa S[...]t be

- able to attend a university for one year

and has been sponsored by NZUSA. The
only criteria is[...]their own country. Black students in
South Africa and Namibia are severely

restricted, apartheid contr[...]n 1984 but
there are many problems of an official
and financial nature. .

A great deal of effort will[...]iscussed policy that affects both women
on campUs and women in general.

New policy under discussion was:

Educational material.

the workforce and in times of economic
hardship and high unemployment this
right is constantly threat[...], in
small isolated workplaces (e.g. retail
shops and offices) where their rights
could be, and are, easily invaded. These
women need good, stron[...]nt conference of the Inter-
national Gay Alliance and International
Lesbian Information Secretariat decided
to declare 1984 International Year .of
Gay and Lesbian Action. NZUSAsupports
this decision, giving recognition to Les-
bianism and Gay Identification as positive
forms of sexual and political identity.

5. Third World.

Multination[...]s have for
many years exploited third world women
and children through their promotion of

breast-milk[...]ne
their commercial support for Nestles
products, and urges the New Zealand
Government to implement the[...]ssed work
done on campuses during the second term
and considered areas of action in the next
term.

In[...]emphasis was
placed on the unemployment campaign
and how unemployment affects women.

Areas of work fo[...]hout
the committee's sessions -~ Lincoln,
Waikato and Massey. While this may truly
reflect the lack of[...]s meet. The lack of involvement is
understandable and the reality for
‘NZUSA may be that most oversea[...]ion against overseas students. It is true
that by and large our campaigns are
mainly submissions and publicity, but
nevertheless the issues are being[...]ms on
the agenda with stimulating discussion
here and there. (There is quality in small
numbers). Repor[...]loyment will be offered to the
NOSAC co-ordinator and that the word-
inator’s term of office will be[...]Education
Amendment Act 1979 that imposed the
$1,500 fee for non-Pacific overseas stu-
dents. Policy[...]at

some future date.

The Women's Vice President and
the President elect have been requested
to discus[...]n New Zealand should be en—
couraged to provide and use educational

2. Nuclear issues again dominate[...]ternational issue students do feel
strongly about and NZUSA has very com-
prehensive policy in this area. Both
super powers are recognised as the prob-
lem and NZUSA supports many groups
involved in presenting the issues. to
people.

Hiroshima Day and anti-Texas

material that breaks down existing stereo-
types of sex, class and race.

2. Voluntary Unionism.

The introduction o[...]ect women. It will lead to increased
intimidation and exploitation of workers,
especially women[...]

1. What would you do if an

accident[...]abour.

c) Find another local (seeing
as Fitz, Al and Magic-stick
all bit the big one).

2. Are you afr[...]ne wins before
we were vaporised.

c) Pray to God and his wisdom.

d) Dig a bloody deep hole.

10. Are[...]b) Hope someone decided
future.

c) Answer some questions.

d) What questionnaire?

to decide

15. How deep[...]your shelter?

a) 1.

b) Family only.

c) Family and friends.

d) Allright, but you must dig if
you st[...]world security. 60%
thought they were not needed, and
20% claimed such weapons are
needed for offensive[...]powered vessels. The same number
favoured ANZUS, and nuclear power
for power generation.

What can we[...]p the whole world to be a
sham. I think I’ll go and have an
ice-cream.

Ed.

LETTERS

ANOTHER DAY :
A[...]when it
contains a textbook you can no
longer buy and notes for the
year on some of my subjects.

If yo[...]this is beyond you, go
to hell.

Yours f*cked off and
f*cked up student.

PS. This happened on Saturday
the 3rd, between 11.30 and 2.00.
Don’t think it won’t happen to
you beca[...]stretch out before us. One path
leads to survival and life, the
other leads to possible annihil-
ation and death. All humanity
has arrived at this juncture[...]ting a
child; where half the world’s
scientists and engineers are
involved in armaments, in the
death[...]d provide adequate food,
water, education, health and
housing for everyone in the
world. This massive s[...]st be seen against a
background of a world where
450 million people are estimated
to be undernourished, 800 mill-
ion are illiterate, 250 million
children under 14 years do not
attend school and about 750,000
a month die slowly from pre-

ventable inf[...]ach have a personal
responsibility for the future and
to our neighbours. Christians are
called to be peacemakers. Peace

is the fruit of love and concern '

for the welfare of others. A will-
ing[...]irly. It calls for a
passion for economic justice and
a faith in the response of our
neighbour to love and goodwill.
It is the fulfilling of the words
ofJes[...]o to
you, do ye so unto them; for
this is the law and the prophets”.

In order to lessen and
eventually remove the risk of
war, new policies a[...]ways
designed to further the inter-
ests of peace and reduce ten-
sjons.

The United Nations has
encour[...]foreign
military installations on our terr-
itory and declare a policy of
neutrality. We should give ou[...]f the moral principles

we give lip-service to and often
profess to believe. Love and
goodwill towards one’s neighbour

and its practical expression is the '

requirement of a more just and
peaceful world. The reply of
governments that such is weak-
ness and will be taken advan-
tage of has brought us to ou[...]mstances. We face
the choice of sharing our world
and its resources as one people,
or facing mutal anni[...]or if it is merely because people
dislike Phoebe and me because
of our blatant presence.

I was wa[...]me people
don’t like seeing a child on cam-
pus and have heard it said that
‘a solo mum shouldn’t[...]nce of helping organise
1981 Rezzin Arts Festival and
being co-director of 1983 'Spec-
tral Arts Festiv[...]many others who
can lay claim to that experience
andand the anxiety due
to it.

The there is the case
aga[...]ever
you are, for your vote of confi-
dence in us and to everyone who
voted for me. I have been nomi-
nated to stand again and am
going to battle it thru cos I still
feel I am[...]the fact that I have a child, who
is really neat, and I am not
married. Get to know us. We’re
not really all that bad.

Spike (and Phoebe).

in line for a slow, gradual, decline, then,

you[...]he future
of left-wing politics may be uncertain.
And the strife currently plaguing the New
Zealand Lab[...]ing steps away from the trad-
itional disciplines and loyalties of the
Labour Party". He visited the Te[...]itter at defeat, hit back at

Anderton and accused the President of
"organising his supporte[...]nderton
holding both the party President position
and a political seat. But the real concern
is that he[...]-
left" dominance on theparty's present
executive and represents the "organis-
ational and activistrwing” of the party.

Anderton’s supp[...]said, would return party leadership to a
“quiet and more compliant role".

Amid all this, Lange must try to
mediate and moderate the excesses of
division. He doesn’t a[...]he election, but our deposit in a
lot of seats".

And50

that came up at the recent Labour[...]Honours List, close the South African
Consulate, and recognise such liberation
fronts as the PLO, ANC and SWAPO (both
the latter fighting against South Afr[...]ted. He said,
“All parties have their mavericks and it is
in the desirable democratic system that
the[...]t not listened to".

The reality facing Labour and its
left-right dilemma falls somewhere
between de Cleene’s extremes in censor-
ship and Australian Prime Minister Bob
Hawke's comment, “If left-wing parties
were to regain power and hold it, they
had to come to terms with the fact[...]aland or have resided in New
Zealand for one year and have resided in
Palmerston North for three months[...]rth, the Council is conducting the
ballot by post and it is hoped that this
will increase the interest[...]to around
70%.

If you satisfy the above criteria
and want to exercise your right to vote,
enrol now.[...]e City Council or
the Students Association Office and re-
turned by 9th September.

This little exercis[...]e able to assist.

Only students in Ferguson Hall
and those resident in accommodation in
the city are e[...]y is Still My Name/Walking Tall wellington. Tel: 850661
. or or contact your local campus agent
Thursday 29 September 2001. A Space Odyssey 61 Shorfland St

Auckland. Tel: 399-191 MASSEY TRAVE L[...]

The n[...]shows
what they think of the whole industry!

“And is their disk worth your proverbial

buckaroo? Wi[...]"Funky Conversations" is the most
enjoyable piece and best reflects The Stones’
hypnotic musings. It[...]ointless wanderings (around Dunedin pre-
sumably) and asking mirrors on the wall,
“What’s it all fo[...]ad world, scared world. If you
survive this song, and still think Berlin was
a gloomy 'heaving of the l[...]Stones. It's another bombshell from Flying
None, and nothing at all to do with Japan.

Peter Cooke

cr[...]ge Nights/Son of Chronos. Play-
ed by Bill Direen and Al Mead. "Dead
Heat" is a claustraphobic family p[...]ng for a letter from an
old flame, saying “Come and marry me
next year . . . I’ll be quiet and good/be lit-
tle red riding hood/l will never tur[...]mb world. ”Star-
ry Days” packs more into one and a half
minutes than many manage to get into an
entire album. "Russian Rug” is hypnotic,
and strangely soothing.

HIGH 30’S PIANO —— thi[...]a good time was had by all.

That may seem like, and probably
is, a presumptuous statement, but the
wh[...]ved. ;

Technically, the record stands
alongside, and often surpasses, the ”Sch-
wimmen” EP in terms of clarity and un-
cluttered depth - it doesn’t take Oodles of[...]this song loops, swirls (forget
the adjectives!) and there's the droning,
yearning backing vocals to a[...]entally this has ex Toy Love Mike
Dooley on drums and Chris Knox on org-
an and backing vocals):

"You feel like an alien,

Run o[...]g carefully,
that line could read "outer space” and so
who is the alien?

"Sing to the air in the mou[...]Direen has the ability to mix

’ the perceptive and thoughtful with the

ing at excellent live perfor[...]ed on the re-
cord at all. Eight songs (.I think) and some
filler-bits as well. Among these are four
wh[...]edrock Bay" (a Direen classic, so 1 un-
derstand) and “Outer Date World". Also
there's “Dead Heat"[...]tever album has been going around
since last year and was at one stage under
the working title “Janet[...]are Bill Direen with
Malcolm Grant on much of the
and Campbell McLay doing most of the
bass playing. Doug Hood hada hand in

eccentric and” unique to create songs
which strike at the rot[...]talented musi-
cal unit who channel their talents and in-
fluences (we all have both) wisely and

(above all) successfully (I'm not talk[...]

No Idea, a Levin band were the first
up and went through a series of originals
and covers. There was not much reaction
from the asse[...]isting of
Snail Clamps regulars, local band types and
an increasing number of out of town and
Lower Hutt boot boys and girls.

It was becoming increasingly obvi-
ous as[...]e door people, it soon proved imposs-
ible to try and convince people recovering
from full frontal lobo[...]—Vice arrived half way
through the No Idea aset and the police ar—
rived ten minutes later.

All ac[...]n over, No I

Idea finished their set unperturbed and
then, da da, enter Eugene. This guy has to
be one[...]In between cracking
tubes, he was cracking jokes and chiding
the audience.

"Alright all you‘people.[...]ir devoted fans

J'When we do you'd better'get up and

dance. Hey you people at the back, you'd
better get up and dance. If you don’t l can
throw bottles that fa[...]tle melee in which
the side curtain was torn down and a few
people fallen on.

Enter Flesh D— Vice. H[...]eople
on stage, all passing bottles to each other
and generally looking tough. As the music
it was obvi[...]bly a side‘ effect from the
frontal lobotomies) and small groups mena-
cing each other and the band.

With the first bit of dirge over, Eu-[...]up the back, you’d
better come up the front now and dance.
We’ re not going to get any better."

Another piece of dirge and then
“What’s the matter Palmerston North,can'[...]ll the stage micro-
phones were damaged or broken and the

'stage and Snail Clamps were converted into

a seething cesspit of sweating bodies, bro-
ken beer bottles and general anarchy.

I don’t think they’ll be invited back
for a while and I don’t think they’re doing
anything that was[...]an eminent
Physicist is disturbed from his study and
his slumber by a Communist-hating
Senator, a vivacious blonde actress and a'
gum-popping baseball player. We know all
these[...]on? The
story unfolds through the wee small
hours and each of their lives change
entirely.

Director, D[...]believes Insig-
nificance is made up of 95% fact and 5%
fiction.

This incredible new play by Terry
Jo[...]at the
Royal Court Theatre in LondOn in July
1982 and its season at Centrepoint will be
another North I[...]o
in the Court Theatre production), Peter
Bennett and Carmel McGlone.

lnsignificance opens on Saturday,
September 10th, so make up a party and
have a great night out.

For bookings phone 89-329 or
call at the box office between 10am and
6pm, Monday to Friday.

‘ Student discount price is $6. 50
on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday for
the first t[...]pm. each night if there
are vacant seats. Only $5.50.

SOUND CITY

New Complex now at 166 The Square

specialists in

0 sound and light hire

records and tapes

0 Check our hit price record and tape bins

pluS/ upstairs to our

. musical instrument department

0 separate classical records and tapes

In fact for all your musical requir[...]

i ARTIST[...]nace,,.
annealing (tempering) oven, lpg cylinders
and buckets of lead crystal has been set
up for three days. Glass is 3000 years
old, and the Auckland blower Garry
Nash is not. '

This un[...]Arts Council. '

"It gives people a chance to see
and talk to an artist ’in action'," says
Council Di[...]ar to
get the project on the road. Garry
designed and constructed the studio him-
self with much of the[...]this year’s art

INdependant KENYA $23.50

Authors : the Kenyan authors of.this book
have t[...]areness

SEXISM : the male monopoly on history
and thought.

M. Janssen-Jurreit $18.50
Covers the ma'or debates of early
feminism in T i[...]ited, so be in early.

Workshop application forms and
further information may be
obtained from the Stud[...]Byzantine glassblowers were
exempt from taxation. and during the
Rannaisance, it was the only professio[...]gage without loss Of rank. The medium of
glass is 5000 years old.

Garry Nash first became interested[...]ing the

liquid molten bubble of glass's growth
' and shape. “All I want to do is make
glass".

, His[...].Croall 8: K’ Sempler $8.98

Informative, amusm and alarming.

% Wiiters 8: Readers%)
00 .

ocumentar[...]im-
portant than colour. His emphasis on
planning and the fixed idea he has of
what a piece will be bef[...]ts blow-
ing sets him apart from most New Zealand
and overseas glassblowers.

Garry Nash doesn't work w[...]the rigid idea of what he
wants he’ll scrap it and start again.

According to the arts council,
a vigorous new generation of glassblowers
are exhibiting and selling glass in an un-
precedented volume all ov[...]of this movement but the widespread uses
of glass and the already thriving ceramics
industry here, indi[...]h to the art, saying we are
"vigorous, innovative and inventive in
terms of the technology we have achi[...]s the growth
of the glass movement both worldwide
and in New Zealand. It also includes
detailed plans f[...]e Marsden; from
10am until 5pm on September 12,13 and
14. In the mornings he will be blowing
and demonstrating glass techniques and in
the afternoons he will be running work-
shops.[...]'residency’
are the OE ll Arts Council, Rockgas and
Hertz. ‘

selected theatres, cinemas and retail stores.

The effort was well worth it[...]in
1.960 with this Three Out jazz trio to
perform and tour in Australia and
Europe, and arrived in the United
States in 1961 on a scholar[...]land‘s most
internationally acclaimed composers
and performers. His performing
career has encompassed many musical
idioms, and he has worked with many
of America‘s top modern musician‘s.
He has been acclaimed by audiences
and critics in the States, Canada,
Europc and Australia. Since 1978,
with the emergence of seve[...]ock has been moving
beyond the boundaries of jazz and
concentrating on his career as a solo
pianist

No[...]and, visiting every couple of
years to see family and friends, and to
play a few concerts. It was not until
1982 that he received the acclaim and
recognition in New Zealand that this
genius dcs‘crvcd. His visit in 1982 was
to compose and record a movie
soundtrack, bttt the work snowball[...]nts‘-Arts
Council led to hisfirst national tour
and a week long residency with Limbs
Dance Company at[...]eyboard giants of the day.“
After the residency and the tour the
word “unsung” no longer applied.[...]he country
gavc him rousing ovations for his
warm and sensual piano playing.
The tour opened up many fu[...]SETTING NEYIIUSICAL

His most recent project, and one
which has cemented his national
profile, was[...]n Jazz' which showcased the best
New Zealand jazz and modern music.
It is likely that New Zealanders will get
many more opportunities to see and
hear Nock perform in his home
country.

TOPP TWIN[...]rs frotn
Split Em. were brought up in Te
Awamutu. And the Topp Twins hail
from Ruawaro, West of Huntly.[...]school

they spent time singing in coffee bars.

and at women‘s concerts in Auckland,
Christchurch and Dunedin. They sang
under the name Homemade Jam and
gathered a mainly feminist cult
following. Their[...]Orientation tours in 1981.

Together Slick Stage and the Topps
delighted student and public audiences
around the country. The twins sa[...]untry girls goin’ up in
the world'
the world“ and it was clear that their
ability to entertain woul[...]s had doubled. even
tripled, for them. In Dunedin 500
students had to be turned away front a
packed Un[...]rafitti -_Raidcrs are a bunch of
hoons!” .lools and Lynda Topp are
New Zealand‘s most enigmatic
entertainers. Lesbians, twins, singers
of political country and w cstcrn songs.
Rolling Stone magazine said the
T[...]professional theatres from Auckland
to Dttnedin, and on any street corncr
you care to name. .

SONNY TERRY &
BROWNIE MCGEE

Blucsmcn Sonny Terry and Brownie}

'McUcc toured with the Students‘ Arts
Council in 1973 and again in 1976.
The legendary pair had been playing

together since 1950, though their
relationship had dev'elopedito one[...]s' Arts Council,
Sonny was three—quarters blind and
Brownie almost crippled by polio. It
was not unco[...]heir
shows were usually extraordinary ——
good and bad. They received a
phenomenal response in 1973,[...]national
artists at the competitive public level,
and with the assistance of a large
commercial sponsor[...]ch
incorporated symphonic music,
electronic music and visual arts. The
Union Hall at Victoria was
transformed into an org*smic Dream
Room. combining music and painting
to create an extraordinary
environment.[...]n gongs, Buddhist temple
balls, Chinese tam-tams, and a fire

c\t inguisher. Their programme of
contemporary nuisic included
select ions from Stockhausen and

Bartok. Their tour was a resounding
critical suc[...]-of—tour report was
titled “How to lose $3000 and your
friends."

PROFESSOR V.V.
SHIRKHANDE

The to[...]o probe
the mysteries of traditional Indian
dance and music. Professor
Shirkhandc, a distinguished musician,
ntusicologist, composer, singer and
teacher. two other musicians and a
singer took zt series of concerts,
scminars and lectures on campuses
during their three w cck tour.

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Dunedin in 1974 as part of a' world

'tour organised by the west German

government, and presented a
programme of Mozart, Schubert and
Bartok. Broadcaster Ian Fraser
narrated the Orchestra‘s matinee
performances of ‘Peter and the Wolf’.

AVANT GARAGE

The filial group to c[...]expired) a melting pot of musical
styles, talents and ideas- The band's
members were drawn from rock
groups (Blams, Newmatics, Street-
talk) and classical ensembles
(Auckland Regional Orchestra.[...]etting new hori/ons for local music,
Avant Garage and musical director
Ivan Zagni combined the most
cxc[...]ferent
forms, blending the free expression of
inn and rock with the discipline of

classical training and lots of theatrical

p/ltt/l.

STUbENiSI -'[...]

to f[...]ver which didn’t help the
standard' of her play and Denise the
Massey No. 4 wasn’t supposed to lose[...]ghter was over, the team took to the
bumper boats and mini golf on Tamaki
Drive. Dave (Tim Finn) Reardo[...]vain. We met the Auckland team in the

afternoon and lost narrowly in some

tough games. Ice-skating o[...]Wednesday morning at the
sight of the “Waikato" and Massey teams.
Drunken, being a REAL BLOKE, refuse[...]lls was
crowned “Miss Waikato - Badminton
1983" and looked exquisite in a matching
pink twin set by Evans. Dave "Wheels”
was runner-up inlfrilly panties and Jason
is lucky he has a moustache! “Paula”
Pr[...]eir women would
play against the “Waikato" men, and
vice-versa. However, contrary to popular
predicti[...]tago.

The badminton dinner was Wed-
nesday night and was the only disappoint-
ment of an excellent wee[...]step.

Congratulations must go to Roscoe
Carol E. and Tim for their selection at the
NZU trials, and to Max the Medic. A few
more activities took place to end a most
enjoyable; entertaining and expensive
week. Clare is currently accepting dona[...]cknowledge Gay on Roscoes behalf.
Thanks to Lance and Wendy and, a
special thanks to Waikato for not sending
a te[...]tu' is the culmination of the
wOrk of Merata Mita and others. It is a
portrait of the events before and during

the ’81 Springbok Tour of New Zealand.[...]-Er opposition to any contact
with racist regimes and their solidarity
with the resistance movements of[...]he
'81 tour, it recalled the events leading up
to and during the tour.

Litritcha

"The Number of the B[...]ght I’d do something
constructive for a change. And since that
august personage the Editor welcomes
a[...]hat one! Good read,
too, although 35 years oldl), and such
controversial works as “The Puppet
Masters", “Starship Troopers”, ”Stranger
in a Strange Land", and the positively

Chaff 7 September 1983 Page 20[...]ther times of resis:

tance, South African police and army -
of the dead and maimed.

The first part of the film concen-
trated on early ’81 and the lead up to the
tour. lt covered different asp[...]n Street, to coverage of

organisational meetings and marchs
against the tour.
May 1, 1981 . 30,000 peo[...]tion as a Naval officer, studied
Physics at UCLA, and worked as an en-
gineer after dischargement on me[...]of discipline, he sees
the beauty of alternatives and radical de-
partures from’accepted behaviour.[...]raphed riot! Paying homage to
'pulp' greats (pre- and post-war cheap
magazines, mundane!), his characters
wield swords and lasers as easily and ex—
pertly as computers and welding gear.
The book even starts, “He's a mad
scientist and I'm his beautiful daughter"(!)
(Before anyone com[...]he tour. The Government pushed
to show its stance and vowed that it was

up, to' the Rugby Union. They fence sat._

It was election year and they were going
to sit it out and see what happens. Games
were scheduled for margin[...]ctual
demonstrations - the planning, the
speeches and the protests.

Parts of the film heartened me,
th[...]him.

After an argument, two marriage

proposals, and n-dimensional geometry,
our heroes head out to th[...]avel
to the prof’s lab. One explosion(!) later,
and two kilometres up, we discover the
Professor has[...]innit?) -
only to land in more trouble elsewhere
and elsewhen!

'This merely touches the surface,
actu[...]with all this

sickening thud of baton upon head and
body, reverberated throughout the room.

The film[...]e. Clips of Palmerston North
showed the restraint and‘control that the
"protesters" could retain.

Po[...]inued. The Government
called it a question of law and order.

Having participated in the protests
and now having relived it through the
film, I question who’s law and order.
What law and order?

i left the film with the same

hyped-up t[...]history. It is there to remind
us of the horrors and conflict that many
are trying to make us forget.[...]nfusin’, really (at least, it con-
fused me!) - and when lechnical'talk is
going on, things slow down[...]boring, really, but could be hard
going for some. And if, like me, you’re an
S.F. nut, you’l[...]

M.R. Chalmers’ last letter (Vol.
50, No. 49) had an air of authority
running through it because of the impli-
cation that he and his buddies were some
kind of product of a “democratic pro—
cess"..A certain A.S.H. (Vol. 50, No.49,
page 11) sprinkled the actual word
throug[...]to the
constituents of a few candidates annually
and access to the polls? Has democracy
happened when[...]jority?
indeed, how has reform ever been achieved
and accepted if, as usual, it comes from
an intellect[...]oses every
connection to “democratic treatment"
and becomes pure CENSORSHIP. Again,
the importance of[...]ut from which part of our value
system the stress and insult come from.
So it is not that we look up the statistics
on rape and decide conclusively what
ought to be their press[...]part of our value
system. So, too, with feminists and
hom*osexuals. They claim they are
oppressed, intellectually and sexually.
How, then, can you deny them extra
space if you do actually believe in absolute
equality? And don’t tell me that their
claim to oppression is[...]y dear President elect,
have been. intellectually and mostly sex-
ually oppressed even though your pare[...]r a normal male, which
you unfortunately became - and stayed.
Others revoited because this injustice
be[...]mentality you
represent is so essentially boring and
sterile.

The argument against coverage of
intern[...]old over the media)
should consolidate that want, and that

e I EATH

‘TR‘TDENT'

knowledge[...]ely-reveiving-care-from-
Mum stage is fading away and only per-
sonal action will ensure the continuati[...]eology”, use it as
a storehouse for the heavier and longer
words of his adolescence like "freedom"

g and f’democracy"; ideology is not any-

more exclus[...]uation when another human’s rights are
Violated and fight against that violation,
whether it involves[...]this will sink in as a comment
of praise, for him and his rugby fan,
Mr Chalmers).

i may have gone .to[...]probably dOes yet
not see how small the world 'is and hOw
my state of worrying about discrimination
in[...]om. Things like, this will
crop up for all of us, and the Palestinian
problem or the peace talks are so[...]sonal, priva’te, self-orientated
applied ethics and conceptual analysis. if
you have not realised wha[...]new government
elect rejects this way of thinking and is
only just ending its "this-is-MY-tricycle
phas[...]classification, too
practical with his idealism, and the reac-
tion is understandable; since Massey st[...](although many of the latter
may have the ability and desire to do so,
only few achieve to get the message
across, albeit in a very indirect and one-
sided way). if every new generation will
hav[...]the shoulders
of the previous, it becomes a DUTY, and
not a mere intellectual luxury, to look
down upon[...]at
least, toward the members of ourgener‘
ation and the one to succeed. Only if

every established wa[...]ise, only then can we feel com-

pletely grateful and enter a phase of crea-

tivity based on that data[...]osition,
a tendency, mentality if you like, that,
and nothing less, is what we mean by
anti-establishment. indeed, a very open
and welcoming definition, idealistically
in reach of[...]alistsii Give us
people that can successfully see and ques-'
tion situations assumed to be estab[...]

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4. Table for students[...]8. The lead t , beginning.
10. Table for priests and Gods.
12. One random number generator, hap-
pens[...]tearful.
18. Pb, or the star role.
21. Keep it up and keep smiling.
22. What 24 across did once.
24. Ru[...]An appointment, a fruit or a day.
Tennis players and waiters both do it,
the one from the left, the ot[...]but it’s really atoll.
Past back.

Milk, this, and a tuba and you have a
biscuit.

1. There is supposedly one missing, and a
chain isn’t a chain without one.
Nothing.

Du[...]Hort. 4 Lecture Theatre.

Appointment of Welfare and Edu-
cation Officers, Self Determination Poli-
ci[...]TIONS

Nominations for the positions of
Education and Welfare Officers 1984 are
open till the opening o[...]OUNGE

We will be discussing the future
direction and activities of the Womens
Collective, for the remainder of this term,
and for 1984.

All women are very welcome to
come alo[...]N SALE NOW IN STUDENT
ASSOCIATION FOYER

WOMIN AND PEACE

I Any womin who would like to
help form pr[...]s important for womin to have
a say in any policy and to be able to plan
their own actions for Peace.

For those of you who were invol-
ved and were disillusioned at and after
the first public meetings, we are now just
starting our organisation proper, and we
need representation from interested
groups so that we can be effective and co-

- ordinated. We need Disarmament but[...]

I now declare[...]ve to vote
for Bob Jones, I think I’ll run
away and be a hermit.

' 2

‘ LETTERS —“

PLAGIAR[...]ind this an insult to the Monty
Python producers, and think
that the writer ould be able to
produce ori[...]aff, but I’d like
to make some observations (or
questions).

1. Are women taking up
banners for political power and/
or peace, aware of the fact that,
of four women[...]ndira
Ghandi, Boudicea (or Boudicea),
Golda Meir, and Margaret
Thatcher (mind you, Maggie
didn’t star[...]Chaff(Ed), (Not as a result
of Foxton Beach sand and surf
either!). -

I must make a few com-
ments of positive, constructive
nature, asking ignorant foreign
questions, and adding provoca-
tive thought to a subsistence
Pal[...]ifestyle. (The
previous pen received redun-
dancy and was sent to Fair Go).
' Firstly, I am overwhelm-[...]y its open
no-strings—attached general
goodwill and respect for needs
and feelings. I tasted this joyous
atmosphere and experienced the

under $2 00.

hospitality three times in five
days and was so impressed, I am
urged to write. This is ge[...]. A
Friday night (talk about incon-
venient time) and despite a close
friend’s wedding the next day,[...]ally a flatmates), sumptuous
filling exotic food and non-stop
hot beverages - even to the point
of FIN[...]rded
in high esteem here (as in many
places here) and no financial
cover - money - for any service
rece[...]d it. Together with the
friendliness of the bunch and
wide range of entertainment
talents and knowledge depth
(mainly music and accounting
respectively), my second horn
jumped t[...]Selva 8c Co - the Indian bro’s
from the big KL and elsewhere).

Secondly, after departing
to seek an[...]tact
phone with reasonable prices,
friendly staff and a t.v. (off at
the time). To my utter amaze-
ment[...]est to their
crowded multiple tone conversa-
tion and dwelling at my sugges-
tion. A large quantity of[...]ived for the amount paid
(Bursary Budget Bargain) andand mates and mater-
esses).

The third piece of unco-
incident[...]lue ribbon chefesses who pro-
vided filling meals and interest-
ing air of cultural (and humo-
rous) PN/Manawatu gossip/con-
versation. Openhouse, comfort-
able accommodation and people
going out of their way at any

cost in[...]Massecti-
mics, please note a few observa-
tions and queries. Firstly... over-
seas students despite t[...]lete their studies
successfully to satisfy career and
parental demands. So to have

open house (service with no

'return payment - 4 meals) on

a day prior and during a wedding
ceremony was absolutely amaz-
in[...]illet
during which a takeaways busi-
ness manager and crew on the
same night was even more so.
Plus to[...]Hort/Sci
specialities. Especially Social
Sciences and at the top of the
block skyscraper - the most
imp[...]submitted to
Chaff. Ta. Get off your “Chaff”
and write something then!!!

OUTLOOK FOR
PALMERSTON

I awaken

And look to the sky,

Fine, clear, f*ckin’ cold.

I roll over

And look to the electric blanket,
Dormant, apparently, or is it just
resting.

I switch it on

And doze off to sleep,

Still, motionless, missing lectures.
I awaken

And look to the electric blanket,
3, hot, I’m bloody sweating.

I roll over

And look to the sky,

Dark, grim, threatening to rain.

I switch it off

And doze off to sleep,

Calm, comfortable, missing‘[...]awaken

Get up, get dressed, have a sh*t,
shower and shave and go outside
- half the sky’s clear, the other

' half cloudy.

It’s f*ckin’ cold, pissing with
rain and blowing a gale.

Jeez, Palmerston North weather
slu*ts me off.

Bronwyen.

I LOVE

I love me mother and me mother
love me

We come so far from over the s[...]metime it hot, sometime it
cold

I love me mother and me mother
love me

We try to live in harmony

You[...]me daddy so
low sometime

She don’t smoke weed and she
don’t drink wine

She alway do the best she[...]e alway sing some kinda song

She have big muscle and she very
strong

She like puss* cat and she like
cashew nut ,

She don’t bother with no ‘if’ no
‘but’

I love me mother and me mother
love me

We come so far from over the s[...]ld

Sometime it hot, sometime it
cold

I love her and she love me too

And this is a love I know is true

I talk to you, yea you know who

Me and my mother we love you
too. -

Benjamin Zep[...]

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ences between owners and occupiers - the Zealand) have sub-standard[...]for these groups and recognizes that the
fundamental economic crux of[...], Government and local bodies have a
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of ideas and principled statements emerged Jane S[...]ellington to New Zealand's 'own-your-own' and quate stock of low cost rental housing.
and are pointed out at the end of this Unemp[...]that they be closed.
responsibility and means to solve the cannot raise large sums of capital for trust and Charles Waldegrave, Lower Hutt .[...]a fact and calls upon the Government for[...]s if to illustrate her ment to benefits, and the rising cost of dent early tr~ second d[...]As if in the Minister's place, Phil squats and empty house registers are ational inte[...]initiative.
situation, and gave Labour's policy for a Tennants' Prote[...]g problem affects rights are ill-defined and unenforceable[...]women more than men. She said women and against whom the weighty laws of[...]hat the 'Rent
creasing number of emergency houses and $229 against $302 for men.[...]and demands that a system of rent con-
creasing size[...]lmerston trols and security of tenure be introduced
houses, growing[...]to ensure that tenants' rights and con-
sales, and gloomy reports from social in our atti[...]lessness. cations of rental and home purchase as where the Students' Ass[...]freeze in October.
and private rental numbers, gentrification[...]housing and exchange ideas through the New
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households.[...]are where reform is desperately needed and The Housing Corporation only makes[...]exception of the one institution whose
isged and to make better use of existing and initial payments, return of bonds and local bodies can build accommodation[...]was not, 'h e claimed, representative and
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use of alternative housing and tenancy comprehensive tenancy legislatio[...]ral change in our notions of financing and situation -[...]. the responsibility - Central and Local
will.[...]Government - to take up the call and
Following the polit-parley, Janet g[...]lived at remaining delegates got together and actually d[...]nnigan, Auckland Community Worker, home and 15% were in halls of residence formulate[...]claimed housing to be totally a political and would, therefore, face the problems This[...]lems faced -feels housing is a basic n,eed and not a

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