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CRACCUM Volume 54, Issue 16 Page 1, CRACCUM, July 21 With a chee notice board dn left Auckl aming hal NOMINATIONS are now open for the MAIDMENT ARTS CENTRE Tuesday 22nd ‘Why Love ?’ Executive positions of W elfare Officer and i had forgot Due to the very high level of activity in the Wednesday 23rd ‘Why Christianity ?’ S.R.C. Chairperson. The term of office in aflets. With i Kenneth Maidment Theatre and the Little Thursday 24th ‘Why Christ ?’ classified each case will be from the date of election anization v\ Theatre it is requested that all For Sale, to 31 December 1980. Nominations close ENVIRONMENT GROUP I finally left University/Student / Staff groups pencil in and appointments will be made at the Stereo set, 3 pieces, Harmmon Kardon e. We hussl their 1981 bookings before 1st September ACTIVITIES meeting of the S.R.C. to be held in the FiK 1000. Viscount amplifier, pair Corall 3 just out o 1980 to secure the dates. There is no TUESDAY 22nd 1 pm Library B10 ‘Polluted S.R.C. lounge on Wednesday 23 July. speakers, good hi-fi sound combination. (Whangarei obligation or deposit required and it will Japan’ - the other side of the economic Candidates should attend this meeting $480, o.n.o. Also stereo-radio cassette jllege provid guarantee your booking. miracle. A rare film made by the Japanese fro m 1 p m . recorder RX-5500FV2FA. Brand new. $530 j afterward; KENNETH MAIDMENT THEATRE environmentalists who exposed the o.n.o. Phone 604-500. irselves with CAMPUS ARTS NORTH FESTIVAL mercury poisoning at Minimata. Tuesday 22 July at 8 pm, Michael Houston Wanted: Motorcycle, Honda CB175. Please ! us grovel ‘CAN opener’ 1st to 16th August. As part THURSDAY 24th 1 pm Library B10 ‘Marine and Barry Mora perform a song/piano contact Jay, Ph 30-789, Student Union. )am. By 7.1 of the CAN opener festival Campus Arts Mammals’ Tom Donoghue of Greenpeace, recital. Tickets $7.50, Students $6.50, We were chi North will be presenting Medieval Music, speaking with slides and tape. FOR SALE Children half price. Bookings at St James. eling of anti< song and dance from the Court of Henry TUESDAY 29th 1 pm Library B10 Films: Calculator TI57 brand new $120 o.n.o., Saturday 26 July at 2 pm and 8 pm, Iter weeks of VIII by Kynges Companye, Maidment ‘Need for Nature’ and ‘Edge of Extinction’ Sunday 27 July at 7 pm, ‘Dance for e x c e lle n t c o n d itio n . P h o n e F lo re n c e 32-236 epless nigh Theatre 8 pm, Sunday August 3. Also - NZ films of beauty and message, on (d ay). Pleasure’ presented by Mt Eden Ballet > way to bee performance by Limbs on 6th and 7th at 8 native forests and endangered species. Academy with guests Adrian Batchelor kilometres to r pm. At 8.15 on Saturday 9th is ‘State of and Shona Wilson from Limbs, Lee Patrice K would take i the nation’, an additional date in a Andrew and Anne Anderson, produced by istance. national tour of poets and musicians Dorothy Carter. Tickets $5, children $3.50. Silicone Chips Our objectiv including Alan Brunton, Ian Wedde, Dave ' Bookings at the Corner. Mitchell, Bruno Lawrence and others. The The W inter lecture held on Tuesday 15th »very begim Karlheinz company with guest artist Ivan LITTLE THEATRE July, the fourth in this year’s series on rtly a huge p Zagni perform at 6.30 on Tuesday 12 Monday 21 to Saturday 26 July 1 pm; industrial relations, presented by FOL Ching all se August. Watch out for further details and Thursday 24 and Friday 25 July also at 5 research officer Mr Paul Diginan was on ecially peo more exciting shows in the CAN Opener pm. ‘Masses and Man’, an expressionist the attitude of trade unions to the new vuniversity F e s tiv a l. play by Ernst Toller. A play about technology. The introduction of NEW ZEALAND UNIVERSITIES revolution. Tickets $1.50, Students $1. technology is not a new problem for the Door Sales. Production by Diploma of union movement, since essentially the WINTER TOURNAMENT is to be Drama students. growth of trade unions in 19th century HELD AT W aikato University, Hamilton, FLICKS from 25th to 28th August inclusive. Ski Britain was a response to the conditions Tuesday 29 July, SRC Lounge, 6.30 p.m. tournament at Tuakino August 18th to of the industrial revolution, but its ‘Animal House’ and ‘I wanna hold your 22nd. All students wishing to represent possible consequences would appear to be hand’. Admission $1. Auckland University must have completed more far reaching today. The picture' Mr CANDIDATES and handed in to Sports Rep’s office 1) ROTARACT Diginan painted was grim. Rising Eligibility form - one per person; and 2) TUES 22 July 7.30, Old Grad Bar. structural unemployment, the result of the For Treasurer, remainder of 1980 Team List - one per sport. These must be WE DO IT BETTER !!! arrival of population recreates sustained) BELINDA VERNON in before August 15. Spare forms available What, you say ? Find out - come along for in the 1960’s baby boom onto a Over the past four years while at from Sports Rep’s noticeboard. a comedy session that will make A WEEK depressed labour market, is projected to PUBLIC SEMINAR of It look DULL; Rotaract is for those who reach 300,000 by the end of the decade. university I have taken a strong interest in Superimposed upon this, is the alarming the affairs of the student. In my second ‘The Soviet Union - A post-Afghanistan believe in helping others - but want a good problem of the introduction of new year, I decided being interested was not reassessment’. Sunday 27th July, 9 am - 5 time while they do. We have a noticeboard micro-processing technology with a enough, I had to get involved and actually pm. To be held at the MacLaurin Hall, crammed full of info on our latest potential for widespread job displacement do something so I stood for and was Auckland University. For further activities, so LOOK ! Come along. Who in the manufacturing and service elected to the position of National Affairs information please contact John Banks, know - you might like us. > industries. Mr Diginan acknowledged that Officer. After a year of non-involvement in 866-183 or Roy Lucas, 557-817. EVANGELICAL UNION: ‘death on a such technological advances must not be my third year at university, where I was CIVIL LIBERTIES c a m p u s ’ regarded as universally bad but pointed studying for a B Com, majoring in Tim McBride, author of a new book ‘A — a series of meetings discussing the out that an assumption that increased accounting, I have decided it is time to get handbook to Civil Liberties’ will be relevance of Christianity today. Speaker - production would necessarily promote directly involved again. Several things speaking to the Labour Club, Tuesday Roger Mitchell. job-creating economic expansion was have concerned me this year - primarily 22nd July at 7.45 in the Top Common July 21-24th All in B28 lunchtimes 1-2 pm false, nor was there any reason to hope the fact that the Association has been Room. All are welcome. Monday 21st ‘Why Death ?’ that the micro-processing industry itself without an active treasurer for the first would provide many new job opportunities half of this year. I believe it is essential in New Zealand. that a person with practical accounting iiand. It was knowledge take on the job, it is one where The main thrust of Mr Diginan’s mture with pa experience both in accounting and the argument was, therefore, that a place does i universitie workings of the Executive are invaluable CATERING CO. exist in New Zealand for micro-processing hnical institi technology but that its introduction must and I therefore offer myself as someone jlicise the cr be planned and controlled in such a way who is studying part-time three stage III ucation syste ^s to avoid the wholesale social papers for a B Com, someone who is plemented by employed as an assistant accountant, and dislocation which couid result7The FOL location and 1 policy on the new technology is that a someone who has had previous c nning the lem responsible approach, which takes into experience on the AUSA Executive. ) were doing s account more than simple profit-motive, alanders cou must be adopted towards its introduction. another new line in the JONATHAN BLAKEMAN In this way it is possible to ensure that the Cold Servery maximum benefits are derived from the I am a commerce student standing for creative use of the silicone chip with the Treasurer for basically two reasons. minimum of attendant social discomforts. Firstly, a considerable amount of disgust THE CLUB SANDWICHES at apparently total student apathy towards what I regard as one of the most important priced at 25c positions in the Association. Secondly, I Around this feel that I am suitably qualified to students will t discharge the duties of this office in a NZUSA encou competent manner. I am an Accounting an optometry major with some knowledge of "eye-test” but Management, Economics and Law. xplain why N Furthermore I have had some experience survey and wh in auditing with a frim of chartered those contact* accountants which I envisage being of considerable value in the Treasurers Canterbury COLD SERSERVERY primary role as overseer of the Association J Back in the fin a n c e s . officer, in disc Custard and Fruit Pies Specific financial policies I would aware of cone pursue if elected are : possible dams reduced from 45c to 42c 1. An emphasis on student money for studying/readi student concerns such as union facilities, scale survey a education fightback, and only outside amount of und pressure groups actioning voted among studen Association policy. staggering. A I HOT SERVERY 2. More clubs and societies grants, were located v more equitably distributed. which they did Fish Portions 3. Opposition to excessive fees rises. side-effects be 4. Possibility of short term financial seemingly rela reduced from 40c to 37c assistance to students at such times as inability to stu enrolment or waiting for SHG to arrive etc. tiredness, heat W e can’t pay a bursary ourselves or speed blurred vision. up the government bureaucracy, but we Unfortunatel HEALTH FOOD BAR can at least negate some of the effects of were ‘invalidat departmental incompetency. 1. the small Bier Sticks 5. Funds for promised increased 2. the very le expenditure to come not from fees rises which led to qi reduced from 30c to 28c but from a reduction in wasteful and jOver the sut unnecessary expenditure. been pursuing My own political leanings, such as they services for sti are, have no place in this statement. The we have a largi Only the best at the lowest Treasurer is an administrative office and wandering aroi to use it for political ends would be both Imperfect and i an abuse of power and a breach of faith. we should atte possible cost will do for If elected I would use the position to somehow. promote the financial interests of all your Catering Company members and not to further my own or anyone elses political ideas. Page 2, CRACCUM, July 21 ELLINGTONSeer and a rnar thp fium hnnt u/rtnlrl chnui tkoi ______TO WELLINGTON With a cheer and a roar the Gumboot would show that students are capable of kin left Auckland, only to come to a doing more than marching or picketing to reaming halt a few miles out of the city, voice their protests. Once in Wellington i had forgotten to collect our Gumboot we planned to present the Minister of aflets. W ith s u p e rb s p e e d a n d Education, Merv Wellington, with a letter anization we zoomed back into town expressing the combined grievances of J finally left Auckland about two hours the educational institutes represented. Cardon e. We hussled our first donation from a This was to be accompanied by two left r C orail .b just out o f th e c ity a n d th e n h e a d e d gumboots, signifying the inability and •ination. (Whangarei. Northland Community unwillingness of the government to meet ssette jllege provided us with a superb meal its commitments towards education in e w . $530 .id afterwards we headed off to acquaint New Zealand. urselves with the locals. Sunday morning It took us a while to settle into the /us grovel out of our sleeping bags at 75. Please routine of running. We kept a vehicle Jn io n . Jam. By 7.00 am we were on the road. alongside our runners and publicized the W e were charged with an incredible run by pamphleting towns and settlements ieiing of anticipation and excitem ent. we passed through and by speaking out 3.D.O., (ter weeks of planning, worrying and over megaphones. We managed to lose at n e e 32-236 lepless nights the Gumboot Run was on least three people along the way the first jway to becoming a reality. We had 850 day. After several scenes of riot and kilometres to run to reach W ellington and confusion we managed to sort ourselves it would take us six days to cover the out and settled down to the job of stance. reaching Auckland before nightfall. Our objectives had beep clear cut from Several people associated with AUSA were «very beginning. The Gumboot Run was involved in helping to get the run rtly a huge publicity drive aim ed at underway from Whangarei. Both as aching all sectors of the public, runners and supporters the help from whose help was invaluable and greatly peaceful and restful place after a hard day pecially p e o p le in s m a lle r to w n s a n d David Rose, Priscilla Wilson, Darren Davis, appreciated were Andrew Lornie (President on The Run. ^university cities throughout New Felicity Hope and Jeff Meyer was of NZTISA) and Teresa Metthews of The run from Levin to Wellington Auckland Technical Institute. completed the final leg of the North Island It was clear by this tim e that the Gumboot Run. We met the members of the Gumboot Run was going to be an South Island Gumboot Run at the Picton outstanding success. W e were receiving Ferry Terminal. W ith two left gumboots fantastic support from many members of safely in our possession we headed into the public. The leafleting campaign was i Wellington and towards Parliament j ■■■ ■ JiJv ■ ■ f ' ' drawing a very positive response from the Buildings. The Minister of Education many people it was reaching. Both the declined to come outside and accept the runners and support crews were in very gumboots, sending instead one slightly 1 t j , A k \ high spirits. >f 1980 apprehensive press secretary with a letter. 1 „ fA M L V V We were joined by runners from Waikato He accepted our letter but not the University for the run from Hamilton to gumboots, The gumboots were later National Park. The exhaustion and a t . - ■■ - - accepted by Russell Marshall who agreed physical strain was reflected clearly in the n te re s t in to display them at the next session of faces of the runners as they ran with se co n d Parliament. speed, grace and enthusiasm towards the We were convinced it was joke time w a s not I J l IM final goal. Time taken and kilometres J actually , \ S m i 1 when Merv’s letter to us was read out. It travelled were diligently relayed to them tried to emphasise the good things that w a s < ■ f L M . ** i through a megaphone by people in the al A ffairs the government has recently done for %'x m * Ē Ē I support vehicle. National.Park turned out rem e n t in education. Not surprisingly the letter was to be the main m eeting place of the North i I w as i P : , / : , r - m r very short. It also told us that our run had n Island campuses. W e had representatives been a waste of time. This was cause for from Auckland, W aikato, Mas§ey, and im e to get WÊ M a y us to laugh even harder. Everyone involved Victoria Universities as well as Auckland lin g s in any way at all with the Gumboot Run Technical Institute. The feeling of unity im arily would have to agree that it has been one and co-operation between the campuses b een of the most successful facets of the has rarely before been experienced to e first Education Fightback campaign. The public ' such a great extent. The cause for se n tia l support voiced for the Gumboot Run was celebration was epparent and celebrate we u n tin g both staggering and breathtaking. The land. It was a New Zealand-wide invaluable. Ivan Sowry as Education Vice- certainly did. Therun the next day didn’t m e where leafleting campaign reached every town iturewith participation and support President, threw his whole-hearted support seem to be too badly affected by most id th e we passed through and introduced people universities, training colleges and behind the campaign and found the time people scratching a maximum of two 'alu ab le to the facts about what is really happening chnical institutes. Our main aim was to to travel most of the way down the North hours sleep sometime in the early hours of >meone in educational circles today. The unity blicise the crippling cuts to the Island with the Run. Heather Worth was the morning. We eft National Park and ta g e III achieved between Universities, and the jeation s y s te m th a t a re b e in g the North Island co-ordinator and the headed for Wanganui early on Wednesday, io is sighting of a common goal to work ilemented by the present Minister of prime mover of the Gumboot Run. It is our fourth day on the road. This was a ita n t, and towards will undoubtedly have jeation and the Government. By thanks to her sleepless nights and hours fairly, cruisey run out we had quite a few strengthened both individual University re. ming the length of New Zealand we felt of organizing and worrying that the hills to cover and barely made Wanganui campuses and our National Students’ !were doing something that all New Gumboot Run became a reality. Also by nightfall. We viere accommodated at Association (NZUSA). slanders c o u ld id e n tify w ith a n d w h ic h among the runners and supporters and the Quaker settlenent in Wanganui, a very Joanne Tuffield

d ing for ns. ▼ d isgu st THE EYES HAVE IT y towards M im portant ondly, I Around th is tim e a b o u t 1 0 0 0 A u c k la n d The 1980 Survey students will be receiving a letter from Early this year we were able to interest NZUSA encouraging them to participate in the Auckland School of Optometry in a n tin g an optometry survey - a bit more than an jointly running a survey at Auckland and Jye-test” but entirely free. I want to Canterbury. It will be a combined effort by w. axplain why NZUSA is co-ordinating this the staff and students of the School of ierien ee survey and why it is essential th a t a ll Optometry optometrists in Christchurch, id those contacted co-bperate. Department of Health staff in Christchurch 'i v 8 ing of a n d N Z U S A . ers Canterbury Leadership Students at these two campuses will be ssociation Back in th e m id 7 0 ’s a U C S A w e lfa re “subjected” to free clinical tests and also officer, in discussion with others, becam e a questionnaire which will attempt to uld aware of concern among students of measure the life-style and other factors possible damage to eyes as a result of assopiated with good and b a d v is io n ney for Studying/reading. H e o rg a n is e d a s m a ll among students. facilities, scale survey at Canterbury to quantify the I would ask that all students contacted tside imount of undetected visual deficiency by mail co-operate to the full. This survey among students. The results were is not superfluous for students who’ve staggering. A la rg e p ro p o rtio n o f s tu d e n ts already got glasses or who are sure that ints, were located who had visual defects their vision is perfect. It’s for everybody. ihich they did not know of: all kinds of I don’t eat lots of carrots but at my ripe The Future services on campus. It would be a matter > rises, side-effects b e in g e x p e rie n c e d w e re n o t old age I feel I have pretty good eyesight. What will happen as a result of the of planning and negotiation as to whether ncial tmingly related to students’ eyes - But in the course of many years study and survey ? Two quite different tacks will be this was a year-round service or a nnes as inability to study very long or late at night, teaching I’ve wondered whether it will a d o p te d . mass-screening around the time of iredness, h e a d a c h e s e tc . sore eyes or arrive etc. Not begin to go at some stage. In the course 1. Dispelling mytths and giving advice. blurred vision. enrolment/orientation. Certainly the or speed of preparing this survey I was asked by NZUSA, with the help of the question of payment would be a political Dut we ^Unfortunately the results of the survey one optometrist if I’d ever had an Ophthalmology Departm ent at Otago issue. Alternatively, whatever the iffects of were ‘invalidated’ by : optometric test. No. So he gave me on. University, will prodduce a pamphlet which incidence of undetected visual problems, 1. the small size of the sample ; Result ? No, I don’t need glasses but will give students aidvice on how to take NZUSA is committed to trying to get a 2. the very large non-response rate there’s a slight amount of preventative m easures for their eyes and cheaper rate for optometry testing for ihich led to questions of bias. v short-sightedness and astigmatism in one also will discuss scome of the false myths s tu d e n ts . Over the subsequent years NZUSA has eye which could be worth looking at in the that circulate aboutt vision. To some extent But, to summarise, none of the been pursuing the question of optom etric future. Now I know what to look for, I feel the “myths” we neeed to dispel will depend services for students with the hope that if advantages to be gained from a survey of i as they a little more secure. on information fromn the survey. ie have a larg e n u m b e r o f s tu d e n ts undetected visual problems on campus ;nt. The But over and above the personal 2. Optometry Servvices. /andering a ro u n d w ith “ a d e q u a te ” b u t will be possible if those people selected in ice and benefits you may gain from the survey If the survey shovws that a Imperfect an d d e te rio ra tin g e y e s ig h t th e n the sample do not all co-operate. PLEASE be both there is the fact that a full response from disproportionate nujm ber of students have we should attem pt to serve their needs TURN UP IF YOU ARE ASKED TO. :>f faith, students will enable us to base our next undetected visual problem s an attempt somehow. Mike Waghorne ion to moves on a much sounder basis. could be made to esstablish optometric all Research Officer, NZUSA /vn or Page 3, CRACCUM, July 21 COURAGE AND CONVICTIONS The Life and Times of Terry Bell Terry Bell has spent most of his adult some people involved in COMBAT, an Whoo !’ and then suddenly you’re life fighting prejudice and more _They will have the responsibility for the underground magazine he was surrounded by green again.’ college’s dairy (set up by the UN Food and particularly the racial prejudice of his own collaborating on. He’d kept a pack filled This story and the following epic of how Agriculture Organisation), a piggery and a The Federa homeland, South Africa. with essentials ready for an emergency as AP correspondent he ended up p o u ltry fa rm . A ll s tu d e n ts w ill b e assigned in asking I At the moment of writing he’s getaway. The time had come. He grabbed covering the Biafran crisis deserve books Remuner. somewhere on the high seas, bound to the to tending vegetable plots for at least two his pack and with something of the of their own. hours a week and on top of this they will iage order oi African continent, bent on adding his anarchic sang froid which he seems to In the end they extricated themselves devote a minimum of three hours a week intained in weight behind what he hopes will be the draw on in times of crisis, hitch-hiked from the endless corruption, the to the acquisition and practice of a (J. Knox, s t last chapter in the struggle to turn his across country making his last farewells shakedowns and the general menace of manual or technical skill. iwn no int< native land into a genuinely democratic, as he went. the Congo region to settle in Zambia. After mdard o f li multi-racial state. As an involuntary exile ‘The object,’ says Terry, ‘is to remove His friends were largely in the two years the Bells moved on again to iland w ork he’s never forgotten that the business that the distinction between academic and segregated black and coloured areas New Zealand. Life here with its many new show ex ac resulted in his imprisonment and technical labour and to become which meant he had to move more possibilities kept them very contented. me ‘for th e interrogation at the hands of South self-sufficient in food.’ carefully than he would otherwise have >sible solu Africa’s notorious security police, BOSS, But Terry Bell, exiled South African, English is the main teaching language done. This he thinks now, is how he Last year N is still unfinished. now a naturalised New Zealander, of the college hence the Bell’s interest in escaped detection, although on BOSS’S it general s Since he fled the country in 1964, under journalist with a cause began to find collecting as much educational material wanted list. suit of th e C threat of further imprisonment and himself suffering under that inertia ofi as possible in this country. ‘Assistance While on the run he was shocked to substantial ill-treatment at the hands of BOSS, he’s words which is the karma of every writer. has poured in. We even had one large hear of the death of Babla Saloojee, his iovernment, i seen many of his friends and associates His opportunity to make a break came via consignment of English language and co-editor on COMBAT, at the hands of the :.0.L. and dei from his days as a journalist in the riots in Soweto and the realisation on grammar books which came up all the way security police. ‘The Government never irapped th e Johannesburg imprisoned, exiled, placed the part of the various freedom from Ashburton. Many schools have investigated it. But by then any dreams re-introdu under house arrest and even killed as a movements in and outside South Africa s u rp lu s a n d o u t-o f-d a te te x t b o o k s which any of us had ever had that the rule of law which gives it consequence of their opposition to the that the spiritual maiming of black and finally end up getting sent to the tip. was being maintained in South Africa had cases w here t Apartheid laws. coloured youth by denying them equality SOMAFCO can really use this stuff.’ long since vanished.’ , settled on a le Terry and Barbara Bell arrived in New of educational opportunity could be E v e n b e fo re th e fre e d o m s c h o o l scheme circumvented by the founding of a was started children and young people; Government w Zealand with their baby daughter Ceiren in By Easter, 1965, he was close enough to ‘Freedom’ school outside the confines of mainly from Soweto, had been leaving «member th e January 1971 at the end of two years the Rhodesian border to make his final that country. South Africa by walking over the border agreement w a spent working by Terry on the TIMES OF dash for freedom. workers a 22.2 ZAMBIA and the ZAMBIAN NEWS. During The readiness of black youth to trek, into Botswana or Lesotho. They have been ‘I settled on Easter to cross because I Zealand Fo res that time they’d heard enough about the often largely on foot, over 2,500 kilometres a rriv in g in T a n z a n ia a t th e ra te o f several knew there’d be the usual rush at the first, and a fte r country from two New Zealanders on the of difficult terrain in order to reach such a hundred per year. Most want to continue checkpoint and I didn’t want them looking figure was red staff, Vernon Wright and John Edlin, to school was finally established last year their education rather than opt for the too closely at my travel documents. I the Governmei decide that it was here they’d get the with the setting up of the Solomon other choice they are given on crossing caught a lift to the border with a guy that stepped in anc stability of family life they’d been missing Mahlangu Freedom College (SOMAFCO) the border of joining the army. By early turned out to be related on my mother’s 18.1%. A fter a up till then. Terry arrived here to take up a after five years of detailed planning by the this year there were over 160 students at side. He was a Dutch Reformed Church Government fii position as a journalist with the African National Congress (ANC). Under the new college. Eventually the college Minister; a pillar of the Establishment; so I the 21.177% ri AUCKLAND STAR. Since then he’s more the joint auspices of the ANC, the United plans to cater for two to three thousand had absolutely no hassle at all. They This w a s n ’t than paid his dues - not only to his Nations and the Government of Tanzania, students with no lim itations on-age. Other asked me how long I was going in for and hegovernmen profession but to the country as a whole. SOMAFCO is situated at Mazimbu, near facilities being planned are a children’s I said ‘The weekend.’ months, he hai -H e was one of the first journalists to Morogoro, on 600 acres of land donated by centre for those under school age and a medical centre. ncrease to an actively plead the cause of Arthur Allen hat time inflat Thomas’s innocence and his book on the Decision making at the college will be I5%, and has Crewe murders, BITTER HILL, made up a carried out jointly by the staff and Even allow ing convincing case for acquital long before students. In this way it is hoped that lave come ou t David Yallop wrote his best-seller. He’s guidelines will be laid down that will act namely one o f given his time and skills to causes as as models for future schools in the new not alter th e fa varied as the Maori land rights movement South Africa. of over 5 % exi and anti-nuclear testing in the South Because of their traditional role in the «filled. Pacific. He’s been a committed writer and area, both Great Britain and the A closer ana speaker on the issues of his own native Netherlands have been asked to help the (jure reveals £ land - often to the discomfort of those who c o lle g e . T h e N e th e r la n d s h a s b e e n very prices increase prefer their hottest news on Apartheid to forthcoming, the Thatcher Government period. W ith w; come from the South African Consul in much less so, but the ANC, the average of 14.9 Wellington. Anti-Apartheid Movement, a number of they are to ta lly With a standard production rate of 2,000 schools and other private organisations in costs. O ther pr words a day, his writing must have entered Britain have balanced the lack of official cut-off date fo r just about every home in this country s u p p o rt. quoted ab ove i covering, as it does, the whole gamut of The Bell’s have been the New Zealand 11.6%, Rail inc popular publishing in New Zealand from Connection for this project since its increases o f 21 the LISTENER to the W OMAN’S WEEKLY; inception. Largely due to their efforts and 30%. Clearly, v\ from Hamlyn’s coffee table THIS IS NEW those of SOMAFCO co-ordinator in this budget, p rice ri ZEALAND TO entries on the African country, Tom Newnham, over two tonnes There has be continent written for school textbooks. of school books and educational f* 0» Government’s £ Of his time here he says: ‘New equipment have already been shipped to ! %' taxation. In 196 Zealand’s given me the time and the Tanzania. SOMAFCO Support (P.O. Box J6% of Governi opportunities to do and learn a lot of new 1497, Auckland) will continue its role of ncome tax. A s things. I’m grateful for the time I’ve spent collecting together donated educational accounts, N e w here. It’s a beautiful country with material and shipping it off into the i3% of G overni enormous potential.’ foreseeable future. ncome tax. It it But, by the time the second box of To find out why the Bell’s left South 9 individuals equipment arrives Terry and Barbara Bell Africa we have to go back to July 1964 and co m p ar hope to be well on their way to becoming when he was working in Johannesburg on altered to 8 8 % staff members of the new school. In the RAND DAILY MAIL and, along with company. W h ic essence not a great deal separates the several other journalists, taking part in the individua dedicated teacher from the dedicated clandestine anti-Apartheid activities. Unfortunately n journalist as far as Terry is concerned. ‘I got nicked in one of the first big Both he and Barbara, who is a trained pick-ups after the passing of the 90 Day teacher, will be applying their skills andj Detention Act. I went into ‘solitary’ for ideas in an area where white interest has interrogation and was there for fiftyfour : been notably lacking. They flatly refuse to days. They leave you there for two weeks. { see their role in the school as symbolic of Nothing to do. Just a Bible to read. And a h ‘white’ involvement, however. hell of a lot of people just crack up - they As Terry points out: ‘The only principle I can’t take the cells - they go ‘stir crazy.’ accept is that it’s what is going on inside Some of those blokes ended up screaming It has proved to be a long weekend. the Tanzanian Government. Implicit behind a man or woman and what they do that ‘Let me out and I’ll tell you anything ! I’ll Problems with travel documents and the its existence is the understanding that a matters, not their skin colour. We have to tell you anything 1’ They haul those ones long arm of the South African Government whole enlightened, new generation of forget this whole business of race and out and you never see them again. Then kept his stay in Rhodesia and later, South Africans is being created in order to skin colour. It’s caused too much misery they start on the rest of you. They’re very Zambia, short. In the end the granting of fulfil the ultimate dream of all those for too long. W e need a global perspective polite at first. But if they don’t get the political asylum by Great Britain solved fighting the present Apartheid system - the of where we all stand.’ answers they want from you the heavy everything. A United Nations Fellowship at dream of a genuinely free, multi-racial And finally, when does Terry Bell think stuff starts.’ What they wanted London University College, marriage to society in South Africa before the year his long weekend away from his homeland from me was that I had a duplicator, they Barbara his Johannesburg girlfriend and . is going to end ? knew I had it and they wanted to know 2000 work for the British Anti-Apartheid where it was.’ ‘W e’ve been presented with the It’s just a question of time. Zimbabwe Movement, the African National Congress opportunity of a lifetim e,’ says Terry. ‘An Rhodesia took a long time to change and In the end duplicators are expendable and the BBC’s African Service followed. opportunity to make a real contribution look at it now. The influence of the black and as the information didn’t incriminate Finally the British weather was his towards the building of the new South African states alone on South Africa is anyone else Terry told them where it was downfall. ‘I couldn’t take it any more. It Africa in an area which both Barbara and I going to change things - particularly when h id d e n . drove me insane !’ have been very interested in since coming they settle their own internal problems. That gesture set him free, but by now he He concocted a manic scheme for them to New Zealand - education.’ But on top of it all is that tremendous was assured that the next time would be both to canoe from London to north Africa Under the principal, Winshi Njobe, pressure building up inside the country the last time he would see the light of day and then overland across the Sahara to himself an exiled South African, the Bell’s itself which the problems in Soweto and for some time. BOSS had warned him Zambia where he intended to pick up work and other staff members intend to aim at the refinery bombings only just hint at - before releasing him that he’d never be with the TIMES OF ZAMBIA. the breaking down of the idea of class it’s just like a volcano waiting to go up.’ allowed to hold a passport. Fortunately ‘The people we’d worked with gave us a structure relating to the job a man does. It’s no longer a question of ‘If’ and earlier, in a moment of foresight, he’d grand farewell from Chiswick. W e just The idea of a servile, black, labouring ‘W hen’ the change will come - the change taken out a Protectorate Travel pass took off down the Thames in this two-man class sweating for a superior, white, is happening now and the thing that gives- designed to permit farmers with canoe with a Michelin guide map to the professional class is basic to Apartheid. me a great feeling of contentment is that large-scale holdings on both sides of the south of England. Would you believe ! - we The school intends to destroy this concept SOMAFCO, the freedom college, makes border to cross without restriction. went out in seven foot spring tide swells ! from the start by insisting that students our part in that change such a positive The end of his life in South Africa came One minute you’re up in the air and there’s and staff do all the work involved in the o n e .’ very shortly after when the police detained Canvey Island and ships going ‘Whoo, building and daily running of the school. Chris Wheeler Page 4, CRACCUM, July 21 ty for the OINGUP — AN ABC of the FOL and the CPI IN Food and jgery and a The Federation of Labour has recently taxation were available at the time of 3e assigned sn asking for the Government to repeal w ritin g . 1 0 0 0 it least two Remuneration Act and give a general The FOL wants the Remuneration Act BREAK-FVl-N LINK WHERE TAKE IIOMK PAY KKKPS PACK Wl III CONSUMER PRICKS 9 4 0 s they will ge order of substantially more than that repealed. This Act can be useful in jtained in the budget. The President, irs a week reducing extravagant wage increases, but 9 8 0 of a I.J. Knox, states that the Government has for the majority of responsible unions, it hown no interest in ensuring a decent 9 7 0 should currently have no effect. Where the TAKE IIOMK PAY DURING I RA OF d remove standard of living for the average New problem comes in is that unions in the WAGE ADJUSTMENT RKGUI.AHONS 9 0 0 nic and laland worker. This article is an attem pt past have abused the free wage /\ on Official Figures show exacly what the Government has bargaining principle to get their workers 9 5 0 / \ Fsfinv»led ie ‘for the workers’, and outlines a wage increases that were substantially 9 4 0 language ssible solution to the deadlock. higher than necessary. Not surprisingly, Last year New Zealand experienced its interest in the Government is a bit wary of giving 9 7 0 I material st general strike in over sixty years as a unions a ‘free run’ at wage increases so sistance suit of the Governm ent’s refusal to grant they have introduced a safeguard to stop 9 2 0 substantial General W age Order. The e large «extravagance. The Government, however A 9 I 0 ge and iovernment, in s te a d o f lis te n in g to th e currently has its priorities somewhat .01. and deciding from there, simply • all the way screwy, in that they regard anything over 9 0 0 have crapped the General W age Orders Act 10.4% as extravagant. If the level was set 1 oks which id re introduced the Rem uneration Act, at 22% for example, the FOL wouldn’t be 8 9 0 1 ie tip. lich gives it the right to interfere in complaining so vociferously. If both sides 1 8 8 0 stuff.’ ses where the ‘free’ wage bargaining were to stop slinging abuse at each other sttled on a level higher than the ool scheme and listen to what they have to say then 8 7 0 l people: jvernment wanted. You will no doubt perhaps it would not be too Jate for some 8(>0 ' leaving rernber th e c a s e a l K in le ith , w h e re a n semblance of order to be resumed in the greement w a s m a d e to g iv e th e m ill e border field of Industrial Relations. Tragically, the 8 5 0 t have been cers a 22.2% pay increase. New current administration seems more intent of several iland F o re s t P ro d u c ts d id n ’t lik e it a t on naming so-called SUP members than 8 4 0 st, and after another round of talks, the actually trying to help the country back on & £

continue MAR £ Q JUN a y I 1 '6' I g a . g | s 1 g 3 § for the jure was reduced to 21.177% . However, its feet and with a reasonable standard of crossing Government, feet firmly in mouth, liv in g . 1 1 I I 1 1 i By early spped in and reduced the figure to Looking at the diagram below, it is .1%. A fter a n o th e r p ro lo n g e d w a it th e apparent that a major deficit currently udents at some time and get down to serious jvernment finally backed down and let occurs between take-home pay and 10%. If a reasonable figure such as 20% college negotiation. At the moment neither side is e 21.177% rise go through. consumer prices. An analysis of the is chosen it will only put prices up by housand prepared to back down at all and it is This wasn’t the only attack coming from substantial drops in the graph reveals about 7% , the worker will be better off -age. Other patently obvious that if this line of action !government. In the preceding few some interesting features: than before, and the economy will not lildren’s continues then negotiation is a waste of jnths, he h a d re d u c e d th e a v e ra g e have such a severe jolt placed on it as ge and a June 1975 - devaluation of the dollar, time. Both parties have to come off their crease to an arbitrary figure of 10.4% . At would a-35% increase. making imports more expensive. high horse and be prepared to agree on a at time inflation was running at about The Government must realise that when je will be December 1975 - National Party elected, reasonable figure for a wage order or nd 5%, and has since jumped to 18.4% . the Consumer Price Index has gone up by inflation running at 15%. perhaps a new system of wage indexing. sn allowing for the wage orders that 17.6% in the past year, a General Wage I that September 1976 - Inflation rate up to What is essential is that the FOL does not. *e come out since the 1979 Budget, 1 6 .7 % . Order of 4% is not a sufficient response t will act allow the Government to ‘trample’ them jmely one of 4.5% and 4% , it still does to the problems facing wage and salary the new June 1977 - Effect of 6% wage order into agreeing to a small wage order, and Staiter th e fa c t th a t th e re w a s a d is p a rity earners. You may not agree with the strike comes out in price increases. conversely the Government msut now lover 5% existing then which has yet to tactics adopted by some unions, but it >ie in the June 1978 to March 1979 - Steady drop allow extravagant wage claims such as I filled. must be agreed that they do have in inflation rate down to a minimum the 35% mentioned in some quarters last A closer analysis of the m agical 18.4% o f 1 0 .1 % . something to complain about. So far the ) help the week. Increases in wages have to come gure reveals some interesting facts. Food Government has not been prepared to ;en very March 1979 - Effect of massive oil price from somewhere, and it almost invariably ces increased by 25.2% in the same rises finally shows up. acknowledge this, or accept the need for rnment comes out in the form of price rises. If the riod. With wages increasing by an some straight-talking negotiations with the It appears as though Muldoon’s FOL is at all serious about a 35% wage srage of 14.9% it is plain to see that FOL. nber of administration was on the right course order, this will in turn put prices up over yare totally insufficient to meet rising isations in before the oil price rises. Since then, he M a rk K e rly its. Other price rises subsequent to the >f official has tended to blame anyone and anything jt-off date for the March 1980 figures for the continuance of inflation when im uoted above include Petrol price rises of Zealand actual fact he has simply not been able to 1.6%, Rail increases of 10% , Butter e its control external pressures. If the icreases of 21.5% , Sugar increases of fforts and Government were to seek out new export )%. Clearly, with the sales tax hike in the r in this markets, which to a point they are doing, udget, price rises have not yet finished. HANG YOURSELF 0 tonnes they would be able to help out the There has been a marked change in the \ overseas balance of payments cvernment’s a ttitu d e to w a rd s p e rs o n a l 5.30 pm Monday July 28, to Friday August 8 lipped to significantly. The Government’s current xation. In 1969, New Zealanders provided .0 . Box policy of obtaining loans in Swiss Francs of G o v e rn m e n t R e v e n u e th ro u g h 1 role of and Deutschmarks, the two strongest come tax. As shown in the 1979 cational currencies in the world, means that the writs, New Zealanders now provide the individual has to pay the enormous j of G o v e rn m e n t R e v e n u e th ro u g h interest rates by way of taxes and erne tax. It is also intriguing that in ox of increased prices. If there was some 3 individuals provided 64% of income bara Bell improvement Jn policy in this area then the and companies 36% . This has now becoming burden on the individual can only be red to 88% individual and 12% re d u c e d . ipany. 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Page 5, CRACCUM, July 21 TWO WOMEN A Short Story It had stopped raining. The young concrete floors, beds, towels, (nothing B1 woman was the first to notice that worse than drying your face with a wet ‘A Budge something was missing. She lay on the towel) no further need to shout over the spending .. old four-poster bed with a yellow drunning of the rain on the roof, and best Education ! candlewick bedspread tucked around her of all, no longer did she have to stay the guts ta! legs and a pile of tattered comics beside indoors. But for the moment she would. delivered, t her. The posts of the bed had once been a She gazed through the netting into the campaign t glossy black with full-blown red and pink Front Room. Drips fell into a pool of water level it has roses twining up them,, but now the pain in front of the sideboard and down behind Such a c had peeled off in patches and the roses the couch, where the old lady lay drawn if yo had faded. Two railings jutted up from the outstretched. When the rains had become Minister o f end of the bed, their brass knobs long ago heavy two days before, they had both has been a unscrewed and lost in the garden by silently moved the furniture away from the Vote E du ca young children. She knew all about the walls and into positions they knew from However, rr former glory of the bed, because the old past experience to be dry; so now the sceptical ol lady had described it many times to her. couch stood in the middle of the room and ! his m outh t There was a rickety iron canopy about her the sideboard had been jammed up beside Budget fig u covered with a yellowing mosquito net. it. up to his tri Mosquitoes buzzed happily in and out She finished biting off her nail and half-truths. through two largish holes, but one or two considered the photos on the opposite To begin had been squashed into the pattern of the wall; there were two old black-and-whites misleading, net; she liked to see just how much blood stuck in the one frame, both difficult to compare the they had siphoned from her. see because the glare of the light bulb the 1979 Bu She had come to the end of a floppy reflected off the glass. It was such a comparison and dog-eared Phantom comic, and was ' gloomy and blocked off room that the light actually sp e feeling annoyed. In this weather any little always burned inside it. In the larger photo intended to thing irritated her; especially if the old two newlyweds stood outside a coral come up w il lady had something to do with it. But now church with an attractive middle-aged increase. (T! her annoyance stemmed from the comic women beside them. It was the old lady in as Mr W ellir cover on which the Phantom, his mask her younger days, standing proudly beside be, at the m denying any glimpse of emotion, was her niece whose wedding gown she had supplement. kissing an ecstatic Diana Palmer. Fine, sewn. In the other photo were three men So it’s noi she thought, but why have the story of a standing stiffly, their hands awkwardly but even 21. pet gorilla inside? As she abstractly bit held at their sides, like Primers kids in significant ii her thumbnail a chicken clucked outside their first school photo. Their expressions current in fla the French Doors. The woman next door were half concealed behind mountains of However, thi shrieked unintelligibly at her grandchild, frangipani leis, probably to their relief. Broken d o w i and the grand-child swore under her She got down off the bed and went to major g a in ii breath at the grand-mother. The radio, God the bathroom to check the water situation. other areas , knows how long it had been on, was The toilet cistern was empty. When she the educatio pleading meiodically to yet another turned on the tap at the basin, a long component ( consignment of overseas-bound friends brown gush of earthy liquid stained the large 2 6 .2 % and relations to Please Not Go. As the procelain. She let it run for a while but it Charges con tune faded to a weak echo of its main line: simply darkened from ochre to chocolate. 15.5% - a cu ‘Please don’t go Babe... Don’t go...’ She had hoped to see a fish drop out of rate is c o n si another song gradually replaced it. An the tap, which had once happened when A further t Island girl and her coconut ukelele made she was rinsing out clothes. The tiny fish co m p on ent« the same plea but in a different language: had swum around the iron tub, anxiously down tauntingly behind the bent figure W h e n s h e m a rrie d h im h e h a d been tall, discrepancie ‘If you must go beyond the reef then I wriggling its minute tail amongst the then scraped to a halt on freshly raked well-built, with his grandfather’s round cent surpass must wait for you...’ nappies and underwear. But today nothing sand under the kuru tree. He had two c h ild -lik e e y e s . T h e o ld m a n u s e d to drink secondary te The rains had finally stopped: the emerged save a few leaves and grains of leaves, one in each hand, and was a lot of home brew in his final years, but increase (52. thought registered clearly inside her head. soil. Outside the bathroom window a small attempting to gather up the remains of an his eyes had remained childishly frank. including th< No longer would the downpour dull and boy ws picking up breadfruit leaves, over-ripe breadfruit which had splattered Not her husband’s though. His eyes administratic obscure, saturate and nullify. No more wet brought down by the rains. A leaf glided like a shaving-cream bomb on the lawn. became clouded with pain at the end; sectors - g e t She turned away from the window and unrecognizable, like a dog in misery. inflation rate called down the hallway ‘It’s stopped Once, back in the early days, he had raining. There was no response. returned from town with a packet of The old woman lay on the couch, a Chesdale cheese in his coat pocket. They crotcheted blanket pulled around her. She carefully sliced it up into nine pieces, with faced the wall, with one hand under her some left over for another time. The head in order to ease the pressure of the children peeled off the gold paper and wooden arm upon her skull. She was kept it as proof to the kids at school that thinking about mangoes, the ripe spotted they had actually eaten some cheese. She, ones sitting in the fruitbowl on the kitchen of course, did not want any. tables. The rain, which always leaked onto ‘Let the children eat’ she said. ‘I’m not the tables, would be splashing down on h u n g ry .’ their red and orange skins. Soon, if they Her husband glanced at her angrily, weren’t shifted, the fruitflies would move then turned away to eat his sliver of in. She did not care sufficiently to get up. cheese slowly on the doorstep. She When she had returned to the island remembered that look. three years previously she had found her After he died there was no more beautiful green safe, once her pride and Chesdale cheese treats. She could only joy relegated to the dustiest and most afford to send one of the kids to the local sunless corner of the kitchen. Its legs store for a tin of corned beef every five were shoed in four empty corned beef days or so. If she caught one of them cans containing the bodies of hapless buying a toffee with a half-penny out of cockroaches, ants and centipedes. She the change, she thrashed the child; except shuddered at the memory of one long, if it happened to be the youngest, her gleaming centipede, still living, pulsating favourite. She would mash the contents of its legs slower and slower as she passed the tin up, then empty it into a pot of it ... Inside the safe was one object - the breadfruit soup. Usually the kids hated blue plastic fruitbowl - all that remained of breadfruit soup because they had it four her kitchen utensils. It had been used as a days out of seven. But when she added container for rusting nails and screws, and corned beef to it they all crowded round to empty seed packed; Salsify, Cabbage and have a turn at stirring the pale liquid with Radish - reminders of abortive vegetable its yellow chunks and pink morsels of beef patches no longer discernible in the floating in it. They sniffed the aroma The University branch backyard undergrowth. Her cutlery was lo v in g ly . missing. Her good dinner set with its One night she had just opened the can of The National Bank yellow and pink daisy design had and left it for one moment when her vanished. Mind you, she knew who had second daughter, the one with the big T hat lovely old b uildin g opposite the taken it. They all thought that just ‘kopu’, grabbed it and raced off to the R egistrar’s O ffice houses our U niversity because her hair had turned grey and she bathroom to eat half the amount behind the locked door. branch. W hat could be nicer than charm ing was deaf in one ear, she was stupid - but She called the girl all sorts of names old w orld surroundings fo r the Bank that she knew. Her other ear had heard stories. but in a low voice, as if her heart was not know s especially how to help on cam pus? Her coconut scraper had gone so she asked her cousin if she might borrow his in it. She had not given her a hiding. S tudent loans are one w ay we can help m ake one evening. ‘The rain’s stopped...’ the academ ic year easier on the pocket. Y our ‘Of course, Of course, For as long as The old woman jumped. She turned, and m anager’s nam e is A lan R eid, and he’s there you like’ he said. Then he pulled out her there stood the young woman looking to help everyone on cam pus w ith any m oney old scraper from his cook-house. He had down at her. troubles. M ake all your financial enquiries at looked hurt when she took it and walked ‘W h a t ? ’ your ow n branch o f The N ational Bank. away without thanking him. ‘T h e r a in ’s s to p p e d ’ re p e a te d th e young ‘My husband’s scraper’ she muttered on woman, trying not to sound impatient. It Alan Reid, M anager th e c o u c h . w a s th e firs t tim e th a t d a y s h e had spoken 29 Princes S treet, A uckland, Phone 34-311 ‘That Sonovabitch cousin and his directly to the old lady. She pulled the comb out of her hair and scratched her * loudmouth wife lend me my own scraper ‘She stared sourly at the wall. AND she scalp with it, then went to the window. The National Bank got her grandson to return it the next day The old woman sat up painfully. of New Zealand Li m ited ■, to o . A silence, as they both stared out the Her husband would nol have worried window at the dripping hibiscus bushes S about that sort of thing so much. He with their bruised red flowers. We wish to acknowledge the Civic Trust’s role would have shrugged his houlders, and in restoring and maintaining the building which houses us. NB 287 said ‘Too bad, Too bad.’ She snorted - Too bad, my foot. Julie Benjamin Thi: Page 6, CRACCUM, July 21 BUDGET‘A Budget increase in education PRICED EDUCATION ‘A Budget increase in education In effect this representsTfiOrPRAntfi aA longlr\nn overduenworrlnn “1"...-.: i _ ■ Teacher Trainee ‘studentship’ scheme that spending ... doesn’t that imply that the and awaited pay rise for secondary This year’s Budget will mean a further can only act as a disincentive to Education Fightback campaign has had teachers and little else. If the secondary decline in state education in this country, prospective teachers, and then has to the guts taken out of it ? W ith the goods teachers salary bill is subtracted from the a situation which more and more New delivered, there is no need for the spend huge amounts on glossy total Vote Education the increase is 15.7 Zealanders are no longer prepared to recruitment posters and booklets to try campaign to continue • at least at the high per cent (2.2 per cent below the inflation accept. It is not just university students level it has been so far.’ and convinced them that the teaching rate). Apart from secondary teachers, few who are actively opposing the continuing profession is a source of constant joy and Such a conclusion might easily be attacks on the education system. This benefit from the Budget. inspiration. drawn if you were to take at face value the year reaction has come in ail quarters of Spending on education buildings has W hile this teacher recruitment Minister of Education’s claim that here the system. The Kindergarten Teachers’ again been slashed. State school expenditure is only a small percentage of has been a 32.3 percent increase in the Association has pressed for an extra buildings get a 4.3% increase, which the total teacher education package it is Vote Education of this years Budget. teacher for each kindergarten, the NZEI represents a decline of 1.9% in their only caused by the recruitment problems However, most people are immediately (primary teachers) has carried out a share. A massive cut of 58.4% has been of the ‘studentship’ scheme. Had the sceptical of anything Mr W ellington opens low-key but extensive informational made on Teachers College Buildings and status quo remained these extra problems his mouth to say, and a closer look at the campaign on the primary schools’ crisis; on university of 6.8% . W ith technical would not have eventuated. It is a bit like Budget fig u re s s h o w th a t h e is o n c e a g a in the PPTA (Secondary school teachers) has institutes, which are already poorly the amount spent on administering the up to his tricks of deception and been campaigning actively for 10 years for equipped, maintenance barely keeps up student hardship grant applications. half-truths. pay increases; the Teacher Trainees with inflation while Capital Works are wav One very important area of teaching is To begin with, the 32.3 per cent figure is Association held a national day of protest behind at 12.7%. in-service training which enables teachers misleading. W hat Merv has done is in June; the NZ Technical Institute But where State schools have suffered to keep up with new teaching techniques compare the 1980 Budget allocation with Students Association (NZTISA) has been Private schools have been favoured by the and curriculum changes. This area has the 1979 Budget allocation. The correct making representations to the Minister on Government with an increase of 57.8% for been the most savagely cut. The whole comparison to use is between what was amenities and bursaries; the Association those integrating and of 40.6% of State teacher education area receives only a actually s p e n t in 1 9 7 9 a n d w h a t is of Teachers in Technical Institutes is A id . 4.4% increase while the personnel intended to b e s p e n t in 1 9 8 0 . W h a t w e striking over the right to negotiate their Mr Wellington is claiming that the component goes up by 7.6%. The major come up with them is a 21.8 per cent work conditions. The list is growing and Budget gives special attention to part of personnel is for in-service training. increase. (T h is fig u re is u n lik e ly to c h a n g e that’s excluding the Education Fightback pre-schools yet a closer look shows that This gets a pathetic 0.03% increase. Take as Mr W ellington has sajd that there will c a m p a ig n . their allocation will not improve the into account the 17.9% inflation rate and be, at the most, very m inim al With such widespread and growing already inadequate services. the ‘joys’ of teaching turn into horrors. supplementary expenditure for this year.) determination of people to fight back and Kindergartens, which are now severely Mr Wellington has played ‘benefactor’ to So it’s not 32.3 per cent, you might say, defend education as a whole the overcrowded receive a 14.6% increase. teachers in Technical and Community but even 21.8 per cent is a fairly Government is clearly feeling a bit Playcentres, the only alternative to the Education too by expanding refresher significant increase. It’s more than the sensitive. Muldoon and W ellington’s kindergartens, will get a mere 8.9% leavp and introducing study awards. Bur current in fla tio n ra te o f 1 7 .9 p e r c e n t. reaction has been to deny that there have increase. Since playcentres are run on a these, while welcomed by tutors are However, this figure is misleading too. been any cuts. The use of cheap political voluntary parent/community basis they will relatively low in cost and only a very small Broken down, it actually represents a tricks such as claiming a 32.3% increase suffer a great deal, especially in poorer part of overall expenditure in this area. major gain in only one area and cuts in in the Budget can only consolidate the areas. The Government is ignoring this And while W ellington is giving in this area, other areas. Of the two general items in opposition. predicament and further exploiting the he is taking away in a more crucial one for the education budget the Personnel Although the position looks somewhat already exploited voluntary nature of tutors - their ability to negotiate their class component (salaries and wages) has had a grim, nevertheless there is some cause for playcentres. contact hours. large 26.2% boost while the Other optimism. Whereas Vote Education W ith the large proportion of university It is somewhat ironical that one area increased by 21.8% for the other two Charges c o m p o n e n t g o t th e a x e w ith o n ly students indicating genuine ‘hardship’ which is getting a reasonable increase in sensitive areas - Vote Health and Vote 15.5% - a cut when the 17.9% inflation circumstances when they apply for the rate is c o n s id e re d . the Budget is Education Support Services, Social Welfare, the increases are 16.9% SHG one would think that the obvious that is, the advisory and guidance service and 13.3% respectively. The significance A further breakdown of the personnel solution would be to increase the basic and recruitment of teachers. These of the relatively favourable position of component alone reveals more TSG level and reduce the emphasis on increases are 37% and 81.2% respectively. Education in relation to Social W elfare and discrepancies. Of the salary bill, 51.1 per ‘hardship’. The Government thinks First the Government runs down education Health cannot be ignored. It is a reflection cent surpasses the inflation rate with otherwise. They have simply tacked services putting an unbearable burden on of the combativity and determination of secondary teachers getting the biggest another $3 onto the SHG maximum level teachers to try and make up for the the education groups, reflected in increase (52.3%). But the other 48.9% - which will only benefit about 5% of TSG deficiencies themselves both financially campaigns such as Education Fightback, including th e p rim a ry , g e n e ra l holders - if they are lucky. This is a move and emotionally, then it turns benificent and a testimony of the need to take the administration and teacher education which neither recognises the patent by offering support services that most issue of education cuts to the public in a sectors - g e ts le s s th a n th e c u rre n t inadequacy of the $23 basic level nor teachers will not get the chance to use. forceful and angry manner. , inflation ra te . guarantees that those in real hardship will Not only that, it introduces the iniquitous Virginia Adams, be better off. VUWSA Education Officer, for NZUSA © tijc llo s QUEENS ARCADE, UNIVERSITY AUCKLAND CHALLENGE Dunedin, Aug 20 - 24

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P a g e 7, CR A C CU M , July 21 Why do you want to be President in 1981? again. I think next year is going to be a What do you see as the main issues of the the past. I feel that it is extremely Because it is a job that I enjoy and a job very important year a) because of the 1981 Presidential elections: dangerous to have so much power, the that I do well. I believe I can offer the Election; b) it’s the first year of the The main issue is probably competence. power to expend any of the Association’s Association more than I have this year and downturn in the quinquennial grant, which I feel that there are two candidates who funds, vested in one person. I believe that more than any other candidate. means there will be a lot of pressure on are competent to be President next year: minor matters can be dealt with without What sort of image do you aim to project the University which they will try to place myself and Kevin Hague. I believe that the use of delegated powers. I can count to students, the University and the public? on the students. I think it is important for none of the other candidates has the on the fingers of one hand the number of To students, the same image that I have the Student’s Association to stand up for necessary experience. I think it is times that where delegated powers have tried to project this year, basically just their rights. important that the President has a been used this year where they have been another student who happens to be You’ve stressed the University complete understanding of the entire required to be used. President, has the problems of tests and Committees. Why u think they’re so workings of the Students Association, and essays also. That is why I have tried to important? I believe that Kevin and I are the only two Why do you want President in 1981? Because I feel th keep Hague’s Rave on a personal level. To The Universit stered largely candidates who do have this am probably the best person the University I have tried to be both b e h in d th e gistry officials understanding. The one area where the resistive, to stand up to them on w h ic h < moves an uphill other candidates have shown themselves What sort you aim to project committees because no one else is going s tru g g l e committees which in up to be particularly vague is financial to student ity and the public to do it, while at the same time e whole place and it is in m a tte rs . at cooperating with them and negotiating where you can do the But one of the candidates is studying for a the public at large, I think where it is in the Student’s best interests and try and protect students degree in business management. we maintain a high to do so. And the Public is a difficult hreats that the University poses, Yes, I am aware of that. All I can say is '’student affairs are kept before question. I believe we must force our the other candidates have that it does not show through. they are aware of the Government orientated campaigns through d that it is not realistic to make You say that next year is of particular affecting students. For the the public. Obviously it’s important that the University is out to get importance, being election year. What 1, we must attempt to work with the University as much as possible, project a responsible image to t students; but the University has the would you as President be doing about Obviously it’s important to proj financial thumbscrews on it and rather this? A 'without getting into confrontation politics responsible image to the pu, than bear the brunt itself it is quite happy It is most important that stucto^gm d with the University. Particularly last year preconceptions about to see the students take it on. It is most that I as President, keep a higlW N & R there was a deterioration in relations with the University, and it really hasn’t got a like. You have to mix important that AUSA, through the with the public. By continu^U B jjsW s of hell of a lot better this year. I think we show them their pre President, is able to stand up to the sort things that we have b e ^ J j M fcJho - by must work a lot closer with the University, w ro n g . of financial attacks that students are continuing the Educa^cHj^PrRtck What do you n issues of the facing from the University. campaign. This y & irf^ K p b e e n starting but at the same time we must be careful 1981 Preside And Kevin’s views on control of Student things life the comBkirmMreaflets, the that we don’t let them steamroller things through over the top of students. I don’t think . It’s not a Union facilities? Gumboot Run; the of things which get With students I would hope my Image to be case of an elect being run on issues, ‘Given that the University is not very good publicity; without attracting the one of accessibility, to keep students it’s more on the basis of how well prepared to take over control of the somewhat bad publicity of marches. informed of what is happening around the qualified the candidates are to suit the Student Union facilities because of the You have promised to cut your University. job, not what they say they’re going to do lack of funding and Govenment directives, honorarium. Do you know the mechanics about the Springbok Tour or whatever. AUSA should have control of the facilities, of that? And Ivan’s views on control of the S tu d en t You mean there are no issues whatsoever, and should have its financial contributions Its simply an executive resolution that Union facilities? not even Welfare Services or the Cafe? fixed so that any deficit is met by the would be required. I do not believe that ‘It is the responsibility of the No, there aren’t. Basically as I see it University.’ any executive would deny the President Government, through the University, to other candidates are picking on issues like On student welfare services:- the opportunity of cutting his or her provide such facilities as the Cafeteria, W elfare Services and the Cafe and saying ‘Currently we are negotiating with the honorarium. Recreation Centre, Maidment Theatre and ‘Well, we’ll have to fight cuts to welfare University on alternative sources of This is no slur on the present candidates, so on. However, they’re not doing it, sol services and keep food prices down in the funding. W e’ve been successful in but what would happen if you did not get we have to. W e should run them both obtaining a guarantee that any fee a competent AVP or EVP. efficiently and in a business like manner.’ cafe’, which are things we all want to see charged to students is going to be I believe that whoever is elected AVP On student welfare services:- and we are already doing. There aren’t any increased only by inflation over the next 5 and EVP can do certain jobs dependent on ‘I again feel that it is the Government’s issues of any contention. y e a rs .’ their competence, and AUSA does have responsibility, and I would hate to see What is so special about 1981 that we On the Springbok tour- the fallback of such people as the student welfare services cut. It should only should break with a long-standing tradition ‘The only reason for it to go ahead is to Resource Officer, the Secretary, and be an absolute last resort that students and, as you put it, ‘not play musical chairs prove to ourselves that we can beat the myself as President who would be capable have to ay for the maintenance of their with the presidency’? Springboks. But against that is the whole of handling the workload. welfare service.’ Firstly, it’s only a long tradition in that concept of apartheid in South Africa, and You also want to repeal the delegating On the proposed Springbok tour in 1981:- there has been a new president each year as I have played rugby myself I would powers of the President, isn’t this ‘The Association has policy which rather than the president stepping down. rather see my sport used as a political downgrading the importance of the opposes it, and I support that policy. That’s no good reason for suggesting that weapon to bring down what I consider an President, turning it into a figurehead? AUSA must action its policy and attempt you shouldn’t have a president standing oppressive regime in South Africa.’ This power has been misused grossly in to stop it.’ Craccum interviews the four main contenders in the Presidential elections. Voting this Tuesday and Wednesday.

Why do you want to be President in 1981? The Eduction issue, cutbacks, welfare, Why do you want to be President in the Students Association facilities. For Two reasons. Firstly, I think AUSA has relations between AUSA and the University 1981? example, we have a Resource Officer who been going downhill both in the eyes of would be the main ones. I’ve been studying at Auckland is paid something like $10,000 a year. Now the greater general public and in the eyes *you have talked about Caf administration. University for the last 5 years, doing we have around 3,000 students regularly of the student. You will find that the How are you going to keep prices down business management and law, and I see involved in sport and I as Sports Rep have majority don without increasing the students that a lot of unqualified people have been asked the Resource Officer for help on majority don’t want anything to do with association fee? directing the affairs of the Students many occasions, and that help has not AUSA. I think that’s because of the Management, good management. Jo Association too long. I think they are there been forthcoming. I have received very incompetency of some of the people Howard, the current catering manager. I largely by default. Twenty three years little help from the Students Association involved. The public on the other hand - would say is one of the best we’ve had. ago, for example, we had graduates and that is certainly one area^that I would there was a poll taken downtown during When I say efficient catering this mens running the Students Association; today like to see improved, just a s in April 16 March, and we had 84% saying making sure there ood relations there are hardly any. The main reason why Wellington when b e c a m e that the marches and the Association between Execute e C a te rin g I want to stand is because I care about the President after havin s Rep. were led by stirrers and then 72% saying Manager. Keepm d o w n is a Association, and I feel I have the So you’re going atform. students do nothing for themselves. strategy. I’m cheap evening administrative ability to provide effective It would be tri sports clubs What’s wrong with the University, and how m e a l, a n d fcheap as possible, leadership, perhaps more effective than it a n d s p o rts b e tte r an d does this relate to why you want to be s o stud; working late can get has been in the past. therefore I t them to support President? a c h e a meal at the hot servery. What sort of image do you aim to project m e m o re , t as I would expect Well, I want to change the image a little iking money off things to students, and to the University and the p e o p le J ommerce and Law faculties bit - if we’re going to be the watchdogs of ms - adding 2c onto prices public at large? w h o J tter to give me greater Tertiary Education, we had better get a bit so that people who can The image of the President to the s i of credibility back. ford a cheap evening meal can get students should be one of a mature l^mftHvfffVou sent a letter to sports responsible President. The image I want to ing for money? What sort of image do you aim to project Ju wrote in Craccum that Exec is get across to the University is that I do n t a letter to sports clubs that had to students, the University and to tl consider them to be the enemy, rather public at large? 'politically hollow and also politically 'already offered me any money to give inexperienced.’ Can you enlarge on it? I would want to work in co-operation 'em the opportunity of making a As far as the students go, I’i You have to put that in context with the them, preparing joint proposals to d o n a tio n . very open to the mood of cai article. A lot of the people on Exec push in Government on specific studeny^sues. Have you checked out the Incorporated involved in clubs and soci] different directions. I feel the President What do you see as the mai Societies Act to see whether you are more student contact bj has to be fairly unifying. W hat I mean 1981 Presidential elections; breaching it by receiving money that may and the individual stu m IBJ jtis t about politically inept is that they don’t go I think the first issue h a s have come indirectly from AUSA through writing through a qg[$| Caecum, or by one ideology - like taking the stand that the current President c tiv e grants to affiliated sports clubs? publications such a t is, in With the University, the University should pay for everything leadership, and my a I have looked at the constitutions of and we shouldn’t. There have always been some respects s o m e a re a s both AUSA and the sports clubs, and I feel I’d set up a sta 'Committee of the divisions on Exec. h e ’s d o n e b, but in two vital that if the clubs committees feel that they Senate Reps and Incil Reps, Vice a re a s , a co-ordinated would like to make a donation towards President, who can be consulted. By doing Isn’t that perhaps a healthy sign? A lot of the points of view on Exec, are E x e c u tiv e liaison, he has publicising the voting next week, and they this you’re going to get more continuity. only represented because people don’t n o t su feel that this is going to promote sport One of the biggest grudges the University know the issues involved , who haven’t Do you creating a co-ordinated and student activities generally, then it seems to have, is that you just don’t know done the research and background work, executive itirely the responsibility of comes well within the constitution. I where you stand with the Student’s or can’t be bothered. the President. Don’t you think that in a certainly wouldn’t do it if I thought it was Association, because of the lax continuity. large measure its the responsibility of the clandestine. And John’s views on control of the You have a changeover in executive, who, Executive themselves? for a lot of the year remain inexperienced. Student Union facilities? No, I think it is one of the primary And Wayne’s views on control of the I would like this entire student union You mentioned continuity, isn’t that an responsibilities of the President to make Student Union facilities? argument in favour of Kevin Hague being block to be controlled by the students.’ ‘I believe we should have control of the On the student welfare services:- sure that he has a co-ordinated Executive elected? behind him so that he doesn’t have to deal Student Union. I see it as a burden, but Experience shouldn’t mean carrying on ‘I think students are entitled to the with everything himself; he can delegate one that I am able to carry? what you did in the past, making the same welfare services they receive. I think its specific projects, such as Education On student welfare services:- mistakes, I think 2 years as President is the responsibility of the Government to Fightback, to the Education ‘I do see that students may be called on too much for one person, too taxing. The keep those up to scratch. It may be up to Vice-President. to pay more for their welfare services in President’s got to be a damn good the Union to find alternative sources of In your policy statement you refer to major fu tu re ? administrator; he’s got to make sure that money if they don’t.’ changes in AUSA. What would these On the proposed Springbok Tour in 1981? things don’t slide. I don’t believe Kevin On the Springbok tour in 1981:- changes be that you would be guiding us ‘i would certainly see it as a bad thing if Hague does that. I’m definitely against the Springbok’s through? the Springboks came here because I can What do you see as the main issues of the tour. As President I’ll certainly do as much The major change would be in trying to see riots and death and that sort of thing 1981 Presidential election? as within my power to stop it.’ provide a more equitable distribution of resulting from the Tour.’

Page 8, CRACCUM, July 21 th e ition’s 'e that hout :o un t SPARE ME 200 BIG ONES ? tier of The importance of the Fitzgerald loam have affair lies in the fact that it has always 3 been been an accepted feature of a liberal-democratic government that a y y m t a 5 PtfEAty M a n 1981? member of any governing body should not th e use their position to advance their own interests. This premise forms an integral oject part of the concept of corruption in >ublic government. In the Fitzgerald land loan we see think however that just such an incident does h seem to have occurred. The affair first before came to public attention when Mr C.R. e White, a member of the Marginal Lands Board, resigned alleging that political w ith pressure had been bought to bear on the board in regard to the $106,000 loan just olitics approved for the daughter and son-in-law ye ar of the Minister of Agriculture & Fisheries s w ith Mr McIntyre. This allegation would appear )t a lobe borne out, as the loan application ve was rejected twice by the board, approval ersity, being granted only after strong reful recommendations and the personal lings intervention o f th e M in is te r o f L a n d s V e n n Young. 3e to be Contradictory statem ents have been s made by Mr Young and Mr W hite id the concerning th e d a te s o f, a n d th e m e e tin g s at which, the contentious loan was discussed. T h e s e in c o n s is te n c ie s w ill b e itu dent settled, it is to be hoped, by the Commission of Inquiry. V? The outfacing of this apparent abuse by Wi Mr Young of his public office was a concerted d e m a n d b y th e o p p o s itio n fo r explanations arid an enquiry. The Opposition has perhaps pushed more W HS Yyi't KHyVV '1 :M strongly for an investigation into this affair than it would have under normal which Mr Young claims that both Mr circumstances as it probably sees this as responsibility was handed instead to Mr le n t’s Rowling and Mr Rata used their position developing a system combining the two in a chance to curtail the developing trend J.R. Mills, a retired Supreme Court judge. ee to aid a loans appeal before the Marginal which political allies are favoured above on the part o f th e G o v e rn m e n t to a p p o in t The creation of a commission has always ild only Lands Board. Mr Young declined to all other considerations; nepotism within ;nts political allies to w hat have previously been a favourite tool of politicians when present the details of the case concerning the political family. ieir been apolitical positions. The most they wish to bury an issue or at least Mr Rata but he did give those concerning The actions of the Minister appear to obvious example to date of such a delay its surfacing. It would appear that Mr Rowling. It appears that seven years have over-stepped what may be seen as an 1981:- political appointm ent is that of the this is the aim of the government as ago Mr Rowling sent a note to the Minister understandable bias in favour of family Governor General Sir Keith Holyoake. W e nowhere in the terms of reference set of Lands Mr Rata requesting that he and friends and gone into an area of are still awaiting what may be another down for the inquiry is Mr Young initiate a review of the decision by activity best covered by the term corrupt. em pt break with tradition in the appointm ent of mentioned or his actions referred to. What Marginal Lands Board to refuse Mr P. Win If it should occur that the Minister is the New Zealand Consul to the United we have instead are instructions for a few a loan for $24,000. Mr Rowling wrote that shown to have caused finance to be States, a position until now filled by a very broad inquiries into the general he could not understand why the loan had channelled to his friends for no other career diplomat but which could well go to practise of the Marginal Lands Board, and been refused if the situation as it was reason than they were his friends, then he one of the Cabinet Ministers retiring at the a request for recommendations should any presented to him in Mr W in’s letter was has committed a corrupt act. I believe that next election - hence Adam s Schneider change be considered necessary in the accurate. The reply to Mr Rowling this could be true; what I don’t believe is being the current top contender for the legislation governing the allocation of note stated that the original loan had been that anything positive will be done about place. lo a n s . refused, despite a favourable report from it. There has b e e n ve ry little g a in e d b y th e the local Marginal Lands Office due to the In all probability that is all that will The accepted response in this situation Opposition in te rm s o f in fo rm a tio n in terms of the mortgage that Mr Win had on come out of the inquiry,due to commence has been for the public figure concerned Fo r response to their concerted questioning the land. However a further examination of on July 24 and finish on Sept. 30. There to resign from office. Instead, at most Mr ir who on each of th e p a s t tw o F rid a y s , d u rin g his situation satisfied the Marginal Lands will be ample time during the two months Young is likely to adopt a lower profile in ir. Now question time in Parliam ent. The Board that he could fulfill his financial for the issue to lose its value and interest public. Judging by his attempted larly government h a s re v e a le d th a t th e o rig in a l obligations and a loan was arranged, to the media as public interest dims from retaliation against Rowling and Rata he p have $106,000 loan was to have been increased which has already been re-payed. its initial fiery glow of indignation to a dull appears more likely to follow the example on over 5 years to $200,000 by additional It would seem therefore that the flicker of interest. Mr Mills will present a set by Mr W ellington and attack his not loans. They have also adm itted that the circumstances surrounding the two report recommending certain guidelines detractors, in the style championed by the ery planned loan of $106,000 was twice the incidents are totally different. In one case that Ministers and the Marginal Lands PM (i.e. either character attacks or threats ation size of the average loan granted, and that we have a written request for a Board should follow which may be of prosecution). This apparent lack of would additional lo a n s u s u a lly to ta l a n a v e ra g e re-assessment, initiated in response to an adopted in part by the Government but conscience by the Government is an n of $16,977 as o p p o s e d to th e $ 9 4 ,0 0 0 th e inquiry by a constituent whom Mr Rowling even that may not occur as to do so would aspect of the increasingly autocratic and ;am e Fitzgeralds w e re to g e t. B u t a p a r t fro m had never met, while in the other we have be to admit a degree of error, and also high-handed way in which the Government 3ep. this very little h a s c o m e to lig h t. a situation where the repeated personal obstruct what is rapidly becoming a prt of treats the country. n. - The reasons stated by Mr Young for his intervention of a Minister occurs on behalf the New Zealand political scene. That the Minister felt it was not i clubs inability to supply answers to m ost of the of a friend who is not even a member of In America they have , as an integral part necessary for him to resign indicates how nd questions (after a week of refusing to his electorate, for a loan far exceeding the of the political system, many jobs with the far we have come towards a situation >port answer them), was that the Lands and norm. There appears to be few parallels government are dispensed as rewards for where the Government feels it does not :pect Survey staff were being overwhelm ed and between the two cases. services rendered by political allies. In need to justify its action to the public. iculties were having difficulty in searching through The original inquiry was to be done by iter all of their records. England the ‘old boy’ network permeates Jamie McIntosh the Chief Ombudsman, Mr G.R. Laking, the upper ranks of government, business As this issue goes to print Mr Mills has Despite this apparent handicap they however as his authority does not cover ls and the civil service, and perpetuates a resigned due to criticism of his own nave been able to track down 2 cases in the investigation of ministerial actions the power elite. Here in New Zealand we are political affiliations. had d give A c ro s s

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5 Organise the soldiers (8) Ml Gs L 6 Fastens with arrows (5) lied on y It’s great to make it act in another way (7) is in 14 Aware about many an emotion (9) N 15 Border of the highest quality? (4,4) (Y) 1981? 17 Difficult little answer inside the political report (7) thing if .ĪÔU. 18 They make music for old officer (7) 1 V P> L J g I can 20 Can see out from cover? (6) thing 22 Where to put chalk, perhaps, just at the right moment (2,3) - Vs

Page 9, CRACCUM, July 21 on stage

‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ Bottom, played by David Weatherley, certainly adds a spice of life to the ‘Fred Mercury Theatre Dagg’ collection of characters who meet July 12 - 8.15 pm in the wood to produce the interlude of Pyramus and Thisbe. And we have the initial scene when Helena, Hermia, Lysander and Demetrius appear and one wonders if the actors forgot to change for the show as they are dressed like any For all those out there that dread the member of the audience. Helena, Jenny thought of Shakespeare, well you’re in fot Ludlam, plays her rote brilliantly as the a surprise when facing the Mercury petulant female who Can’t get the man she 0 Theatre’s production of ‘A Midsummer loves, Demetrius (John GivinS), when Night’s Dream’ directed by Richard through Puck’s error in the forest she Campion, an Old English comedy which finds herself with two suitors and in a has been brought together in a collection Hilarious escapade that follows finds she of artistic and clever situations so that it can not rid herself of these two love-sick has become a play that runs concurrently males. Lee Grant gives a strong on a variety of levels but never loses its performance as Titania as does Donna wholeness. A whimsical fantasy which has Akersten from Wellington who plays been made even more ‘zanier’ by the use Hippotyta, Queen of the Amazons. A great of brilliant contemporary ideas with a performance from David Weatherley alias touch of Maori mythology. ‘Bottom’ who becomes the ass The cast is certainly impressive and transformed by Puck. Finally after much include such names as Lee Grant who questioning of the happenings that plays Titania, Queen of the Fairies, David occurred to the ‘morals’ in the wood the Weatherley as Nick Bottom and Paul previous night all is resolved and the Sonne, a talented ‘new face’ from characters sit back to watch the Christchurch who plays Theseus. The rest performance of Pyramus and Thisbe which of the cast are equally gifted but a special unintentionally is comic and funny. mention should be made about Karl Meanwhile back in the wodos Titania Bradley who plays the part of Puck. Puck recounts her nights experience of how she and Oberon (George Henare), King of the fell in love with an ass, to Oberon who has Fairies, have both been lifted straight from been somewhat aware of and responsible Maori mythology and with the stage for the strange happenings of that setting and lighting of a forest, their midsummers night, and there the story projection of spirits is very effective. I ends happily. think also it gives one a feeling of being The excellent lighting effects can be able to relate to the play: even though the attributed to Dean Ellis and the music is language of Shakespeare has not been by John Rimmer. changed the characters are more real in a Anyway in my opinion it is a play well ‘dream-like’way. Puck is entertainment in worth patronizing even if your not a himself as we watch the spirit sprint, Shakespeare fan but have somehow ended cavort, dance and perform acrobatic feats up studying Stage I Shakespeare !! on stage. A true spirit, mischievious and fu n n y ! Gloden Scott

for Radio New Zealand to handle and after working at all the major central North ARTIST OF Island radio stations, Karyn went to work as copywriter for Hauraki - a relationship which was to give her valuable insights THE WEEK: into the workings of Big City Private concerts Radio Star Karyn Hay Radio. After a year, during which Karyn’s Symphonia of Auckland obvious talents as a communicative artist Reveals ALL to CRACCUM’s were all but ignored, Karyn left for the Bay Final Concert ??? Dick Crikey of Islands, and a period of retreat and Town Hall, July 5th With no outward signs of fear, I meditation. A chance to re-examine her thumbed the lift-button that was to take artistic perspectives, to redefine her me to the fourth floor, Caltex House: artistic objectives, to get her act together. The Symphonia of Auckland gave what The concert concluded with a lively if land-locked base of Hauraki Enterprises It was from this period of peaceful may well be their last concert on July 5th inconsistent performance of Schubert’s Ltd, Sports Car Dealership, International self-contemplation and solitude that she at the Town Hall. It was indeed a tribute to Fifth Symphony. The orchestra was slow Concert Bookings and Travel Agency, and was called back to Hauraki. Some might their professionalism that they managed to pick Juan Matteucci’s fast tempo in the Radio Station. say that Destiny had prepared a special to perform so well with the spectre of first movement, and the others contained As CRACCUM’s ace-reporter I’d covered place for her in the cosmos; others could unemployment looming near. intonational inaccuracies. The work, some tough assignments, meshed cogs put it more simply: Karen was hired ās The first part of the programme opened however, did much to cheer up a rather with some pretty big wheels, looked down Midnight-Dawn radio announcer. with the Overture to ‘The Marriage of sad audience, who, being regular patrons, the barrels of some pretty big guns - yet Although covered in the Glory she had Figaro’ by Mozart. Marred slightly by some realise the seriousness of the never had I felt so terrified. A nameless sought for so long, Kary n Hay has never faulty intonation the performance was Symphonia’s present predicament. dread held me in it’s grip. I was about to forgotten her humble beginnings. Born on however lively. Local pianist Christine the back seat of a bus in the sleepy little meet Karyn Hay-Conceptual Artist, enfant Cumming joined the orchestra for a A.D.J.B. terrible of the broadcasting world and town of Auckland, N.Z., Karyn is still One performance of Mozart’s A major Midnight to Dawn radio announcer. of the People. A woman who steadfastly Concerto, KV 488. The work well suited insists on painting her own bed with After running the gauntlet of a security Christine Cumming’s lyrical style. Her borakiller, of doing her own dishes, of system that would put our own Registry to bodily gyrations if a little excessive for personally vacuum-cleaning her humble shame, I was introduced at last to the Mozart showed that she was very involved Herne Bay flat - when asked what elusive Karyn Hay, Companion to with the work, although some of the ambitions remain unfulfilled she smiles thousands of insomniacs and late-night Climactic points in the outer movements that friendly, knowing smile. ragers, and sole voice of sanity on so could have been played more assertively. ‘I guess when Mr Right walks into my many marathon CRACCUM lay-out nights. She played the lyrical slow movement life, I’ll get married and settle down in I needn’t have worried. Despite her extremely well, while Conductor Juan Pakuranga. Children, of course - I’ve meteoric rise to stardom, despite the Matteucci kept a tight rein on the always liked Tristan for a boy - probably awe-inspiring persona, Karyn Hay is and o rc h e s tra . King’s or Baradene - hubby at the will always be the Girl-Next-Door. Few The second half of the programme was meatworks. Maybe a State house in Otara would have guessed from the easy, more adventurous with the first public ...’ her voice fades away to a contented reassuring smile and the simple, yet performance of young Auckland composer sigh, her eyelids lower and her face elegant, apparel that this woman had David Ham ilton’s Double Percussion assumes an ethereal serene beauty. The achieved more at the age of twenty-one Concerto, winner of the 1979 John Cowie Artist is dreaming. than most of you will achieve in a lifetime. Reid Award. The work featuring two Against all odds rising to the lofty heights percussionists and chamber orchestras Full Name: Karyn Lee Maxwell Hay of Radio Hauraki (‘Radio Hari-kari’ she consists of a single tripartite movement, Date of Birth: 15th May 1959. calls it with typical self-effacing humility) built around the devices of canon and Star Sign: Taurus. early morning announcer. Few can doubt passacaglia. Following his usual habit of Measurements: (Angstrom units) the strength of character and artistic musical quotation, the composer employs Bust: 8.5 billion Waist: 6 billion Hips: 9 determination that propelled this woman Pachelbel’s famous passacaglia as an b illio n to success in a field noticeably lacking in underpinning for the middle section, while Religion: Heathen female talent. Karyn set out to prove that interesting timbral effects surround it. This Hobbies: Killing borer, tracking down lost with the right spirit a woman could make conflict of conventional and modern relatives, trying to grow a moustache an artistic contribution in a traditionally helped sustain the audience’s attention, Favourite Music: The Swingers, Split Enz, male-dominated area. who received the work very warmly. The Brothers Johnson. And made it she has, with a career soloists showed great ability and agility in Favourite Food: Watermelon, grapes. which began back in those halcyon days working their way around the sizeable Dislikes in Food: Liver, pizza. of wine and acne, so many years ago, percussion battery. They were Neil Turn-ons: Stove, hairdryer, meeting people when Karyn Hay, little girl with big ideas, Dunningham and the young Auckland and helping others. was hired by Radio New Zealand as a composer Gary Wain who made a most " So which of the two cultures are Turn-offs: Beards, the heater, fat. Radio Cadet. Times were hard for our competent debut as a soloist. One yo u Ambition: More money, more power, more going to choose, Johnson— art or cadet Radio star; after proving too much entertains great hopes for this very watermelons. m oney ? " talented master’s student.

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Up beyond in a dark green car Heaven is a very quiet place these The scope of the selection is wide with a silly girl was Birdy days the coverage of politicians, tycoons and yearning (For a bent wheel) Lee Feltham academics but the editors have extended William Wharton Burn Books ‘Give me a bent wheel she said’ their choice to include a more liberal Anchor It may strike the reader that punctuation representation of the arts, popular ' is sparse, and hence all the more Birdy was a human bird. Heaven is a very quiet place these days, entertainment and sport, than is usual in devastating when it does occur. Equally similar publications. Nor does the says Lee Feltham. And yet we might well Alfonso was a dreamer too. striking are what some crusty academics arrangement of the entries follow reply - A h y e s , b u t th e n s o is a b o o k of Man; gawking an awkward harmony with might beery as “Spelling mistakes”, like traditional lines. There are photographs his solid earth, fumbling blindly on curbs poetry. O r w e m ig h t n o t re p ly th is w a y . It “comming”, “incert”, and “boistrous”. For with most of the biographies and the is precisely this paradox that is explored of conscience and responsibility-like a my part, I prefer to see them as an in this superb collection of odes, tracts, accompanying informnation is in two caged bird who has lost the desire to fly, alternative alphabetical conception, an parts. There is a list of the positions held or perhaps never known it. call them what you will - addressed to a unpainted door to the striptease of life. with the latest first and working Bird; tears the air’s fragile seal to climb lost dream, a deluded hope and cigarette Equally stunning is the play on the words a floating plane, rides the uncommitted butts. B ut, I h e a r yo u cry, a re th e s e backwards and any publications are “straight”, “crooked”, “bent” and “the”, likewise treated. The second part gives the currents, holds the wind’s reign. As poignantly penned verses relevant to our freeing us from the bonds of conventional date and place of birth, details of constant as earth itself but answerable contemporary, conceptual environment, or boring bourgeas thought-patterns and education and family with spouses only to its’ distant echo. A deft curve are they perhaps recherche, outre, lifting us to a new plane of exciting, rippling the rainbow spectrum, perfect as schmalzy, pretend - Neo - Nihilistic frequently omitted but not children, and dynamic, now-l-see-you-now-l-don’t finally the address of the person a paper cut-out, clipped from the sky’s bumpf? I cannot say. It cannot be said. humorism (Well, perhaps not quite so c o n c e rn e d . o w n h a n d . Here w e h a v e a v e ry re a l h u m a n d ile m m a - striking, but certainly more so than the whether to see this work as quasi - Diligent librarians will seek omissions This was Birdy’s reality, disgusted with laboured exposition of the Readers’ Digest the frumity of human form he dwells conceptual or merely as solid conceptual. but the publishers indicate that although Guide to Family Law.) In short, a book. The oniy clue as to the thrust of the they attempted to include everyone who suspended in flight, plummeted through (Or, for those of you who like to shoot attained the necessary qualifications, irrepressible kingdoms of space. The birds argument is given on-page 39 (or possibly straight from the hip, this is a moderately he fostered enchanted his air-born visions, the inside front cover). Yes. The cover is of there were some who were not interested clever book to fill up a spare second, but and others who failed to return the form. the dream became the mould he shaped course green, the significance of which also shoddy (obviously unrevised), and around himself and grew within. Sensitive hardiy c a lls fo r fu rth e r c o m m e n t. T h e They will have an opportunity to rectify stylistically uneven, roping in images just this as it is intended to up date the work beyond fantasy. pages are white, overlaid with black (the because they sound good and unable to on a regular basis. Obviously there will be Alfonso liked pigeons too. But he grew deepest, most disturbing lack), but this distinguish between poetry and prose. out of it. Canaries left him cold. He just outpouring of black and white, so to differences of opinion about people of Definitely not a coffee-table book, and I had a lot of questions he couldn’t get speak, is p u n c tu a te d by m o n o c h ro m e local or national importance and it would suspect, a joke). , answers fev. sketches expressing the happy-sad, gay- be interesting to make a comparison with Dean Sutcliffe Alfons and Birdy have fled the tangible unhappy, will-1 or w on’t-l life that we ‘W ho’s Who in New Zealand’ 11th edition edited by James Trave, for Reeds. I was cage. Deemed mad. Mad by choice. Safe pretend to live. But no more words of mine Notable New Zealanders: The puzzled over the entry of lhab Sorour, on that unreachable plane beyond man. can express the trembling heartbreak of Pictorial Who’s Who. First Edition Egyptian ambassador to New Zealand Beyond his sanity. Beyond his war. the end, which speaks so pyramidically for since 1976. Absentees some of whom Birdy was a dreamer. But he was itself: Editors: Ray Knox and Desney different. He lived his dream. Night “And yet what would Jackson presumably became prominent too became day. infinity be without a Prestige Publication Division of recently, are Mrs Augusta W allace, Witi But who is to say we are not living a beach ball bouncing Paul Hamlyn Ihimaera, Gordon Dryden, John Walker and red, w h ite a n d b lu e David Lange. But let’s not quibble about a dream, and that dreams are not the reality? On the Crisp white sand fine publication and useful reference work. Reading Birdy is like flying. Here is a noteworthy addition to the list of infinities foreground” J im B u rn s of New Zealand reference books, an R o d n ie Or there is our old faithful, the image of impressive tome of some two thousand “suck shit”, which, I am told, is very real people who have ‘reached a level of and meaningful. But all the manifold achievement which makes them notable shades of human feeling are expressed and respected New Zealanders.’ Former with a dazzling spectrum of technique. It Prime Minister Sir John Marshall who is a temptation to cite one of the loveliest apart from politics is having success in passages among many, and I must writing for children, contributes the succumb to it. fo re w o rd .

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Page 11, CRACCUM, July 21 records would have to turn to something, and this the streets (switching yard ?) backing band in rock music at the is it. This new offering is a little moment: in one form or another they’ve The cover is Dylan’s own drawing of the disappointing, both lyrically and musically. been playing with Neil Young ever since hand of God reaching down to touch a There is an obvious derivation from Young’s “Everybody Knows This ls hand raised up to him; the titles are clear Browne’s LA contemporary, Warren Zevon, Nowhere”, and now he has made them enough: “Saved”, “Covenant W oman”, “In which does not stop at musical rip-offs famous, dragging them after him onto the Garden”, “Saving Grace”, the inner but extends to vocal characteristics. One platinum vinyl and silver screen. This LP sleeve quotes Jeremiah XXXI 31: “Behold is tempted to postulate a lyrical influence was in fact released in 1978, after “Comes the days come, saith the Lord, when I will from Springsteen, considering the subject A Time”, and appears to have been make a new covenant with the house of matter of the album and the show-stealing reissued to coincide with the film “Rust Israel and the house of Judah.” Well, the act in the M.U.S.E. concerts. Never Sleeps”, brought to you courtesy of songs go on to show that those days have The salvation of the album is the Tectyl and starting soon at the Plaza here in fact come for this particular son of musicianship. Jackson Browne produces in Auckland. Israel. I’m not trying to knock Dylan’s faith the album himself, and as always, his or say that to be saved is not a wonderful painstaking care has paid dividends in an The band has quite a history of thing, it’s just that I have come to expect a unfaultably clean record. Collaborators on recordings: the first album, “Crazy Horse”, lot more from Bob Dylan’s records than he the arrangement of the album include Rick had the distinction of having Nils Lofgren is delivering nowadays in terms of music, Marotta, Danny Kortchmar, Andrew Gold and Jack Nitzsche on it, although the next which is profanely secular of me, but then | (?) and LOWELL GEORGE. The musicians’ two were rather anonymous, and of course enjoyed “Life of Brian”. credits read like a W ho’s W ho in California as well as the three Young albums above Saved session people. Of particular note are the band also played on “Zuma” and David Kirkpatrick “American Stars and Bars”. The present Bob Dylan Marotta, Bill Payne and David Lindley, who gets a few chances to show a bit of style. lineup is Billy Talbot and Ralph Molina, CBS If you’re into L.A. music, add this to the original bassist and drummer, and ‘Drop kick me Jesus through the your collection. It is good background Frank Sampedro on guitar, and they form goalposts of life’... W ay back, a wasted music, but you should be warned — Disco what is basically a Country and Western looking Jewish kid headed down Highway Apocalypse is not an anti-disco song ! power trio to back Young. I suppose it 61 out of Minnesota to pay homage to C.F. Reid would be difficult for any garage band to Woody Guthrie in Greenwich Village, and step out of the shadow of their superstar stayed to become the longest-lasting leader, but while Neil Young without Crazy survivor of the folk boom that Guthrie Horse is still Neil Young, Crazy Horse himself had started. Bob Dylan became without Neil Young is little more than famous for his surreal lyrics and his Young’s shadow. You could almost slide ballads of protest, and with “Blood on the this album into the middle of the “Live Tracks” it appeared that his later songs Rust” double and not notice too much would be even better than his early ones. difference. Then came “Slow Train Coming” and he The quick ones out there may have sang of his new found faith, and now realized by now that “Crazy Moon” in fact “Saved”: gospel organ and backing predates “Rust Never Sleeps” by some singers, slow songs with short verses of time, and it would be interesting to know reverence, rhetorical questions; “Are You how much Crazy Horse influenced Young’s Ready ?”. Dylan is more than ready: he’s plunge into rock’n’roll, after the made time the break, and it’s just like comparative tepidness of “Comes A Newport all over again, only this time he’s Hold Out Time”. Young can be heard here on a come onstage wearing his new-found number of tracks, with backing vocals and Christianity rather than an electric guitar. Jackson Browne guitar, and seems to add a little rage to Dylan’s always been flirting with Asylum the performances. The next Young album religion, tossing images of saviours and If you like the previous Jackson Browne should be interesting, but I doubt if the preachers into his songs wherever they albums, and haven’t developed too intense next Crazy Horse one will be. This one is were least expected. But he seemed to a dislike for the basics of disco music, okay as in solid, but these latter day prefer those long whimsical story songs you should buy this record and you will Crazy Moon cowboys do best riding with Neil Young that he sang so well to the chunky probably enjoy it. Crazy Horse two-line songs that he’s doing here. I The album consists of seven relatively ’nuff said. suppose it was to be expected after the extended tracks based on a general theme RCA troubles he’s been through lately that he of the seamy side of LA., or night-time in Crazy Horse is probably the best known Arts Editor

CAN OPENER FESTIVAL, AUGUST 1-16 It is with great pleasure that Campus Also on Sunday, Kynges Companye will Arts North announces the completion appear at the Maidment Theatre for two (well, nearly) of plans for the CAN hours from 8 pm. Fans of medieval flicks OPENER festival of the arts, commencing England should have the time of their August 1st and wheezing to a halt on the lives. Kynges Companye are also When A Stranger Calls 16th of that same month. At last, after guaranteed to provide top-line Fred Walton weeks of rising at the crack of noon, entertainment for anybody who loves Century working unceasingly (except for a few jugs music and drama - even you ! Whichever way you look at it, WASC is of beer, coffee, and catnaps) until From Monday, 4th August onward, a the biggest rip-off since the days of lunchtime, and going home before the cornucopia of delight awaits those who Piltdown Man. The story is an unabashed rush, it seems the programme is finally frequent Auckland’s tertiary education adaptationof the vastly superior complete (almost). centres. Michael Lynch juggles, mimes, ‘Halloween’, without any of that film ’s For starters: The festival parade, as you and keeps you laughing, Ivan Zagni plays style or invention. To take the analogy may already know, is scheduled for 7.00 contemporary guitar with percussion, further, where that movie found its pm Friday, August 1st. From the assembly Movement Theatre will dance up a storm, strength in a skilful balance of fluid plot, point Downtown, it will wind its merry way there will be movies, workshops, poetry elaboration and naturally strong plotting, along Queen St. terminating at the readings, more m usic ...... in fact, the WASC staggers weakly from the University campus. Any volunteers and/or lunchtime shows and concerts scheduled unexplained to the unbelievable. To cram suggestions would be most welcome. This for the festival in the various campuses as much as possible into the shortest time is the official opening of the festival, so would more than fill the space available to possible, a fluid and coherent narrative almost anything could happen - and us here, but a full programme will be development is sacrificed for a jerky line probably will ! available in next week’s Craccum. A that tobs the film of so much of its Following the parade, there will be a splendid lunchtime is guaranteed for all. impact. Charles Durning as the earnest dance featuring Coup D’Etat, Top Limbs Dance will be be performing at the detective, for example rushes around for a Scientists, and Soularwind. A bar will be in Maidment Theatre for two nights, August few minutes of screen time and then for operation throughout this event, which is 6th and 7th, both nights starting at 8.00 no apparent reason at all turns up on scheduled to start at 8.30 pm, and Space p.m. No need to say more about these Colleen Dewhurst’s doorstep, muttering Machine will provide a very special light people - see them. about murder and mayhem. It’s lapses like show. This should be a memorable August 9th brings the “State of the that distract your attention to the film, rob occasion with lots of pleasant surprises. Nation”, a poetry and music presentation the story of any credibility and hence of Saturday’s programme will be somewhat featuring Alan Brunton, Ian Wedde and its impact. The creation of tension more relaxed, with the Maori film festival David Mitchell, all very talented poets, and requires, at least for the duration of the showing at the Maidment Theatre. More well worth going to see at the Maidment film, a suspension of disbelief; but how is details of this and other events will be Theatre, 8.15 p.m. this to be achieved, when credibility is available upon release of the official Off campus, at the Poles Apart folk club constantly compromised by inept programme (next week). on Sunday 10th, Chris Thompson, direction, ham-fisted editing and lazy Sunday is Crazy Day. The varsity car Divyanand, Ted Chapman, Dandelion, Alec plotting? The climax witnesses a move park will be the venue for Gala Day, where Healy and Cath Woodman will be from the sublime to the ridiculour, as the you may win a coconut, learn how to performing both traditional and murderer gently taps poor Carol Kane’s maintain and repair your bicycle, listen to contemporary music. Here too, surprise is husband on the head, removes him to a assorted poets and buskers, throw custard the keyword. Chris Thompson has ‘ cupboard, scares Carol witless when she pies at Aunt Sally, and generally enjoy recorded two fine albums and is a prolific turns to him for help and is then short by yourself immensely without undue songwriter. Divyanand and Ted Chapman Charles Durning (appearing, yet again, depletion of your financial resources. As often play together under the name of from nowhere) looking like a survivor of part of Gala Day, the Environment Group Mandala. This night will undoubtedly bring the Gunfight at the OK Corral. And as if on campus will stage a tree-planting in forth some very beautiful music. the whole witless concoction wasn’t Grafton Gully. The Auckland City Council As well as all the above and more which soporific enought without complications, have kindly supplied the necessary trees will be published in our programme next every incident with even a whiff of drama and the Environment Group the knowledge week, there will no doubt be many in it is heralded by a swelling musical of how best to plant them. There’s a lot of spontaneous and totally unscheduled crescendo. Compounded, these ills form bare ground in Grafton Gully at the events. Enough, we hope, to bring the movie’s most serious offence - that of moment, but efforts like this could in time Aucklanders to the realisation that within boring the audience shitless. This heal all the wounds and make Grafton their city, possibly within their own homes, hare-brained effort just isn ‘Photographs’ by Jenneke Vandenberg, at Gully a nice place in which to spend many there live people with talent equal to isn’t worth your time or money. Real Pictures Gallery, July 7 - 26. Jenneke peaceful hours. anywhere in the world. is completing a BFA in photography at John Carrigan Elam this year. Page 12, CRACCUM, July 21 UniFems Speak CRACCUM- the Final Frontier. Your five up their obstinate minds to stop us from minute mission: to help us fill the letters Vote Triumvirate • Write it In ! exercising our democratic rights. Dear Katrina, page with witty, lively, intelligent comment We have discussed the matter at length It is wonderful and so reassuring to see D e a r K, from YOU our beloved readers. Of course with one Bob Lack, who styles himself the we’d love your letters to be typed and the ability of the navy cadets to listen, W hat has happened to justice on this Association Secretary, but have been make decisions and vote independently double spaced (we have typewriters campus ? We, a poor but honest unable to make the man see reason. So, available) BUT as long as your letters can rationally and intelligently on decisions at Triumvirate, have had our rights impinged, we have turned to the only sensible right S.R.C. I really feel that in a tim e of be accurately decoded by our typesetter our reputation defamed and our quest for thinking group on campus other than and arrive in our hot, sweaty hands by disaster our country will be safe in their a better world thwarted by a gang of ourselves: the students. They have hands. W e will all be sold up the river Tuesday (Wednesday if you’re lucky), we’ll unthinking, bureaucratic trivialists who supported us and are calling for a Special publish and be damned. without a paddle, in the shit, and generally wouldn’t know a brilliant idea if it came up General Meeting of the Association to set having to fend for ourselves - which thank and bit them on the arse. W e are a the matter right. We can now only hope God w e w ill p ro b a b ly b e a b le to d o so . member of this Association, and we would that the politicians in the Student Union Who is Student X? May all their boats sink and Arabian like to be the President in 1981, but a do not further abuse their powers by fleas infest their testicles. group of sour-minded individualists has preventing the ordinary students from Love & smelly sox twisted what is otherwise a clearly worded having their say. A rather brilliant Maori student is experiencing cultural difficulties. Trisha Constitution to suit their own purposes. If the elections are held and we are still ‘Student X is studying in Paris at a We have attempted to reason with them, not allowed to stand, with our names not leading Paris university, while his wife is to persuade them that we are in the 1980’s 'on the ballot paper, WRITE IT IN! As the working at two jobs to support both her now and that politics has progressed Court of Appeal has said, if your intention husband and herself. The couple is UniFems Speak Again beyond single person candidates, but they is clear your vote will have to be counted. expecting a child this year.’ have refused to listen, they have jhidden * Support us and strike a blow against Our Maori student is studying at a not Dear K a trin a , behind biased interpretations of the student politician imperialism. so ‘leading’ Auckland Secondary School in I have just come from an SRC meeting Constitution and shoddy bits of legal Three heads are better than one, as is Otara, while her mother and father work in the Caf’ where University Feminists thinking from the so-called Honorary well known, especially when the single three jobs between them to keep tried to get 200 measly dollars for an Solicitors. Where can a person turn, to heads are those of Hague, Sowry, Broad themselves and five children. The couple educational weekend at Waiheke. what authority can they appeal, when a and McIntosh. Yours jn ,rtplicate> are expecting a child later this year.’ The motion was lost due to a bunch of group of bigoted individualists have made male s tu d e n ts - o n e g ro u p b e in g n a vy ______The Triumvirate. ‘Student X cannot continue his cadets and another group of anonymous doctorate on limited financial resources’ male c h a u v in is t p ig s v o tin g en m a s s e Our Maori student has completed ten against the motion. years of New Zealand education which What pisses me off is that whereas has paid little or no attention to her none o f th e s e s tu d e n ts w o u ld g e t u p a n d cultural background. She has never been actually say why they disagreed with the ‘bottom’ of the class and has managed to motion they were quite happy to vote remain sane and dignified throughout the against it. whole degrading decade. Which just goes to prove that they are Our Maori Student is a New Zealander not learning anything at University if they who is exceptionally gifted. Her mindlessly vote against any motion experience gained from the not so pertinent to women. ‘leading’ Otara academics might be In sisterhood, available to Auckland University. C. Matheson If I see a hat for Student X and his French Doctorate I will piss in it, and on, anyone I see putting anything other than All Males are Rapists ?! French letters in it!

Dear K a th e rin e (if I m a y c a ll yo u th a t), Pablo Fabricato Doubtless I shall be branded as a Malechauvinistpig for writing this letter - An Appreication Of A Clarification after all, if you disagree with someone the Of The Plight Of Student X easiest thing to do is to LABEL them. But First, on behalf of all the students who here goes, anyway. contributed either moral or material This letter is principally addressed to C. support (or both) may I express my sincere Matheson and her ‘sisters’ who appear to thanks. It is indeed an excellent example have taken umbrage at a recent S.R.C. of students concern for fellow students. ruling which denied them 200 ‘measly’ Perhaps at this point may I encourage any dollars fo r a n E D U C A T IO N A L W E E K E N D student who has a friend in need to at WAIHEKE. express friendship in deed. With a little Firstly, if the am ount of money was so awareness, throught and courage, any ‘measly’ who don’t you raise it yourself ? issue of human concern for fellow human Secondly, why do you have to go to beings can be overcome, be it students* Waiheke Island for an ‘educational awareness of human hardship in Auckland weekend’ ? (or should that read ‘holiday’ ?) or Paris, or be it awareness of human Thirdly, w h a t m a k e s yo u th in k th a t hardship in famine, war or human unifems have a god-given right to injustice. Students of Auckland University student’s money ? Granted, S.R.C. has might appreciate that there are fellow traditionally been something of a students who are willing and able to act lollyscramble - if you have fared worse on behalf of those who would perhaps than other student groups, then that is appreciate human kindness, and provide YOUR fault, not anyone elses. Don’t you help and understanding to those who need chix know how to ‘stack’ an S.R.C. it. meeting ? The plight of the student is a unique One last point, if I, or anyone else situation. When one considers that many a chooses to vote against the squandering student lives on limited financial of students’ money on unifem camping resources as access to megabucks in our holidays, that is MY right as a STUDENT. I world is dependent on rewards external to am no more a ‘Malechauvinistpig’ for the University, the gesture of concern is doing so than you are a much more meaningful. Once more, many ‘Fuckedupmanhatinghardcorelesbian’ for thanks to all who helped in a unique supporting the motion. You really are At last - an abortion letter (1) Fowler, H.W. (ed. The Concise Oxford p ro je c t. letting th e s id e d o w n . D e a r K a te , Dictionary 5th edition London 1974 p 700 Second, in appreciation of-Mr Book’s I would like to point out one or two Yours in Robinhood, (2) Attenborough, D. Life on Earth Collins, clarification of details relating to my things to Diana Romera, so if you stop Friar Tuck Glasgow 1979, p 293. appeal in CRACCUM two weeks ago, Democratic P.S. The Navy boys are reading now, oh ye of little faith, you’ll Yours etc (I never could spell “sincerely”), thank you. If Mr Book’s analysis is correct, students as well. If they care enough to miss both of them !! Firstly: NEVER Paul Sutcliffe I appeal to all who feel they have been get off their arses and get to S.R.C. then confuse a foetus with a child - they are misinformed and wish to have any more power to their frigates. NOT the same at all. Secondly, as she is contributions refunded not to hesitate to Uncalled for P.P.S. If you really are so so fond of bandying footnotes from guru Disguised Caf Complaint do so. As I have explained to Mr Book, my upset about this fem inist education SriMAD (he must be) Whatever-his-Bloody- Dear Katrina, last correspondence with Student X was cutback why don’t you run yet another Name-ls (here I display my ignorance of The sub-title was right; it was a mean, three months ago. Two weeks ago, I was interminable supplem ent in Craccum ? the Eastern philosophies/religions/alcohol- lean lodk at Open Day. (Article, Craccum, informed that Student X was encountering HA! HA! substitutes for all and sundry to lament June 23). The cynicism demonstrated by both financial and other hardships. The upon) around, I’ve decided to include a the authors may have been warranted - 1 information I received was of a nature to couple of my own. “life, n. (pi. lives). 1. don’t know as I didn’t attend the big event. Prompt a genuine concern for Student X’s Blatant Electioneering etc., 2. etc. 3 etc., 4. (aha!!) PERIOD FROM But I do take exception to the tone of the situation. I am not Student X’s accountant, BIRTH TO DEATH, BIRTH TO PRESENT article from one general and one specific nor am I his wife’s doctor. I have no Dear K atrin a, TIME, etc, etc” (1). So, according to the point of view. knowledge of his personal bank account We write to express our support for Concise Oxford Dictionary (recommended First, because of the scathing nature of nor do I wish to. W hat I do know for a fact Gavin Callagher standing for AUSA by the English Dept, of A.U., incidentally), the report I would expect to see an article is that food, accomodation and the cost of President. W e find it encouraging that a the “child” is not alive, and therefore can’t offering a different slant. Thbre are staff living in general in France is considerably man who fights for wom en’s rights is possibly be “killed”. Diana may also be and students who would have devoted higher than in NZ. Furthermore, Mr Book, I standing for President. Mr Callagher has interested to know (altho’ I doubt it) that time and effort to Open Day displays, and repeat once more, due to the nature of a shown his s u p p o rt fo r w o m e n ’s rig h ts in the world cannot feed all the human who deserve some positive, or at least certain letter. I was informed as to the positive w a y s , h e d o e s n ’t ju s t ta lk a b o u t it. beings alive now - currently “over constructive criticsm as feedback. plight of Student X, and acting in good We would like to thank Gavin Callagher for 4000.000. 000. By the turn of the century, Second, it might be a minor point to faith, I attempted to assist, as I would any standing for President and for his help on present trends, there will be over some, but in my eyes the reference to the persons who to my knowledge require with women’s rights and wish him the best 6000.000. 000.” (2). No one is saying that disaster on Mt Erebus was insensitive and assistance. Mr Book’s concern should not of luck in the forthcoming elections. abortion is pleasant or desirable - it is tasteless. A sick comment, which in the pass unnoticed. Colleen Smythe anything but. Surely, tho’, the alternative total context of the article became Many thanks Auckland University, AUSA Helen Stephans of thousands of men, women, and children unforgiveable. A pity ! will post all contributions to Student X. Katharine Gebbie being slowly bloated and killed by Your generosity will be greatfully Terrie Grey malnutrition every day (yes, it is happening Carolyn McGinley appreciated. Marcia Duncan while you read this) is very much worse ? Coordinator

Page 13, CRACCUM, July 21 letters make policies and foist them on the UniFems Speak Yet Again Hooray, more from UniFem apathetic student masses: every society Hairy Palms gets the government it deserves. But at I have just been to the SRC meeting Dear Katrina, least make S.R.C. more representative. The Dear Editor, I W elcom e 4/7/80 held in the cafe. There a request for Uni Fern has been working extremely simplest way to do this is to raise the Further to the recent article in Craccum | of the th in g $200 by the Uni Feminists to help pay for hard for the last 3 weeks to bring vital o n th e D a il J o n e s - controversy, quorum to 1,000. If a meeting never Penthouse I attention d i a consciousness raising weekend was topics of interest to the attention of started, it would only mean that there was is the University Bookshop showing I people had voted against. The hypocrisy indicated in women. On Tuesday we were very annoyed negligible interest in the making or solidarity with Dail Jones, Patricia Bartlett, I when they £ this decision makes a farce of the often to have our programme thwarted by the amendment of policy on a particular point. et al, in no longer stocking that pernicious I some sort c landed value of tertiary education - that of inefficiencies of the audio-visual Yours etc, publication ? But no, the Bookshop staff ■ Auckland fc producing free-thinking individuals who department. We had our equipment R. Watson. assures me, their decision is actually in I applies to li are prepared to something about booked several days previously to ensure do response to pressure from University I many d ep ar Human Rights. It’s fine for the Student’s smooth operation of the programme, only Feminists. Not that the University periods sch< to find that what we were issued with was Association (and by this I mean all F e m in is ts agree with Dail Jones, heavens o’clock. This not working properly. Because whoever is students - yes You) to vote money for no, they simply concur with him. Spot the pave no brei responsible for maintaining video every organisation and political activist difference ? (Perhaps the next step could a whole day equipment at this university, was sitting however deserving but to give a miniscle Must be about time for another be to insist that Feminists on campus occur an yw l on his ass or picking his nose on the amount of money to Women on campus is UniFems letter wear bras -- excuse the stereotype -- so as come to an toilet, the tapes we had were not able to not on. W hat are you men afraid of ? not to incite us sexually rampant males to Registrar, w b e s h o w n . Being relegated to the back seat of Dear Editor, flagrant acts of self-abuse.) However, all issues of The money it cost us to borrow these society where you have always so readily I was interested to read the review in Playboy is still available, although not on This is one < tapes has therefore been wasted and a lot shoved women. Craccum about Phaedra. I agree that the display, and if your need for soft-core porn bringing up, And to the women on campus - it’s of women have missed out on information production was theatrically impressive but is desperate, there are still W om en’s students w it which, while vital to our health and about time you showed some solidarity this is no excuse for the content of the magazines and plenty of copies of Out. come and sc sexuality, is seldom published. and support to the women who are helping play. I can only describe Seneca as a I would like to suggest that a magazine actual exam Apologies to all those who came back a to give you the right to equal pay, equal misogynist. In all the reviews of the play lik e Penthouse is a symptom of our social One of the second time to discover the equipment opportunities, and the right to control that I have read I can recall no mention of mores, not a cause. Their action makes at the mome STILL NOT working. what you do with your own life. Don’t be the extreme dislike of women the me wonder if the University Feminists feel of officers fc afraid to join Feminist groups - they’re not Yours in sisterhood playwright expresses in Phaedra (perhaps I that if they can suppress the symptoms, active this yi all lesbian, sexually frustrated, on the Trisha Mellor missed one). The ‘crying of rape’ is a the disease will somehow vanish. It with the last shelf etc etc as men would have you paranoia of men, reflected in our present seems, rather, like another form of gratifying to believe. When someone says to you ‘oh rape laws that put the woman on trial. censorship, and one more likely to the Associat you’re a libber’ - agree and ignore the S.R.C. S.N.A.F.U.? ‘Crying rape’ is a myth but a commonly alienate than convert the ‘opposition’. large num be inference that you’re a lesbian. This is Personally, I feel my hackles rising when Dear Katrina, held belief all the same. Not only did available pos only a form of verbal intimidation to keep other people tell me what I may or may not The Student Representative Council is Seneca have Phaedra ‘cry rape’ but he of people vo1 you in your ‘place’. also liberally injected anti-women read. It also makes me wonder if it is not badly-named, it isn’t representative. When reflects th is My last comment goes to the chairman ail part of a design to replace definitions there is a quorum, most seem to be from statements that meant I spent much of the In conjunc of the SRC meeting who felt free to abuse night wincing. of female sexuality, based on male the Studass ruling clique, their presence elections, or me as I left the meeting. For your expectations (which is manifestly due to constitutional double jeopardy and This play is not alone in advocating its some sort of information I have never in fact been reprehensible) with feminists defiinitions repechage provisions, an apology means anti-women theories. Such plays are still have traditioi involved with the Uni Feminists group - of male sexual behaviour. The question that one is not at risk and therefore being churned out which means that not a Maidment Th but the SRC decision and your uncalled then is, will this be any different from uninterested. Frequent visitors solicit for hell of a lot has changed since Seneca’s This year, ho for abuse have certainly been the catalyst tim e . old-fashioned puratanism ? their usually infamous and/or perverted Management to make me join. And as for leaving the However, this is not to be construed as causes under the guise of liberation and It would seem that the content of the experimentin meeting early, I attend as many SRC an attack on Feminism per se. Hopefully personal freedom. Interjections and play, with its strong misogynist attitude different tim e meetings as I can and stay to the end they may yet effect a revolution where the irrelevancies seem to be de rigeur. went virtually unnoticed. This leads me to time and ven (which is more than can be said for other the unfortunate conclusion that rest of us Lazaruses have failed. But let Little would be lost in the abolition of problem th is students) and I have never seen anyone woman-hating is acceptable and them be warned by this piece of graffiti I S.R.C. and the transfer of the Policy flicks w ere pi else abused for leaving a meeting before permissable in our society. Until this read recently: Action Fund into the Clubs and Societies 1978 list, an d th e en d . changes we will continue to have such ‘Sexual Equality must be happening. Grants account. The latter course of the good m o\ Lynette Morris literature praised, read and performed. Notice how many more female faces action is axiomatic. But the Association of year I have g< There are now amongst our oppressors!' course needs policies to justify its In Sisterhood, oyself and h; Yours in siblinghood, existence. So let those who are active Angela Boyes-Barnes igood list. E Robert Montgomery reek’s C racc E ie best films This is a paid political advertisement, and does not represent the views of Craccum USA recepti o r A U S A . ie most pop Clubs an d ! i know t h a t , REGAIN ie procedure UNIVERSITY (tempting to criteria for gre Finally, I w o CONFIDENCE IN thoss people EDUCATION CHALLENGE Worth who w, Island organi: success w ith YOUR along the wa^ feature w as tl Dunedin, Aug 20 - 24 Auckland, wh misleading st ASSOCIATION Wellington, ai we made. Stil VOTE WAYNE E N T E R NOW m c in t o s h Auditions, July 21 - 25 PRESIDENT 1981

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Welcome back from mid-termbreak. One c a e c u m of the things that did come to my itro versy, attention d u rin g th e b re a k w a s th a t s o m e ig people had lectures and tutorials at times press i Bartlett, when they should have been able to take jrn ic io u s some sort of holiday and get out of Just to pick up on the Milk BarVaCoffee •p s ta ff Auckland fo r a w h ile . T h e s a m e a ls o Bar renovations. Last summer holidays a a lly in applies to lunchtim es, of course, with group of architecture students carried out iity many departments having teaching a study on the present and potential use periods scheduled between one and two of the Milk Bar and Coffee Bar and le a v e n s o'clock. This means that some students suggested that substantial renovations be >pot th e Pave no break of more than ten minutes in undertaken. Basically this will involve the p c o u ld a whole d a y - a s itu a tio n th a t w o u ld n o t amalgamation of the staff area in the two ip u s occur anywhere in the work-force. I have outlets. The space saved thereby will allow ! -- s o as come to an arrangement with the Acting the Maidment snack bar to be enlarged n a le s to Registrar, w h e re b y w e w ill s o o n d is c u s s and more seating to be put in. /e r, all issues of major concern to students. A variety of plans have been put forward n o t on This is one of the points that I will be but no final decision has been made on o re porn Ibringing up, and I would appreciate it if which one will be used. However the V s students w ith th e s e s o rts o f p ro b le m s to Out. estimated cost is $35,000 and the come and see me so that I can use some executive has voted to approve this a g a z in e [actual examples to back up our case. expenditure. jr s o c ia l One of th e m a jo r a c tiv itie s w ith in AUSA At the Executive Meeting of 17th July la k e s it the moment is, of course, the election the President took the Chair for the first is ts feel of officers for 1981. AUSA has been more time for several weeks. )to m s , ictive this year in many areas, compared A group of students complained to the It with the last couple of years, at least. It is executive that two of the people on the gratifying to s e e s o m e p o s itiv e in te re s t in Disciplinary Com mittee established to On the Manner of Eating and Drinking the Association, which is reflected in the 'investigate the Malaysian High The meat of horses, mules, or donkeys o n . large number of candidates for the Commission incident were biased. The is not recommended. It is strictly ) w h e n available positions. I hope that the number P S. Don’t forget drinkies every Tuesday & executive took the point that they could be forbidden if the animal was sodomized m a y not of people voting in the elections also Thursday 12-2.30 Old Grad B ar! seen to be biased because of opinions while alive by a man. In that case, the t is not reflects this increased interest. Ever heard of Ralph Nader ? I am they had expressed in the matter and animal must be taken outside the city and n itio n s s o ld . In conjunction with either these currently involved in negotiations to try replaced them. If one commits an act of sodomy with a elections, or th e n e x t b a tc h , th e re w ill be and get him to speak on campus at The Swords Club sent a representative some sort of opinion poll on films. These lunchtime on July 30th (hopefully in rec. along to request a grant for the cow, a ewe, or a camel, their urine and litio n s their excrements become impure, and even lave traditionally been shown in the centre) He will be on a whistle-stop tour of replacement of broken gear. He explained, s tio n laidment Theatre'on Tuesday evenings. N.Z. at that time and the proposal that he ‘At the beginning of the year we had a therr milk may no longer be consumed. o m This year, however, the Theatre speak on campus is currently under large influx of beginners and they The animal must then be killed as quickly lanagement Com m ittee has been consideration. If you want to hear him, damaged a lot of our equipment.’ ‘Yes, but as possible and burned, and the price of it rued as paid to its owner by him who sodomized nperimenting with a different venue and keep your fingers crossed and that did they damage the swords ?’ asked the oefully it. ifferent tim e s . T h e p o ll w ill in c lu d e d a y , lunch-time free. Publications Officer. Nevertheless the ie r e the time and venue for flicks’81. Another Swords Club got $175. u t let mblem th is y e a r h a s b e e n th a t w h e n Moving ont o internal matters. Jill •a ffiti I to his Presidential Campaign. (Several icks were picked last year, they used the Frewin has resigned as W elfare Officer. A clubs have made donations) 1978 list, and left it so late that m ost of Social Committee has been established lin g . The Debating Society was granted sole good movies had already gone. This and Fiona Cameron appointed convenor. aces use of the Cafeteria on the evening of 9th ear I have gone through the catalogues Wayne McIntosh was slated for his action August. Great eh ! -e s s o rs !’ lyself and have produced what I think is in circularising Sports Clubs for donations J.G.B. in gho od , good list. Either in this week’s or next punting itg o m ery eek’s Craccum you will be asked to pick ie best films and hand in the form to the Races this week on Wednesday and AUSA receptionist. I will get as many of Friday with trots on Saturday night at the he most popular films put on as possible. Park. Trotting picks are Cuddles, Justmat, CAMPUS TRAVEL Clubs an d S o c ie tie s m a y b e in te re s te d Simon John, Wejover Rose, Golden oknow that AUSA is currently reviewing Command, Regal Play, Weigh Out and Watch this space each week for news from the procedure for grants’ allocations and Ryken. On the galloping turf look at Mr attempting to s e t d o w n s o m e o b je c tiv e your student travel centre * Hickey, Kahu, Good Health, Taguan, criteria for g ra n ts . Saltash, Sarong, Spinnerin and Leica Jinally, I would like to congratulate all D re a m . those people who took part in the si Our account is back in credit by $10.50 EDUCATION RUN, and especially Heather with one bet outstanding. This week it is Worth who was responsible for North $10 place on Justmat who races on Island organisation. The run was a great Saturday night. success with plenty of public backing I saw a couple of impressive winners at mg the way. The only disappointing Avondale the other week, these being BRITAIN eature was the press coverage in Valour, Merman and Kahu and all three Auckland, w h ic h c o v e re d o n ly th e should race well in coming weeks. DECEMBER 1980 — MARCH 1981 misleading s ta te m e n t m a d e b y M e rv B. Gamble Wellington, a n d n o t e v e n th e re p ly w h ic h WORKING VISITS TO THE UK we made. Still, every little helps ! In friendship, For several years the Australian, New Zealand and United Kevin Kingdom governments have supported Working Visit Schemes for undergraduates which enable students (preferably in their penultimate year of study) to work in a discipline-related job for seven or eight weeks, then to travel and see the rest of the other country. This programme enables you to spend some time in the United Kingdom; working in a job related to your field of study will help ic of the week you to clarify your career intentions. You will also have the opportunity of getting to know the country and obtaining an appreciation of attitudes in it. If you are successfully matched with a job related to your studies, you will be asked If it suits you before you leave Australia, or New Zealand. You will be paid a minimum of 50 pounds per week; many students in previous years have earned more. Before you take up your employment you will attend a briefing session in one of the Cambridge Colleges where you will be told about the scheme and meet UK students who have been to Australia and New Zealand on the reciprocal scheme ELIGIBILITY This is an educational scheme. It is only open to Australian and New Zealand undergraduates holding, or eligible for, an Australian or New Zealand passport. You can be considered’only if the organisers receive a confidential testimonial from an academic referee in a sealed envelope. Your academic referee must sign your application form.

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NOT SURE ABOUT EDUCATION activity of NZUSA and the local education has been so cut back in recent future is at stake, they have to listen. The FIGHTBACK ? associations. Through it, NZUSA has years that the Budget does no more than Government is clearly very worried that developed relations with other education hold the line at a totally inadequate level. there is widespread awareness of and Just What ls Education Fightback groups and been able to project an In some areas, especially teacher training opposition to education cuts. The Budget increasing understanding of what it and and universities, there were more big cuts. Education Fightback is a campaign to wasn’t good, but it would have been a lot its major, educational work are all about. defend and promote education. It was There’s An Economic Crisis. worse if the education groups hadn’t kept begun by NZUSA in May 1979 and now But What Are The Cuts ? Doesn’t Everyone Have To Take up strong pressure for improvements. involves university students, teacher Cuts to spending have occurred in every Cuts ? Why Should We March ? trainees and technical institute students. education area. Urgent staffing demands Not everyone is taking cuts. There is a When the education groups negotiate or This term, the emphasis is on raising in kindergartens, secondary schools and deliberate Government policy to take make submissions to the Government on public awareness of the issues and universities remain unmet. Equipment and money away from Education, Health and anything, they have to be able to show involving the public in showing the materials in every sector - from chalk in Social Welfare, and channel it into areas that they have support. They also have to Government what is wrong with its some schools to chemicals for science of more obvious economic gain. The big show that support to the public. Marches attitude to education. students in universities - are often either companies that get so many incentives are one of the best ways of making the The campaign is concerned with the unobtainable or hopelessly out of date. they aren’t even paying taxes don’t take issues visible and providing everybody types of education available but basically Building and maintenance programmes in any cuts. These measures aren’t short with a chance to show how they feel. And it is about funding, because without schools have been deferred for years, term. They are here to stay. remember, the march on July 25 is the adequate funding, the education system leading to leaking roofs, rotting Doesn’t The Country Need Energy culmination of a whole range of activities cannot develop to meet the changing weatherboards, unsatisfactory temporary aimed at getting students involved and needs of the people in this country. accommodation and inflated costs. Development And Exports To generating public support. It is because the Government has taken Support services, from school reading Survive ? But We’ve Marched Before, What That’s not the point. The country needs the attitude that education is a short-term advisors to university welfare services, Can We Hope To Achieve ? expedient to be arbitrarily cut in times of have been cut back. New programmes a strong, developing education system. No utopia, that’s for certain. But the crisis, and not faced up to the vital role have been either curtailed or cut out Right now, education is failing to cope campaign so far has had some significant that education plays, that the campaign completely. Many of these problems arise with social and technological demands results. Oh the student side, we have has continued and grown. from the sinking lid policy in departmental and therefore people will not be able to made.it impossible for the TSG to be used Since May last year, Education s ta ff. cope with or benefit from the economic as a means of cutting bursaries which is Fightback has become the major political Not every institution faces every cut. and social realities facing them. This is as what it is supposed to do. More generally, But all face some and the biggest are true of the people facing unemployment NZUSA’s campaign has given a lead to made in the areas that have the weakest as it is of those who are supposed to be other education groups and alongside protection, like schools in low-income developing “efficient” management. those other groups we have made THEATRE areas and support services for students. Everyone should have the right to an education that helps them fulfil their education such a well-known and popular CORPORATE But Didn’t The Budget Give issue that the Government can’t afford to Galatos St Newton Ph774307 potential and participate fully in the future Education A Big Increase ? of this country. make the big cuts it wants to. If we give Mon & Tues at 6.15pm; Wed-Sat at From what was spent last year to what Don’t We Endanger Our Cause By up now, we lose all the gains that have 8 .1 5 p m is budgeted this year, the increase is b e e n m a d e . KEN HUDSON’S 21.7% . Inflation eats into 18.4% of that. Criticising So Much ? Get involved in Education Fightback ! That’s just what the Government would The only area to get a significant increase like us to think. Like all others, it works on is secondary school teacher salaries. JOIN THE MARCH ON FRIDAY NIGHT, TILL THE BOYS the basis that silence means acceptance. Teachers have been fighting for ten years JULY 2 5 ! 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