Structure

There are seven universities in New Zealand: Auckland, Waikato, Massey, Victoria, Canterbury, Lincoln College and Otago. All have compulsory membership students associations which are constituents (member bodies) of NZUSA. This means every student is a member of NZUSA.

Policy is decided by May and August Councils to which every constituent sends a delegation. Voting is done on a rough pro rata basis, that is according to the student population of each campus.

Policy is administered by National Office, made up of elected and appointed officials. The elected positons are President, National Vice President, Education Vice President and International Vice President. Voting is not done directly by students, but on the pro rata basis, usually at Councils. Two Research Officers, a Secretary/ accountant and the Managing Director of the Student Travel Bureau are appointed.

All the constituent presidents (or their nominees) and all the national officers together form the National Executive, which oversees the work of National Office. On administrative matters every member of National Exec has one vote, but when it comes to matters of policy, finance, or elections to National Office positions (all of which can arise outside of Council) the pro-rata voting system applies.

Council is therefore the highest body, National Exec its method of guiding the association through the year, and National Office the group with immediate control.

Breakdown of National Office

Position	Name	Campus of Origin
President (elected)	Lisa Sacksen	Victoria
National Vice President (elected)	David Merritt	Auckland
Education Vice President (elected)	vacant (held by Stephanie Dale until April 1st.)	(Otago)
International Vice President (elected)	James Movick	Victoria
Research Officer (appointed)	Peter Franks	Victoria
Research Officer	David Macpherson	n.a. studied in Australia
Accountant	Peter MacLeod
Commercial manager (appointed)	David Cuthbert	Canterbury

Breakdown of Constituents

Constituent	President	No, of Votes
Auckland University Students Association (AUSA)	Mervyn Prince	8
Waikato Students Union (WSU)	Doug Drever	4
Massey University Students Association (MUSA)	Mike Pratt	6
Victoria University of Wellington Students Assn. (VUWSA)	Lindy Cassidy	6
University of Canterbury Students Assn. (UCSA)	Michael Lee	7
Lincoln College Students Assn (LCSA)	Guy Macindoe	4	Otago University Students Assn. (OUSA)	Andrew Guest	7
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		Total: 42