Overseas Students

University autonomy, the Human Rights Commission, the International Covenants on Human Rights (to which New Zealand is a signatory), non racism, the stated government principles of overseas aid - all these to the contrary, the Government forced the Universities to charge all non-Pacific Island overseas students $1500 a year to attend university. Special legislation was needed to do that since the Universities Acts made it clear that fee setting was a university function. And overseas student counsellors are getting chopped: they are being diverted to accommodation and general counselling.