Martha Schenk

Elected 2027 VUWSA president Charlotte Lawrence is excited to make the position her full-time gig next year after she finishes studying in only a weeks’ time. The history major brings a huge sense of enthusiasm for community orientated events, protests, and campaigns to the role, and looks forward to mobilising student action to bring about change. “I think it’s going to be a really monumental year,” she told Salient. Lawrence grew up in Upper Hutt, where she attended St Orans College, the...

News Writer Martha has done a run down of all of our summer festivals, unfortunately, she got too carried away and overdid the word count. Check out the first one below, and read the rest by scanning the QR code at the bottom of this article. Everyone knows about Laneway, has been stuck in the mud at R&V, or has missed out on a ticket for Electric Ave in the online queue. If you’re real hard-core, you might even have been a part of the annual Wellingtonian migration down to Twisted. But what...

Boulcott Hall has welcomed thousands of students through its doors since opening in 2013, but the University will stop operating it as student accommodation from the beginning of 2027. A University spokesperson said the decision “reflects changing student preferences, with growing demand for more flexible, self-contained living options, and a reduced need for traditional ‘dorm-style’ accommodation.” However, of the 142 responses to a Salient Instagram poll, 94 percent of students who stayed...