Thursday, 20 May 2021, 3:30 pm
The New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations (NZUSA)
believes that Budget 2021 is a missed opportunity to support
all students in Aotearoa. The reintroduction of the Training
Incentive Allowance will aid 16,000 students who have,
historically, been failed. However, NZUSA National President
Andrew Lessells says that many have missed out as
“postgrad and mature students are still expected to live
on food parcels”.
While the Student Allowance will
increase by $25 in 2022, this does not keep track with main
benefit increases. Lessells says “students facing hardship
have yet again been forgotten. Students deserve better than
being treated as second class citizens forced to borrow to