STUDENT REP ELECTIONS
Election Results
Kaiwhakahaere
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There were no nominees for Kaiwhakahaere ō Pāmamao, this role will move to an appointment process.
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The nominee for Kaiwhakahaere Te Waka a Ngā Akonga Māori withdrew before voting opened, this role has moved to an appointment process.
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Micah Geiringer — 8 votes
Whenua-Roimata Te Wake-Munro — 38 votes
Abstain — 5 votes
No Confidence — 1 vote
TOTAL VOTES: 52
Whenua-Roimata Te Wake Munro successfully elected to Kaiwhakahaere ō Manawatahi
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Ruby Vigden — 42 votes
Abstain — 7 votes
No Confidence — 2 votes
TOTAL VOTES: 51
Ruby Vigden successfully elected to Kaiwhakahaere ō Kōkiri Ngātahi
Pasifika Student Reps
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Elva Opuu — 6 votes
Caroline Ryan — 7 votes
Rene Puiri-Tuia — 3 votes
Abstain — 8 votes
No Confidence — 2 votes
TOTAL VOTES: 26
Caroline Ryan successfully elected to Distance Pasifika Student Rep
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There were no nominations for Auckland Pasifika Student Rep, this role is moving to an appointment process.
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Anushika Prasad — 10 votes
Abstain — 12 votes
No Confidence — 4 votes
TOTAL VOTES: 26
Anushika Prasad successfully elected to Manawatū Pasifika Student Rep
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The nominee for Wellington Pasifika Student Rep withdrew during the voting period. These votes have not been counted and this role is going to an appointment process.
General Student Reps
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Brooke Mehlhopt — 88 votes
Elva Opuu — 81 votes
Flynn O’Hallahan — 43 votes
Gemma Bishop — 50 votes
Jacob Thomas — 38 votes
Nanveet Kaur — 23 votes
Rene Puiri-Tuia — 51 votes
Stacey Smith — 18 votes
Tasmyn Mudford — 18 votes
Abstain — 64 votes
No Confidence — 70 votes
TOTAL VOTES: 544
Brooke Mehlhopt successfully elected to Distance Student Rep [1]
Elva Opuu successfully elected to Distance Student Rep [2]
Rene Puiri-Tuia successfully elected to Distance Student Rep [3]
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Fatemeh Kaleshani — 65 votes
Jingying Peng — 33 votes
Roha (Kay) Baig — 6 votes
Siqing (William) Sun — 15 votes
Teng Yayun — 23 votes
Abstain — 125 votes
No Confidence — 61 votes
TOTAL VOTES: 328
Fatemeh Kaleshani successfully elected to Auckland Student Rep
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Alejandrio (Alex) Gomez Macias — 40 votes
Anushika Prasad — 15 votes
Fadiyha Fareen Khan — 59 votes
Micah Geiringer — 35 votes
Wang (Blair) Fangshu — 54 votes
Abstain — 62 votes
No Confidence — 63 votes
TOTAL VOTES: 328
Fadiyha Fareen Khan successfully elected to Manawatū Student Rep
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Romany Tasker-Poland — 111 votes
Abstain — 128 votes
No Confidence — 78 votes
TOTAL VOTES: 317
Romany Tasker-Poland successfully elected to Wellington Student Rep
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Anh Phi — 18 votes
Asad Bajwa — 15 votes
Fatemeh Kaleshani — 11 votes
Jingying Peng — 13 votes
Maryan Hesabirad — 7 votes
Quynh Pham — 23 votes
Sanskar Soni — 16 votes
Teng Yayun — 2 votes
Wang (Blair) Fangshu — 41 votes
Abstain — 4 votes
No Confidence — 2 votes
TOTAL VOTES: 152 votes
Wang (Blair) Fangshu successfully elected to International Student Rep
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Anh Phi — 32 votes
Asad Bajwa — 31 votes
Maryam Hesabirad — 23 votes
Quynh Pham — 34 votes
Abstain — 15 votes
No Confidence — 13 votes
TOTAL VOTES: 148
Quynh Pham successfully elected to Postgrad Student Rep
Structure
Te Tira Ahu Pae has a tripartite leadership, with the General/Distance President, Manawhakahaere (Māori President), and Pasifika President. All the Presidents have equal oversight and work in partnership, leading all Student Representatives, to ensure the voices of all Massey University tauira are heard and represented. Each President is self-determined to lead their cohorts, ensuring cultural practices are embedded throughout their work and within the Student Reps. The Tripartite leadership model ensures Māori and Pasifika tauira are valued as equal, to ensure equity between all the cohorts.
Each campus, Albany (Ōtehā), Palmerston North (Manawatū), Wellington (Pukeahu), and Distance (Pāmamao), have a Vice-President who supports the student reps on each campus. On each campus, there is also a General Student Rep, Kaiwhakahaere (Māori Student Rep), and Pasifika Student Rep, to ensure diverse representation of student needs. The Distance campus has an additional two General Distance Student Reps (making three total), in recognition that Distance is the largest campus, making up approximately 60% of students studying at Massey University. All 23 elected and appointed Student Representatives make up the Student Executive for that year.
All the Student Reps are provided with training and ongoing support by the Representation Manager, who provides continuity between each Student Executive year on year.
Appointed Roles
Roles with more duties and leadership responsibilities go through an appointment process. This ensures that those leadership roles have both the understanding and capability to be in such a complex role. Only the Presidents roles (General/Distance, Manawhakahaere, and Pasifika) and Campus VPs (Auckland VP, Manawatū VP, Wellington VP, and Distance VP) are by appointment with all other positions on the student executive being filled through elections. All elected and appointed Student Representatives are paid the living wage.
Kaiwhakahaere ō Pāmamao, Kaiwhakahaere ō Te Waka o Ngā Akonga Māori and Auckland Pasifika Student Rep are Elected roles, however these roles received no nominations in our Elections and have moved to an appointment process. Māori distance or Auckland tauira and Auckland Pasifika students are invited to apply.
If you want to apply for one of the appointed roles, please send your CV and a cover letter detailing what it is that interests you about this role and how you will represent the needs of students within your cohort. These can be sent to representation@tetiraahupae.ac.nz
Please note, there is no appointment for Auckland VP for 2023, as this position was appointed earlier in the year for a period of 18 months.
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37.5 Hours Per Week, 52 weeks
The General/Distance President works in partnership with the Manawhakahaere and Pasifika President. This full-time role entails a broad range of responsibilities, including, governance of the Association through the Te Tira Ahu Pae Board, leadership of both General and Distance Student Representatives, and ongoing active participation in student engagement and consultation to ensure that student voice is heard, understood, and conveyed to the University. It is the responsibility of the University to strive for parity between the Distance and General cohorts, ensuring all students feel part of the Te Tira Ahu Pae and Massey University community.
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37.5 Hours Per Week, 52 Weeks
The Manawahakahere role of Te Tira Ahu Pae, is responsible for holding together and supporting the four Kaiwhakahaere and which create Te Mana Whakahaere ō Te Tira Ahu Pae. As a key member of the Tripartite Presidentship, you will collaborate alongside the General/Distance and Pasifika President. This full-time position entails a range of responsibilities, including governance through the Te Tira Ahu Pae Board and active participation in student engagement. Your role involves consultation, support, and advocacy on tauira Māori matters, contributing to initiatives that promote parity for Tauira Māori at Massey University. Te Mana Whakahaere (Inclusive of Kaiwhakahaere) are all responsible for ensuring that throughout the Te Tira Ahu Pae and that the actions for the Students’ Association honour our commitments to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. The Manawhakahaere, ensures that all the Kaiwhakahaere of Te Tira Ahu Pae can perform as seamlessly as possible.
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37.5 Hours Per Week, 52 Weeks
The Pasifika President is a key member of the Tripartite Presidentship. This full-time position encompasses a range of responsibilities, including governance through the Te Tira Ahu Pae Board, leadership of Pasifika student representatives, supporting and advocating on Pasifika matters, and continuous participation in student engagement and consultation. As part of this role, you will be promoting parity for all Pasifika students at Massey University, by embedding Pasifika perspectives across the University and enhancing awareness, capability, and understanding of Pacific cultures. This leadership position aligns with Te Tiriti o Waitangi principles and emphasises diversity, inclusion, and promoting student welfare.
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20 Hours Per Week, 44 Weeks campus based, 52 Weeks distance based
Vice President (VP) within Te Tira Ahu Pae is a vital role, involving representing and providing services to students based on their represented campus. As a VP, you will work collaboratively with the Tripartite Presidentship, composed of General/Distance, Māori, and Pasifika Presidents. Your role includes student representation, leadership, and governance components, contributing to the Te Tiriti-led approach of the association. You would be responsible for supporting all SR on your campus, meeting with them regularly to ensure students from your campus are engaged with, consulted with, and supported by the Association. This role is a steppingstone to higher levels of leadership and representational roles within the Association.
Elected Roles
The following roles are those that are via nominations and elections. As a Te Tiriti led organisation, we expect all those running for positions identify as a member of that cohort or community. E.G., only Māori tauira should be nominated to become Kaiwhakahaere and represent the needs of other Māori tauira. All roles are for 44 weeks, during semester time.
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10 Hours Per Week
General and Distance Student Representatives are integral for ongoing engagement and consultation with students from their cohorts on a variety of matters. This information is then shared with the Association and University, through Boards and Committees, working parties, and other projects. This helps to ensure student voice is heard and considered at all levels of decision making within the University. It’s important that student reps have good communication skills, to be able to engage with both their peers and University stakeholders alike.
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10 Hours Per Week
The Kaiwhakaere role plays a vital role in representing and supporting tauira Māori needs and interests. They engage with their location whānau, collaborate with university bodies, and participates in consultation and events to enhance student life. This position involves advocating for Tauira Māori concerns, attending meetings, sitting on boards, and working groups, and promoting inclusivity and diversity. Responsibilities include effective communication, consultation, and contributing to the improvement of the university experience for tauira Māori, whether studying on campus or via distance learning. As Kaiwhakahaere they take this consultation to their Whānau Kaihāpai and operations staff or Massey University to advocate for these requests to be fulfilled. The four Kaiwhakahaere together create Te Mana Whakahaere, as a part of Te Tira Ahu Pae’s co-governance model Te Mana Whakahaere is responsible for honouring Mana Whenua representation and the Kaiwhakaere shall on a seat on the Te Tira Ahu Pae Board.
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10 Hours Per Week
The Pasifika Student Representative role plays a vital role in representing and supporting Pasifika students' needs and interests. They engage with students, collaborate with university bodies, and participates in consultation and events to enhance student life. This position involves advocating for Pasifika student concerns, attending meetings, sitting on boards, and working groups, and promoting inclusivity and diversity. Responsibilities include effective communication, consultation, and contributing to the improvement of the university experience for Pasifika students, whether studying on campus or via distance learning.
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15 Hours Per Week
The International Student Rep is a national role which makes connections and provides engagement and consultation between a diverse range of communities. By understanding the challenges faced by international students, the International Student Rep can support this community and advocate for positive change. They will also sit on Boards and Committees within Massey’s broader governance structure, giving them the ability to create real change within the institution. To ensure the International Student Rep understands the unique needs and difficulties faced by international students, you are required to be an international student to be eligible for nomination.
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15 Hours Per Week
This national role is an opportunity to represent all students studying at Massey University at a postgraduate level. The Postgrad Student Rep engages and consults with other postgrad students, to understand the needs of this cohort and filters this information to the Association and University. They will also sit on a Boards and Committees within the larger university governance structure, giving you the ability to create real change within the institution. To ensure you understand the needs and experiences of postgrad students, you must be currently studying at postgraduate level at Massey University to be eligible for this role.