Welcome all 2012 students to Massey Wellington!!! To all of you new students, It’s GREAT to have you, be sure to come on in and see us at mawsa if there’s anything we can help with or even just to say hi we’re always pleased to get visitors and meet new students. To all returning students, we hope you’ve had a good break and are ready for another AWESOME year at the Wellington campus. Keep your eyes and ears peeled for O Week info, we’ve been busy putting together a smash hit Orientation for you guys n gals

We would like to thank all our members, our staff, our executive and everyone we have worked with for the wonderful 2011 year we have had.
This year has been incredible, with a sold out Orientation, an exclusive Kids of 88 concert, a new and improved Magneto, website and socail media presence and more importantly, greater interaction with our members. mawsa has managed to accomplish a lot in a short time frame this year, and although we may not be the same next year, we wish everyone Seasons’ Greetings, a safe and merry Christmas and a happy New Year!

Hey Summer school kids, wanting to know when mawsa will be open during Summer School?
We’ll be keeping to our normal hours of 9-5 Monday to Friday, with our full range of services, until December 21st and reopening January 9th. Next year we will keep you updated on how VSM has affected our services!

Good luck with Summer School, and happy holidays to those enjoying the weather!

Hey guys please remember to vote in tomorrow’s general elections. Not only is this an important time for University students, as who you vote for could determine funding for tertiary issues among other things, but also it is important to vote for the sake of New Zealand, with the voting system we use up for debate.

There are plenty of polling booths available around Massey, including Wellington High School and Toi Whakaari.

Double check your enrollment details at www.heykiwi.org.nz to get some free NZ music, visit www.elections.org.nz to enrol to vote, or visit www.facebook.com/IvoteNZ to ask the orange guy a question.

Hey all you ladies and gents, feeling a need to celebrate the end of the academic year (well, almost, you still have exams)? mawsa, in conjunction with Club CoCA will be holding the first annual Blow Out party over in the Museum Building (Block 10).

It is being held on Friday 21st October from midday til 6pm* in the Museum Building courtyard. Come along for a free BBQ frim 12 til 2.30, followed by a live band from 2.30 til 4, and finally live sets from Buster and DJ B.Lo from 4 til 6pm.

If that doesn’t sound sweet enough, let us sweeten the deal by letting you know about the near criminally cheap deals on drinks: $3 beer and $3 wines. Couldn’t get drinks this cheap unless you happen to be a female in Estab on Wednesdays.

So head on down to the Museum building, check out the free food, free music and (almost) free drinks next Friday, and celebrate the end of the year in style.

*weather permitting

Thanks to everyone who voted in the 2011 mawsa Elections! The competition was strong, the nominee’s campaigning, and the votes tallied fast. Here’s the results:

mawsa President

Ben Thorpe 432
Rawa Karetai 149
No Confindence 22

VP Welfare

Charlotte Webb 239
Rachael Nation 159
Stephanie Morrison 151
No Confidence 26

VP Education

Rachael Nation 318
Tina Godinet 176
No Confidence 62

Business

Stephanie Morrison 461
No Confidence 86

CoCA

Charlotte Webb 287
Audrey Atchinson-Wilding 241
No Confidence 44

Hum/Soc-Sci & Nursing

Jimmy Jansen 439
No Confidence 102

International

Jassiyca Saluduray 446
No Confidence 91

Pasifika

Tina Godinet 456
No Confidence 91

Queer

Jimmy Jansen 444
No Confidence 99

Congratulations to all our nominated 2012 Executive!

We would like to welcome the following new clubs!

MAK – The Massey Ad Kids to the mawsa clubs family! This club is made up of fourth year BDes Students who are majoring in Advertising. We wish them the very best with their studies.

MWCSA – The Massey Wellington Chinese Students Association. This association is a cultural club consisting of Chinese students on the Massey Wellington campus. We are happy to have you affiliated with us!

StudentLife – This is our non-denominational christian club on campus. They do weekly bible study groups and also help mawsa out on occasion, if you’d like to join them, check out the clubs section above.

Muslim Students Club – We love having other cultures on campus, so we loved affiliating the Muslim Students Club. If you’re a Muslim student, why not join?

Club CoCA – A group of likeminded CoCA students who want to improve student life on campus. Go, CoCA, go!

Nurses Club – Pretty self explanatory, the Nurses Club run event throughout the year to take care of our students, from Men’s Health evenings to healthy sandwiches. Yay!

Art Club – This group of Fine Arts students want to make the world a more artful place. We don’t see why not, so why don’t you join them?

Welcome to all our clubs! Remember, if you don’t find a club you want to join, why not set up a new club? Click on the clubs tab to find out how.

Have you got something you want to sell? sick of no one noticing your poster?
Why not try the mawsa classifieds section? From there you can sell items, find jobs and even pick up a bargain or two. All you need to do is fill out the form, get it approved by the admin and then you’re set to make some moolah. What are you waiting for?

mawsa is proud to announce the opening of the mawsa gallery at CQ Hotels, on Cuba St. The gallery space runs throughout the foyer, cafe and bar of CQ Hotels and is a showcase of Massey Wellington students works.

We will be holding our Opening Exhibition from 6pm on Friday 29th July, with a cash bar and nibbles provided. It is unfortunately invitation only, however, if you would like to attend, please email wvp@www.mawsa.org.nz because we may have an invite or two lying around to share!