Finally some more rules for the University to ignore After a lengthy submission period, the Government has finally wrapped up their tertiary pastoral care code, called the Education (Pastoral Care of Tertiary and International Leaners) Code of Practice 2021. They now expect compliance from tertiary institutions throughout New Zealand. While there were concerns about what the code was seeking to achieve, the submission period did allow groups to influence the final code to be more student-minded than earlier iterations. However, despite submissions from OUSA, and even the University of Otago pointing this out, the code still comes across as paternalistic and encourages tertiary institutions to become more involved in the personal lives of students. This was specifically called out OUSA in their submission written by OUSA Political Rep Mhairi Mackenzie-Everitt.