🎉 We’ve Reached 200 Supporters — And We’re Just Getting Started 📝
To everyone who has signed, shared, and spoken up—thank you. We are excited to announce that our petition calling for a review of WTR100 has now reached over 200 supporters. This milestone is not just a number—it’s a powerful collective statement. It tells the University that students are paying attention, and more importantly, that we are willing to speak up when we believe our education is not meeting the standards it should.

This isn’t about politics. It’s not about division. It’s about a simple but important expectation: that a $1200 course should offer meaningful value—through high-quality content, rigorous engagement, academic freedom, and respect for our diverse perspectives.

🔍 What We’ve Heard From You:

• That the course often feels repetitive, overly simplified
• There's significant overlap w/ ENGGEN140, with course’s purpose in question
• That you’ve felt discouraged from speaking your mind
• That your perspective doesn’t align with what’s being presented
• That many are unsure what they’ve even learned or taken away from the course
• These are not isolated complaints. They reflect a broader need for genuine dialogue, academic depth, and course design that supports—not dictates—critical thinking.

📚 A University Should Be a Place for Thinking, Not Just Telling
The WTR100 course had a noble intention: to engage students with Aotearoa New Zealand’s history, place, and Treaty relationships. But good intentions are not enough. The delivery, structure, and tone of the course have left many students feeling frustrated, unheard, and unengaged. When a course that aims to teach about inclusion and understanding inadvertently suppresses open discussion, something has gone wrong.

We believe the university can do better—and we want to help make that happen. Let’s keep pushing for a university experience that is as respectful, inclusive, and critical as the values it claims to teach.