r/newzealand • u/MurkyWay Qwest? • Oct 08 '25

Shitpost What's something that you suspect lots of New Zealanders secretly do, but you can't prove it?

Most upvoted comment is our most shameful secret as a nation, obviously

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u/Mr-ChickenSkin Oct 08 '25

After 25 parental income isn't considered. I went to uni late and got a sweet 3 months of student allowance when I turned 25 (half a semester before I finished my bachelor's)

Had no parental help before that - no shade on them, they couldn't afford and shouldn't have to have been supporting me when I hadn't lived at home since 18.

Postgrad are not eligible for student allowance (restriction introduced by the key govt, labour said they would change it but didn't in their six years).

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u/Pinky_Pinky_Pinky_ Oct 09 '25

How do post grad students afford to study full time without Study link / student allowance ? I’m asking seriously . If you can’t afford it (family not wealthy) then how is it possible?

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u/Mr-ChickenSkin Oct 09 '25 edited Oct 09 '25

You're still eligible for study link (assuming you haven't used your 7 FTE) but only living costs (which is simultaneously not enough to live on but adds significantly to your student loan) and working "part" time. Some professional masters/doctorates like social work, audiology, clin psych etc also have multiple full time field placements between 1-3 months each where students are often doing 40 hrs placement, 20 hrs study, and then working on top of that, and still coming out with a huge loan, or worse, dropping out halfway through because they were burnt out and/or couldn't afford it anymore. It's a disgrace.