Wellington exec welcomes new Sustainability and Wellbeing Officer

Fiona Lu won a tense race to become MAWSA’s newest Sustainability and Wellbeing Officer. After the shock resignation of the previous Sustainability Officer, Joe Ogle, anyone weirdly interested in student politics can breathe a sigh of relief.  

Tessa Guest, President of MAWSA, says the by-election was a “huge success”. Overall, there were four candidates, and 274 total votes counted. Fiona won the popular vote with a whooping 131 votes, followed by Luca Gray with 72, Gidienne Johnson with 37 and Yastika Chawla at 8. There were also 18 abstentions and 8 no confidence votes. Nice.  

Fiona, a third year fashion student, says she’s “extremely grateful for the support” shown. Her committee will aim to “improve the way we recycle and bring in compost bins to decrease rubbish going into our landfills” alongside “reviving the garden, sustainability week, collaborations and just listening to the students”. I wish someone would listen to me; I just want the old vending machines back.  

Tessa says, “I’m excited to have someone to knows how to garden in the team. Our mint will finally be revived!” I’ve seen that mint, Tessa. There’s no saving it.