From NZ Herald Online (and others):

"In an open letter to the 85,000 graduates with outstanding student loans living abroad, New Zealander of the Year Sir Paul Callaghan yesterday urged students to repay their loans, in particular the 35,000 Kiwis abroad who are behind in their repayments.

With an average debt of $17,900 overseas graduates owe $2 billion - "30 per cent of the $7 billion that New Zealand taxpayers will have to contribute through the Government's contribution to the rebuilding.

Sir Paul said those who repay their loans will be "acting heroically".

But Hong Kong-based New Zealanders Paul Allen and Hannah Belcher emailed Sir Paul doubting offshore student loan repayments would have any impact at all on the rebuilding of Christchurch."
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Personally, the two CHCH earthquakes (and general empathy for the NZ economy) had got me thinking about this many months ago. As a result, I've been making additional payments whenever I can.

I don't want to get into a debate about the framework of the SLS. I'm just interested to hear from other NZers based overseas with Student Loans. Will this "call to action" prompt you to repay your loan, in part or full, more quickly?

http://www.heke.ac.nz/
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/christchurch-earthquake/news/article.cfm?c_id=1502981&objectid=10715634
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/new-zealand/news/article.cfm?l_id=71&objectid=10715896

Pay your fucking student loans cunzors!

I kind of like the thought of not letting them back into the country until they do pay.

RussS wrote:I kind of like the thought of not letting them back into the country until they do pay.

How bout we let them back in, but dont let them leave again till they have at least arranged to pay them off!

TheMantis wrote:Pay your fucking student loans cunzors!

I fixed the poll for you...

Jono wrote:I fixed the poll for you...

Great stuff, thanks!

Send the SAS out to forcibly repatriate them.

TheMantis wrote:Pay your fucking student loans cunzors!

Hear hear!

Nazi's

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well done!

why would the suggestion be offensive? ( no, i didnt open any links . . .)

Once again the older generation who enjoyed a free education and then kicked the ladder out behind them picking on the youngins. Dicks, really. Implication is that if you've got a student loan and aren't going above and beyond the legislated repayments then you're not "doing your part", which is offensive.

happybaboon wrote:Once again the older generation who enjoyed a free education and then kicked the ladder out behind them picking on the youngins. Dicks, really. Implication is that if you've got a student loan and aren't going above and beyond the legislated repayments then you're not "doing your part", which is offensive.

hell, people get offended easily, don't they?

The baby boomers who creamed it by getting a world class, completely free education need to be "called to action" to demand that the Government (the one that's already putting their desires above all others) increase their taxes.