The University of Auckland Rent Strike w/ Student for Fair Rent’s Matthew Lee: 24th June, 2024

At the beginning of May, advocacy group Students for Fair Rent, launched a ‘rent strike’ against the University of Auckland. This saw many students withholding their rent from their halls of residence. 

Just over a month later a decision was made to end the strike. Now, still with no response from the University, the group is moving away from solely targeting the tertiary institution, and instead focusing on legislative change. 

Producer Evie spoke to the groups organiser, Matthew Lee, who explains what happened over the course of the strike and what led to its end.