Student Fees across NZ

Here is a comparative list of student fees across NZ in fee band 1 for Arts & Humanities.

Canterbury
$4,064 (4)
Auckland
$4,304 (1=)
AUT
$4,304 (1=)
Waikato
$4,304 (1=)
Massey
$3,976 (5)
Victoria
$3,720 (8)
Lincoln
$3,864 (7)
Otago
$3,943 (6)

The annual fee round is approaching when inevitably Universities try to move fees up by the govt maximum of 5%. Personally I think having a policy such as this is riduculous as it is price setting for the Universities. Yes, the government is funding some of our tertiary education, but by allowing fees to go up by 5% each year, they are in effect making it more and more of a private good. It was only 1990 that the first fees were brought into tertiary education...

Thoughts.