a "yes" vote in the 2020 New Zealand cannabis referendum, "after 75 per cent of students voted in favour in the annual association referendum". In response to the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2021 saw increased activism from VUWSA, focused on COVID-19 resiliency and response. With the transition to dual-delivery teaching and learning in March 2021, VUWSA successfully campaigned against the use of exam invigilation software, ProctorU; citing issues of equity, privacy, troubleshooting, reliability and cost. Alongside other student representative groups, 2021 saw VUWSA lobby on a number of social issues from pastoral care, the banning of conversion therapy in New Zealand, and the Wellington City Council spatial and long-term plan. In March 2021, VUWSA was a founding member of the Wellington Alliance Against Sexual Violence and helped organise a rally which saw over 500 demonstrators. In May 2021, the Wellington City Council announced a $7.7 million investment targeting city safety, sexual violence, and alcohol harm. In July 2021, VUWSA launched a campaign for free public transport with a petition which called on the Government to trial free public transport for students and Community Services Card holders in the Wellington region. The petition attracted over 3,000 signatures. As part of this campaign, VUWSA helped establish and organise the Pōneke Collective for Public Transport Equity, which consists of around 40 organisations. The Collective has made submissions to the Greater Wellington Regional Council and is in ongoing conversations with the Minister for Transport, Michael Wood. In September 2021, VUWSA, Mauri Ora, and a number of student representative groups organised a three-day COVID-19 mass vaccination event in The Hub, Kelburn Campus. This saw over 500 people receive the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. 2021 also saw a number of changes to the operations and management of Victoria University of Wellington, with VUWSA involved with changes to the Student Service Levy and the introduction of the Student Success Programme (Tītoko). Notably, in an email sent to staff and students on 9 August 2021, Vice-Chancellor Grant Guilford announced his retirement with his departure set for March 2022. The outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant in New Zealand led to another nationwide lockdown in August 2021, with Alert Level restrictions in effect through to October. Consequently the 2021 Executive election was postponed from its original date and was primarily run online. Despite low voter turnout, the election resulted in one of the most diverse VUWSA Executives in