About 150 students gathered for an emergency meeting of the Otago University Students' Association yesterday.
The meeting was initially called after president Caitlin Barlow-Groome called for a vote of no confidence in OUSA recreation officer Josh Smythe unless he apologised to proctor Dave Scott.
Mr Smythe created a petition calling for Mr Scott to resign after the "bongshell" incident.
He has since said he wants a code of conduct implemented specifically for the proctor but does not want him to step down.
At yesterday's meeting, Ms Barlow-Groome retracted her demand for Mr Smythe to apologise during and instead put forward a motion asking for the removal of the powers of the proctor and Campus Watch to discipline students off-campus, which students supported.
The students also resolved to support Mr Smythe's "proctor protest" today.
Mr Smythe promised to take his OUSA title off the petition, and apologised for speaking to the media without going through the proper channels.
It was "wonderful" the rest of the executive were now supporting the protest, he said after the meeting.
Media were not allowed in yesterday, with the exception of Critic Te Arohi magazine.
Mr Smythe has been vocal both on campus and in the media about his views on the proctor's actions. However, when it came to the proctor's resignation, he said he decided it was "more important to forgive people and accept that they've done the wrong thing".
"We just decided to forgive him. There will still be a protest; there will still be an expression of emotion."
In the last few days, other students have alleged Mr Scott went into buildings on other occasions while students were at home, and Critic reported one incident from 2016.
On Tuesday he admitted taking bongs off picnic tables, but not going into buildings.
More than 920 students have indicated they will attend the protest tomorrow.
