News2 months ago

Shawn Gets His First Kickflip

Skater Shawn from Ohio (@punks.sticks_) battles gravity, concrete, and his legs, to land his first kickflip. He had this to share about the haunting process, “every fail made me try

News2 months ago

ASTROTURDS: The kiwi grifter’s desire to be a Yank

Recently, ACT party leader David Seymour half-earnestly plead to Parliament that they recognise the assassination of Charlie Kirk, a move which was blocked by The Greens and Te Pāti Māori.

News2 months ago

(national is) CRUNCHING OUR NUMBERS

The economy is a daunting thing for most people, not only are econ majors usually really, blood-boilingly insufferable, but the big wigs running the show love dressing up what’s going

Interviews2 months ago

The Shadow:Auckland’s Goth Scene From the 80s to Early 2000s

What is gothic and what does it mean to be a goth?This very question has been the source of many disagreements and no small amount of gatekeeping, and I think

Editorial2 months ago

Editorial - 23/58

Gothic culture is one of complex meanings, presentations, and cultural associations. The style originated in France in the 12th century, being characterized by pointed arches, stained glass, and ribbed vault

News2 months ago

NEXUS BREAKS THE NEWS 

OOPS, ALL PEDOPHILES  Following multiple statements from the Trump admin calling the Wall Street Journal’s accusation of a lewd letter exchanged between the President and Jeffrey Epstein ‘libelous!’, the estate

News2 months ago

Warding us from the bad path: A crash-course in Māori wards

Written by Te Paea Parengaio Maurirere A quick history:  Let’s back up to 2001. Māori wards were introduced under the Local Electoral Act to give Māori a voice in local

News2 months ago

Tamaki’s big London holiday!

During Tommy Robinson’s London ‘Unite the Kingdom’ ‘Free Speech’ rally on Sunday, amid showcases of flags featuring America’s Don’t Tread on Me flag, songs calling for Palestine to be shoved

News2 months ago

A WIGNAT WALKABOUT  

On August 31st, across Australia, something like fifty-two thousand pairs of feet, according to some estimates, come marching out onto the streets, toting the southern cross and their blue, whites

News2 months ago

News you may have missed 

Donald Trump said he hopes the nation will heal following Charlie Kirk’s assassination. However, in an interview he stated that “a radical left group of lunatics” may stand as a

Interviews2 months ago

POLITICS INTERVIEW 

Do you think that young people may be less likely to vote in local elections if they see the white male dominated local councils?   I think you people will be

Editorial2 months ago

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Tattooing is one of the raddest, welcoming, quirkiest, creative, and friendly cultures I’ve ever encountered. I have twenty tats, nothing compared to Ruby or Lans or folks who’ve had the

Poetry3 months ago

Poems

“The Anonymous Collection” Girl so pretty she cut her face offBased on a true story of a 70s London punk rocker. People saw this girl they never knewAnd believed the

Editorial3 months ago

Editorial – Issue 21 2025

Make way for the creatives We’ve had academia, now it’s time for the arts students to rise and shine (not that the arts aren’t academic), to fill the pages with

Interviews3 months ago

Keminiki

What sparked the idea to create mini metal huts of Aotearoa? The idea was sparked after being released from Uni with only cheap rent and a cool cafe job in

Interviews3 months ago

Awkward Animations

Stop Montion Animator (@awkward.animations) Do you have any personal rituals before you start creating? My main phylosophy is to just make a start and experimenting with ideas or inspiration that

Interviews3 months ago

Raranga

Raranga is both art and storytelling. This interview captures a weaver’s insights into her creative journey, from her first kete to the kaupapa that inspire her practice, and her commitment

Interviews3 months ago

Gabriel May

What first drew you into photography, and how did it turn into your career? I actually started out as a painter but eventually realised I’m too impatient to watch paint

Interviews3 months ago

Retro Valley

How did Retro Valley first come together as a band? Retro Valley formed back in 2019 when Mitch, Ben and David decided to get together and have a jam, after having been

Interviews3 months ago

Di Tocker

Di Tocker is a local cast-glass artist who currently resides in Cambridge. Her sculptural work focuses on form and colour, mimicking the scenery she sees on her national and international

Interviews3 months ago

How to join the Little Rats Club and Other Questions with Sienna Burns  

Siennas instagram: @ratrally2  How would you describe your art style? I try and have fun with it, pretty experimental and also maybe a bit dreamy. You love art history, how

Interviews3 months ago

Cath Kerr

www.artistcathk.com  @cathkerr_artist  What first inspired you to start creating art, and how has that inspiration changed over time? I’m not sure I was ever “inspired” in the traditional sense, it’s

Interviews3 months ago

The Wardrobe

How did you first get into sound engineering and music production? I have grown up around music my whole life. My father is a bass player so there was always

Interviews3 months ago

Jake Van Vroonhoven

Classic opening question, How did you get into photography?  Limewire Downloaded Kick Push forcing itself through a pinhole speaker on an old Telecom XT brick phone, second hand trucks and

Interviews3 months ago

Jennie De Groot

Jennie De Groot is a conceptual painter who was born in England and educated in South Africa. She paints vivid, intentional landscapes that bridge the gap between imagination and reality,

Interviews3 months ago

Bryan Mosheim

What got you started as a photographer? Throughout my childhood I was always somewhat curious about photography and would sometimes take the family camera with me on trips to capture

Poetry3 months ago

Moemoeā Māori - He Ruri

James Milroy Whakarongo mai rāKoutou e hine, e tama māKi ngā reo e hāpai neiI ngā mahi a Hiwa-i-te-rangi Ua kōnehuTū mai rā MatarikiHiwa, HiwaHiwa-i-te-rangi Tīaho iho mai rāNgā whetū

Editorial3 months ago

Nā te ētita

by Brianna Waka E ngā hau e whā o te ao, nō mai tata, nō mai tawhiti, tae noa mai ki tēnei pito o Nukutawhiti, tēnā koutou, take a photo,

Interviews3 months ago

Behind The Camera:Brett Chan

When, where, and how did you start skating? As a kid I rode this plastic orange 70s skateboard down a steep ass hill, ate shit, ripped up my skin, blood

Interviews3 months ago

Madars Apse

How did you get into skating?Grew up next to a skatepark in Ventspils, Latvia! Tried inline, skate and bmx and stuck with skating! Who were your first sponsors?Local skateshops in