How To Stay Friends With Your Flatmates
It’s a new year: you’ve managed to find some decent friends and rallied them together to find a flat. Fuck, now what? The trials and tribulations of flatting can rip apart the closest of friends, or bind you together closer than any life-or-death experience could. It can bring you to your knees in your darkest […]
Political Ideologies as Flatmates
So, you’re new to flatting? Well, here’s an archetype guide no-one asked for. NIHILISM Nihilism won’t pay rent cos “nothing matters”. Or clean. Or tidy. Or speak to you. Or reply in the flat chat. Or attend flat meetings. Or exist beyond the occasional groan echoed around the dystopian hallways they’ve half-imagined in their head […]
How To Be A Bad Flatmate
MAKE TRASH THE ART TO YOUR INNER PICASSO Flatmate a good cunt? Then you gotta treat them with a taster of your beautiful magnum opus – Trash: That’s not a living space, it’s your canvas. Why simply take out the bins when you can use them to create a dynamic, ever evolving masterpiece!? Scatter empty […]
Missing Milk
Living in close quarters with other people is a strange experience; you have the personality of a grandma, party animal, sensible soccer mum, and toddler all in the same building. All of them are the same age, yet it might as well be living with the most opposite personalities you could think of. You’ll have […]
Don’t Be A Dick: Advice on Resolving Flatmate Conflict
One of the major issues that you might come across while flatting is resolving arguments with your flatmates. Whether that’s who should’ve done the dishes or even settling a casual conversation turned heated debate. In the wise, wise words of one of my philosophy lecturers last year; “the coolest thing you can do is change […]
Housing Lessons From Singapore, Can Aotearoa Learn From Them?
A house is not just a place to crash after a long day, it’s security, stability, and the foundation of a thriving community. It’s where children grow up, having neighbours become friends, neighbourhoods are also where a nation shows their commitment to its people. But here is the problem: in most of the cities around […]
My Flatmate From Hell
If you want to complain about your flatmate not doing their dishes, having people over too late, or being loud getting ready for work early in the morning, let me humble you for a bit. Yeah yeah, it’s so shit that the flatmate doesn’t show your home any respect, but at least they haven’t stabbed […]
Getting Down to The Nity-Gritty of Politics & Our Planet
Toby threw some questions at a page then fucked off to Melbourne, leaving Lans the opportunity to interview our UoW lecturer, Nityanand Jayaraman aka Nity. Nity spent 30 years as a social activist, researcher, & journalist and is now pursuing a PhD in political science. Based on your training as an engineer, could many of […]
Fast Fashions’ Hidden Cost: Are New Zealand Students Driving the Crisis?
Fast fashion is no longer just a trend in New Zealand, it is a full-blown phenomenon, reshaping how students dress, shop, and consume. Social media and celebrity culture increasingly influence many young people, resulting in a cycle of rapid purchases and disposals. This shift not only impacts personal style but also raises significant concerns about […]
Hamilton Gardens Reviewed
THE TROPICAL GARDEN At first, I thought it was too warm for March. Too warm for Autumn. I realised, quickly, that my symptoms – Swamp Ass, Itchy Eyes, and Nipple Drip – were the result of the impressive implementation of a tropical climate. Buzzing cicadas, more buzzing cicadas, and, ummm… rushing streams. The ambience of […]