Goodbye Julia
Rating: 4/5 Set in the years leading up to the secession of South Sudan, Goodbye Julia tells the tale of an unlikely friendship between two women in a racially divided nation. The story revolves around Mona and Julia, two women who could not be more different. Mona is North Sudanese, wealthy, and a Muslim. Julia […]
It doesn’t feel like Euphoria
Rating: -2/5 If you’re a Euphoria fan that hasn’t seen the new episode, then skip this because I am about to spoil it. It was good. It wasn’t amazing, or mind blowing, it was just an episode of Euphoria. I watched it twice, to try and work out what the problem was, and I deduced that while it has all the same characters […]
Bojack Horseman- Escape from LA
Rating: 5/5 Bojack Horseman is constantly controversial in my mind- I flop between hating him because he’s an asshole, to feeling terrible for him because his life is falling apart, before I realise that’s entirely his fault and flop back to the first opinion, but nothing conflicted me more than season two, episode 11: Escape from L.A. […]
Record Store Day 2026
Let me paint you a picture: Once a year, a few hundred titles which have never before been released on vinyl get pressed and distributed globally. Each record gets pressed anywhere between 20,000 to a mere 750 times, globally. Said records are shipped to independent record stores without any knowledge of what they get. This beautiful day is called […]
That vs This – AI Use
For: If there’s one thing anyone could have seen coming from a mile away, it’s AI. It may be “new technology” to the general public, but it’s been in development since the 1950s, and a recurring character in science fiction for almost as long. Our species is defined by innovation. It’s human nature to want to make our lives more convenient, to streamline the tedious process […]
Kōrero Mai – Issue 7 2026
Tauira Māori on campus Māne (Monday) Tūrei (Tuesday) Wenerei (Wednesday) Hoki atu ki tō kāinga – Just go home Nā Elyse Rahiri Only a quarter of the way through the year and already most of us are feeling a bit pau te hau. Getting back into the swing of study can be overwhelming and even worse if you have people pleasing tendencies, don’t say no, and end up taking […]
Presidents Desk – Issue 7 2026
What are we doing? Why aren’t we more pissed? I spent $30 on fuel yesterday and it felt like it was only enough to get me to the next fuel pump. Students are coming to me saying they cannot even afford to get to campus, despite already paying so much already just to be here. […]
Nexus Breaks the News – Issue 7 2026
Secret apartment in US mall went unnoticed for four years: This is the type of shit that would have had me convinced I could do this in the base when I was like 5 years old. Maybe there’s no time like the present… Eight children dead after Louisiana mass shooting: No joke for this one. The prevalence of gun […]
University of Canterbury Bans Cultural Wear
Canterbury is facing a wave of backlash after Ken McEwen’s (Head of Security at UC) controversial decision to ban keffiyehs from graduation ceremonies was announced earlier this week. The policy, introduced by regional education authorities, prohibits graduates from wearing the traditional Middle Eastern scarf alongside their academic regalia as it “did not count as cultural wear”. Officials stated the move was intended […]
Hamilton Gardens Entry Fee Increase
Hamilton City Council is proposing increasing the price of entry into the enclosed Hamilton Gardens for non-residents. If implemented, the price of entry would rise to $27.50 to anyone aged over 16 living outside of Hamilton. This is a 37.5% increase from the $20 paid entry fee introduced in September 2024. The enclosed Gardens would remain free for residents […]