By Maya Trotman Nearly every evening I would be sitting on the couch with a heat pack on my stomach holding painkillers with a glass of water ready. One evening, the worst pain of my life arrived. I was in the bathroom, scared, because now I knew this wasn’t normal,
Once, it felt like everyone in Aotearoa knew the same few songs. You could chuck on a bit of Stan Walker, Aaradhna, or Six60 at a party, and guaranteed, someone’s aunty, someone’s little cousin, someone’s dad in the corner would start singing along. Their music wasn’t just popular – it
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
Nexus talks to Teaching Fellow Andrea Perry who escaped from Victoria University, we assume because Salient is a garbage student magazine (@ us) Film recommendations? Hidden Life, not necessarily my favourite film, but one I really like at the moment. Favourite musicians/bands and why? U2. What’s a cool book you’ve
Step 1 – Get off from work at 6 pm in the evening absolutely famished – for a drink with your best friends, after dealing with rude and entitled customers all day. Fuelled with the fury of a thousand suns and determined to have a good time, you make your
We’ve all been there. You walk into a flat party, only to realise there’s a horde of business students gathered around a dude trying to mix some shitty DnB on second-hand decks. That’s the point at which I turn around and find somewhere else to drink. Here’s a list to
Christopher Luxon’s interview with Mike Hosking on Tuesday the 25th of February has generated a lot of public attention, mainly as Luxon yet again avoided answering yes or no questions. Hosking initially asked Luxon about the government’s work in supporting the police to make progress on disrupting gang activity. However,
Nexus reached out to Miss Geena to discuss threats of violence she experienced during our recent Pride month. Could you please explain the incident on the weekend (22nd to 23rd of Feb)? My friend and I were leaving a Pride queer dance party. It was after 4am and we walked
If you are familiar with George Orwell’s novels, you would know he nails dystopias with heavy influences on different styles of leadership. 1884 by Orwell is exactly that. This dystopia has substation themes of totalitarianism and fascism. Written in the aftermath of World War II, Orwell’s narrative draws heavily from
1) Nazi Germany Arguably the best at Fascism, Nazi Germany takes the spotlight in #1. Hitler rose to power during the 1920s and 30s, seizing control and passing anti-Jew and immigrant laws, legitimising antisemitism, racism, and eugenics. Nazi Germany went on an imperial conquest, spreading the German Empire across Europe,