Each week, our not-so-mild-mannered section Editors will compete with one another, not for fame or fortune, just to be told they won something. After the mid-trimester break, all of these topics will be assigned by a puppet master and will focus on current affairs or recent news, with a...
Are you a struggling influencer? Are you too attractive for dating apps but not attractive enough for Instagram? Are you lonely? If you answered ‘yes’ to all of the above: I have the opportunity for you. It’s time to strip off your dignity and your clothes, add the terms...
There’s something off about Evan. I know it. Mum knows it. Dad knows it. My starry-eyed sister doesn’t, but then again, she brought him home. His hair is buzzed short, the dimple on his right cheek is winking at me, and his pressed dress shirt is too white. I...
Spoiler alert: queer reality television is few-and-far-between. Despite some minor cameos on commonly straight dating shows, the LGBTQ+ community is rarely represented in unscripted media. It’s a space that is dominated by heteronormative ideals and void of the fluidity that reflects modern society. So, while my pitch for an...
We’ve all heard it. The anguished yells of a Spanish man punctuated by his feet hitting wet sand as he flees a villa, desperate to catch his partner pre-bone. Reposted by ESPN, subtweeted by F1, and rinsed on many social media platforms: Temptation Island Spain’s Jose Carlos Montoya has...
Darts Prodigy Discovered At The Don Wake up, babe. Hamilton’s newest star athlete just dropped. Waikato University student Ruby Tocker has been advised to surrender her dream of becoming a historian in favour of another pursuit: professional dart-throwing. This suggestion came from a talent scout who saw Tocker triumph...
AUCKLAND HIGH COURT CONTENT WARNING: THE FOLLOWING STORY CONTAINS INFORMATION ABOUT SEXUAL ASSAULT THAT MAY BE HARMFUL TO SOME READERS. 22-year-old Auckland man Luca Fairgray has been identified as the convicted perpetrator of sexual offence against a minor in 2023. Fairgray had sought to continue his name suppression following...
