Issue 15 / 58
Toby Brockelbank

STAR WAAAAHHHHS: What have the Geeks Become?

We can all picture a geek, no matter how inaccurate the caricature might be. The archetype has persisted, pimple faced and spectacled, through the public consciousness. But when you look outside… WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE GEEKS? We put out a question asking people if they consider themselves geeks, which

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Columns
Toby Brockelbank

“Its substances as flatmates cool”

Ever lived in a trap house? Now you don’t need to. I am proud of this incredibly original and unique idea of humanising drugs, unless you’ve seen college humour or sausage party, in which case I’ve done it better. We’ve all had that flatmate, but now you’ll know how much

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Features
Toby Brockelbank

Popping Pills

Prescription Abuse and The Pharmaceutical Black Market Unlike most of our writers who spend their time writing on Substack or Wattpad, turns out someone had a friend outside of our writer’s room. Some friends have different struggles to you, and some struggles have more stigma, consequences, and are harder, if

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Issue 14 / 58
Toby Brockelbank

New roadside drug testing in Aotearoa

The roads of Aotearoa are about to undergo perhaps the largest change of our lives so far, at least for Gen Z stoners. For at least a generation or two, we have all known the score. Driving after a few too many drinks could have you calling home from a

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Features
Toby Brockelbank

Kickflipping in Palestine

Skateboarding means the world to skaters from everywhere. Skating is a radical, inclusive, and interconnected community with a philosophy of Fuck You to anyone who tells us what to do, how to live, or where we can skate.  It’s a small world in skateboarding but also a spread out one

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Issue 12 / 58
Toby Brockelbank

Waikato University New Medical School?

After a seemingly endless parade of red tape, government interventions, political grandstanding, elections and Otago being Otago, the University of Waikato finally got the answer to the question of a third medical school in New Zealand. That answer was a resounding YES / NO   The abiding reality is that

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Features
Toby Brockelbank

Stod Smash – An Interview with the Pineja Drummer

I interviewed an old mate from high school who just so happens to drum for Pineja. Super talented, smart, nice, & funny dude, but he supports Chelsea so there’s definitely room to be cooler. Stod got me into Songs for the Deaf & The Strokes so fair to say he’s

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Features
Toby Brockelbank

Mondo-Motherfucking-Green

Mondogreen are a rad local band bringing a humble, funny, & mellow vibe to the local scene. Lochie & Connor are some gnarly skaters from back in my hometown. When I was learning to drop in, they were the cool seniors who actually knew how to skate. Can’t lie, with

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Features
Toby Brockelbank

An Eye For Music – An Interview with the Janka Volf

@___sarolta (three underscores) @___sarolta (three underscores) @___sarolta (three underscores) @___sarolta (three underscores) @___sarolta (three underscores) @___sarolta (three underscores) I never thought my first year of uni being a bcomm would amount to anything, but other than learning how to manage our laziest writer Joe, I also meet one rad human

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