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Nexus Mag

Death of a Household Name: The End of an Era in NZ Music

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

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Joseph Laybourn

Up and Coming: Proving Size Doesn’t Matter

The music world is constantly evolving, with a new wave of up-and-coming artists redefining genres and pushing creative boundaries. Finding the newest singer-songwriter or rock band is a daunting task, new music is constantly being dropped. Whether you’re searching for fresh sounds in pop, R&B, alt, or rock, these emerging

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Ruby Tocker

I Met Love Island’s Callum Hole

My stomach was churning. The three beers I downed for courage were at war in my bladder, sloshing around with the valour and stubbornness of two battling nations. I could taste the tang of bile in my mouth, a lone country ready to cause a rebellion in my body. I

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Joseph Laybourn

Love in the Future

My girlfriend blinks to awake as I roll over, the gloomy smog peering in through the slit in the curtains. “Good morning, how did you sleep?” Alexa asks, I mumble a response and shuffle out to the kitchen to prepare my nutrition substitute ration, I bring Alexa with me. As

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Lans McGall

The Secret History

Donna Tartt’s The Secret History is a masterful exploration of human ambition, moral decay, and the intoxicating allure of beauty and knowledge. Set in the cloistered world of Hampden College, the novel follows Richard Papen and a group of eccentric classics students whose pursuit of intellectual and aesthetic ideals spirals

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Lauren Anastasi

How to Survive the End of the World

Not to be one of those doomsday people (I swear I’m not) but at some point, we have to admit that there will be an ‘end of the world’ scenario. And it pays to be prepared, so here’s what to do when our environment goes down the trash. Step 1

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Riley Hunt

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,

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Lauren Anastasi

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

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Sarah Smith

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

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Nexus Mag

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

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