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 talents are Aotearoa made, shaping […]
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 took a deep breath as […]
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 I go about my routine […]
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 into tragedy. This darkly atmospheric […]
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, ever evolving masterpiece!? Scatter empty […]
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 could think of. You’ll have […]
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 you can do is change […]
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 at least they haven’t stabbed […]
Hamilton Gardens Reviewed
THE TROPICAL GARDEN At first, I thought it was too warm for March. Too warm for Autumn. I realised, quickly, that my symptoms – Swamp Ass, Itchy Eyes, and Nipple Drip – were the result of the impressive implementation of a tropical climate. Buzzing cicadas, more buzzing cicadas, and, ummm… rushing streams. The ambience of […]
Eco-Terrorism or Eco-Heroism?
The term eco-terrorism usually refers to an act of violence in support of environmental causes, against property or people. But can this really be called terrorism? The Cambridge Dictionary defines terrorism as “violent action or threats designed to cause fear among ordinary people, in order to achieve political aims” (the Oxford Dictionary wouldn’t let me […]