Online dating gets a bad rep. I think almost anybody would agree that it’s preferable to meet your partner in person, the old-fashioned way, like perhaps by having your parents set you up in exchange for the family goat. But beggars can’t be fucking choosers. I mean, in an ideal
One way or another, porn is a touchy subject. Its ideological battleground runs the gambit from people who equate porn with rape, seeing it the two as theoretical and practical sides of the same coin; to self-identified feminist pornstars, who insist that their career is empowering. It’s just as problematic
These are the brutally honest and personal thoughts I have as a first-time voter. It’s timely that my first-time vote just so happens to be during the most soap-opera-like election New Zealand has ever seen. From Ashley Bloomfield memes to National’s many candidates who have been and gone. But all
Shiv – Bachelor of Laws Enrolled to vote? Yep. Who are you voting for? Labour, I think the Prime Minister is doing a pretty good job of it, I want it to keep on going. I’m not a fan of the National leader that’s running as well. She looks like a
For Mullets Mullet. Let it sink in. Doesn’t it just make the hairs on your neck stand up? In a really aroused way? Some countries have national birds or national anthems, but New Zealand has a national haircut. You’ll hear from the everyday social observer that mullets are coming back,
Editorial As the 21st season takes it toll on my liver and education (and therefore, the rest of my life), I’m reminded on why we have a 21st. It marks the beginning of the end. One minute you’re staring down the shaft of a yard-long glass of piss, bursting your
One of the most common relationships you’ll find around the youngins these days is, in fact, not really a relationship at all: it’s the casual hookup. A no-strings, no-fuss scenario that offers the physical perks of an actual relationship without any of the admin shit. In other words, it offers
August 10, Greenlane 1995 – Grace Rihari The day my angel decided to breathe me into lifeMy mum wanted Phoebe, my Dad thought otherwiseAnd so they settled on Grace, don’t ask me how or why With 33 letters and 3 middle namesMy Ingoa is quite the mouthful to sayI guess
GAP YEAR Gaps are great. Some might have said the cute gap you had in your front teeth at age 5 was one, others would consider the land gap between Australia and New Zealand to be another, but the best gap of them all is the one you have after
Jamie Strange The New Zealand electoral system has been mixed-member proportional (MMP) since 1996. MMP was introduced after a referendum in 1993. MMP replaced the first-past-the-post (FPP) system New Zealand had previously used for most of its history. I believe a key reason New Zealanders voted for MMP was because