One of the issues we had was how we dealt with the idea of balance in these issues. Is it our job to present an even-handed view of two sides of an issue? If so, do we really want as writers to have to play devil’s-advocate with things we...
In the first of a series of deep dives on topics of interest we asked Alex Nebesky to do a deep dive on the policies of the six likeliest parties to be in government after the election (sorry TOP). With a specific focus on what the parties are offering...
Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party has been doing fuck all for nearly three decades. The Minister of Justice has taken pity and done their job for them. New Conservative Honestly, I could have written the whole piece about the New Conservatives. They want to: Have you proactively involve your ISP...
While some of the pieces in this issue will tell you how we might vote or what we think is important we also wanted to educate. So we found our geekiest legal scholar and asked her to explain the legal system to you. You know about voting, right? You’ve...
The Māori roll dates to the 1860’s when Parliament decided to allow Māori men aged over 21 years old to vote. This was a time when only white, male property owners could vote so was relatively progressive for the times. It was supposed to be a temporary measure to...
Labour How would I describe myself? Youthful looking but not as youthful as you think. The thing about me is that I CARE. In fact, I care way too much. I hold myself to an impossibly high standard but I am also a cheap date, largely because I’ll always...
This would probably be a familiar feeling to a lot of you, coming into a new year of univeristy or school you might be feeling all fresh, wanting to top last year and make some big changes in your life. For some it might go as you plan, but...
New Zealand has a housing crisis, we’ve heard it all before. We hear it on the news all the time, we see articles published about it on a near daily basis. News headlines reading “Median Auckland housing prices at an all time high” appear way too often. The median...
For many of you the New Zealand Union of Student Associations or NZUSA is probably a term you have never heard of before. Long time readers, and PHD students probably know it from articles in the last ten years where Nexus (and almost every other student magazine) have written...
Like all intricate debates, this one must start with the acknowledgement that there are more substantial and in this case deadlier forces at play. We should, and likely will, spend some time in later issues reflecting on whether we handled COVID the right way as an institution. Whether the...
