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Lauren Anastasi

Down With The Fish

Thick rivers drip from my fingers in burgundy ribbons, splashing among the coarse sand beneath my feet. I should wash it off to remove the evidence of what I’ve done, but all I can do is stare at the pale face slowly sinking further and further out of my sight.

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Anon

A Kleptomaniac Stole This Column

Bro, I went to Kmart and I stood right in front of the checkout so that I wouldn’t steal because I’ve got a bad stealing problem when it comes to Kmart. Like, nowhere else I will steal. In Kmart, I will steal.  Tell me why I accidentally walked out with

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Columns
Sarah Smith

Confessions of a Theatre Kid: Tales of The Big Sing

If you ever get incredibly bored and need something to fill your time, I suggest finding @nzchoirconfessions on Instagram. What you will soon discover is a subgenre of arts nerds, Choir Kids… And they all have crushes on each other. The Big Sing Finale and Cadenzas are rapidly approaching, and

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Joseph Laybourn

History 4 Dummies

Hannibal Fucks up the Romans The year is 218 BC, into our story walks Hannibal Lecter. He’s a one-eyed Carthaginian General (from modern day Tunisa, north Africa) who’s got his mind set on invading Rome. The issue is, Hannibal has no navy, (long story, they previously got fucked by Rome,

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Columns
Amira Stephenson

Nexus Knows Issue 16

Anonymous: To date or not to date during uni? That is the question.   Nexus: This is an incredibly valid thing to consider. The answer, really, depends on the person and what you find out about yourself by evaluating. What is most important to you, and will you be able

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Columns
Nina Pacheco

Illegal =/= immoral

The fallacy that something that is illegal is immediately wrong and immoral is one that has continued to persevere through generations. This rigid worldview seems especially persistent among older generations, arguably due to a combination of anti-intellectualism, growing up in a time with limited access to diverse media and critical

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Features
Toby Brockelbank

Damaged Cells Aotearoa’s Prison System

This issue contains plenty of discussion on crime itself, its social and political foundation, and even its distortion into entertainment, but very little on its consequences. Aotearoa has 18 prisons. Under a Labour Government, our prison population dropped more than 25%, however under our right-wing coalition, has exceeded 10,000 inmates

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Lauren Anastasi

The True Crime Fascination

The True Crime Fascination  Morbid curiosity. On some level, we’re all guilty of it. You drive past a car crash and you’re watching to see if you can catch a glimpse of anything, you see a taped off crime scene swarming with cops and you walk a little slower past

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Dylan Jarrett

Sports Centre – Issue 16

Top 5 Athletes with Criminal Pasts 5. CHRIS BENOIT Ruby really wanted me to put this guy on here, but she already wrote a whole thing about him, and the WWE is a fake sport anyways. 4. RUSSIAN OLYMPIANS4. RUSSIAN OLYMPIANS 4. RUSSIAN OLYMPIANS It would be hard to get

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Issue 16 / 58
Maia Jones

Man Killed in Street Fight in Hamilton

A 20-year-old man died in hospital after a street fight in central Hamilton on Saturday the 19th. The fight was between two groups, one person was killed, and three other people were injured. The other three people have injuries ranging from moderate to serious. Witnesses reported seeing carloads of people

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