issue 23 / 58
Toby Brockelbank

Shawn Gets His First Kickflip

Skater Shawn from Ohio (@punks.sticks_) battles gravity, concrete, and his legs, to land his first kickflip. He had this to share about the haunting process, “every fail made me try again over and over again without end to the point where I was about to pass out from exhaustion”. Shawn

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issue 23 / 58
Anon

ASTROTURDS: The kiwi grifter’s desire to be a Yank

Recently, ACT party leader David Seymour half-earnestly plead to Parliament that they recognise the assassination of Charlie Kirk, a move which was blocked by The Greens and Te Pāti Māori. During a free Palestine march in Auckland, counter protestors from Destiny Church held a vigil for Charlie Kirk, including parading

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issue 23 / 58
Dylan Jarrett

(national is) CRUNCHING OUR NUMBERS

The economy is a daunting thing for most people, not only are econ majors usually really, blood-boilingly insufferable, but the big wigs running the show love dressing up what’s going on in smoke and mirrors that make the whole thing seem like some calculated circus act: There are ups and

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Features
Ruby Tocker

Beware The Goth Youth

The ‘90s were a time of both optimism and unease. The internet promised connection, the economy was booming, and pop culture was fueled by irony and rebellion. Yet, beneath the surface of society lay the growing fears of youth, violence, and alternative identity. Defined by its moody aesthetic, introspective sound,

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Interviews
Toby Brockelbank

The Shadow:Auckland’s Goth Scene From the 80s to Early 2000s

What is gothic and what does it mean to be a goth?This very question has been the source of many disagreements and no small amount of gatekeeping, and I think everyone who may have ever identified as goth (or presented as distinctly gothic while vehemently denying any association, which happens

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Features
Joseph Laybourn

Spooky Moons, Spooky Moods

It’s a windswept October’s night; a long howl echoes through the night, curling and searching its way through the misty streets. The clouds scud across the sky, flitting in and out of the shadows. Hanging in the sky, gazing over the world gone mad, sits a shining celestial body: the

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Columns
Aria Matthews

Aesthetic Of The Macabre

Written by Aya Dead bodies are a favourite topic of conversation across the humanities. It seems that there’s just something fascinating about the dark, decaying and macabre. Every culture has practices and beliefs that it lends to death; their own funeral rites they grant to those who pass. One of

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Columns
Amira Stephenson

Graveyard Etiquette

Ah, Tik Tok, the place where all micro trends go to live and die. Home of dancing, viral song, and as it appears, gravestone cleaning. While this may seem like a thoughtful gesture for the deceased, which it can be, if done respectfully such as what @manicpixiemom does, a lot

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Columns
Sarah Smith

In Defense of Performative Males

Okay please, let me explain myself.   I fear this is actually an unproductive trend, I fear that calling out ‘performative males’ with their tote bags and their moustaches is actually just bullying men for having a personality. I don’t know about you, but I certainly prefer to surround myself with

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Columns
Lans McGall

Nexus Book Club: The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Robert Louis Stevenson’s Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde remains one of the most unsettling Victorian novellas. Published in 1886, it reflects contemporary anxieties about respectability, urban life, and the duality of man, while also anticipating modern debates on the unconscious, addiction, and hidden desires. Though brief in

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