HOME IS WHERE THE LANDLORD IS
It is an election year, so every week Nexus will cover new policies it finds interesting and try to get the politicians to speak to us. The obvious place to start was with the Greens who launched A Home for Everybody, last week. So we asked Dylan Jarrett to cover it while Toby Brockelbank sat down with Francisco Hernandez – You can view an extended interview with Francisco here […]
The Great Ham East Garbage patch
If you’re flatting or have ever explored the area around the University specifically on the knighton road side then you’ve probably noticed the absolute huge clusterfuck of rubbish that piles up on every street corner and every footpath and every park. Black trash bags seem to spawn in around bin day along with a mattress that never goes away, then the piles grow and grow […]
ALLOW US TO RE-INTRODUCE OURSELVES
The WSU unveiled its new name with a Karakia and a kai, in an intimate ceremony for staff, guests, and alumni on March 25th in the Sub Zero Lounge of the Student Union Building. Te Awa Kōtui was unveiled as a replacement for the previous translative name of the Waikato Students’ Union and was adopted for use in an event organised and catered by the WSU Experience team . “The name gives recognition to the […]
Homegrown Returns
After a long eighteen years down in Wellington, the Homegrown music festival made its comeback where it all began, right here in Hamilton. The move was prompted by the popularity of the event, causing the number of attendees to more than double since it settled in Wellington from around 10,000 to 24,000 (RNZ). With the Claudelands Oval able to […]
Nexus Breaks the News – 23/3/26
Trump buys all of his staff the same shoes, guesses shoe sizes: There are so many layers to this that I could make a joke about this with, but the fact he said “everyone’s afraid not to wear them” says enough I think. A drone looking for a missing man finds a bear waking up from hibernation: I love […]
Opinion: University Parking
For $3 a day paying for a park on campus, it should be a hell of a lot easier to find a space, but apparently, everyone and their mother wants to circle the place as soon as I do too. I’m living in self-catered accommodation, and there’s still not enough parking for us. As much as the rise of petrol prices would cause […]
SAVE THE PLANET? LET’S FUCK UP SPACE INSTEAD!
Ok, technically not the view of anyone not wearing a Maga hat or owning Twitter but it isn’t far off, at least according to Dr Anna Marie Brennan, a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Law. In an interview with the University of Waikato Dr Brenan (pictured) said private companies are rapidly turning asteroid mining into a commercial reality. Firms such as AstroForge and […]
Should speed limits be lowered on Te Rapa Road?
The Hamilton City Council is proposing lowering the speed limit on a 460m stretch of Te Rapa Road from 80 km/h to 60 km/h. The speed limit change would apply between Hutchinson Road and State Highway 1C. Why? One of the consequences of calling Hamilton the city of the future is that it actually kind of is. The […]
NOT DEAD YET: Nexus CRITICal response to Otago and OUSA.
Toward the end of the 2010s then Nexus Editor Lyam Buchanan and Critic Editor Joel McManus before people recognised his actual talents in journalism, hatched a scheme to buy Wellington’s Salient Magazine. Now, Salient was never actually for sale, but issues with Victoria University and VuWsa had created a significant risk that it would be defunded. After […]
Nexus Breaks the News – 16/03/26
Iran war pushes fuel past $100 usd per barrel: This is definitely our sign to flood the Hamilton bus system and finally take advantage of that student pricing. Judith Collins regarding Christopher Luxon: “he’s excellent” The results of that recent poll definitely say otherwise, but whatever butters your lobster queen. Just remember that’s the party you quit. Prince Andrew seen in incriminating […]