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The Bunkbed
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- By B. I. Godson In those days Brother Jean-Baptiste had no doubts about God. There on the top bunk, the balls of his feet pressed through...
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From Aotearoa to Palestine: Matariki Reflections
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- It’s Matariki, and I am with my whānau by the coast with a bowl of hot boil-up on my lap and some fry bread in my hand. We’re gathered...
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Healing the World: Jewish Traditions and Justice.
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- by Ari (they/them) Kia ora, and Shalom aleichem. I’m a PhD candidate here at Te Herenga Waka and I am of Ashkenazi (Jewish people whose...
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‘Giving It Up’ for Lipstick - a Hotly Anticipated Single Release From Wellington’s Local Celebrities
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- By Madeleine Vivienne Pierre The single release party for Lipstick at Valhalla was a masterclass in reflecting the local band scene for...
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Islam on Campus (and Respawning My Faith)
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- The first time I was introduced to Islam was through a terrorist joke. Just a kid playing Halo on my Dad’s Xbox 360, on a tiny TV in...
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ENTER THE CONCLAVE: Ryan's Guide to becoming the Pope
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- By Ryan Cleland (he/him) So you want to be the Pope, eh? Well, you’ve come to the right place! Your journey to the Papacy is a busy one —...
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Whatever Happened to Berrigan House?
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- By Will Irvine For nearly a decade, a utopian socialist community existed right on the doorstep of Victoria University of Wellington....
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Who is Behind Independent Together? Whaling, Tobacco, and Conspiracy Theories.
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- By Darcy Lawrey (he/him) With roughly 100 days to go until Wellington will elect a new council, it’s likely you’ve spotted Independent...
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A Few Minutes with Andy Johnston
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- By Nick Heine-Sheldrake Andy Johnston didn’t mean to become a wildlife expert, but the 25-year-old now finds himself traveling from...
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WCC decides to enforce its own rules
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- By Dan Moskovitz Wellington City Council and scandal are two peas in a pod. WCC councillors and scandal practically share the same bed....
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Sex Myths and What I Wish I Knew at 18 (Now That I'm 30)
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- By Magenta Kaos (they/he) Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Whare, Tūhoe “Sex Is Only Sex If There's Penetration” Sex education has long been lacking,...
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Counting Down
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- Ryan Cleland (he/him) I’d like to say I was pretty good at math as a kid. No Einstein, sure, but I held my own. When I was in Year 1, I...
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It’s a Renters World, and We’re…Not Living in it?
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- By Fergus Goodall Smith You may have seen headlines telling you that Wellington rental prices are dropping, that it’s a renter’s market,...
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The Sex Parties of Queen Dove
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- By Georgia Wearing How did you get into hosting sex parties? I’ve always identified as kinky, as a teenager I scoured every corner of the...
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Everyone is a target: Inside Deepfake Pornography
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- By PHOEBE ROBERTSON Deepfake pornography has been called the future of revenge porn, but that term doesn’t quite capture it. Unlike...
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Getting Methy – New Zealand’s changing drug market
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- By Darcy Lawrey (he/him) Trigger Warning: Discusses drug use. Testing of New Zealand’s wastewater over the last year has revealed an...
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Standing Guard
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- words by Will Irvine I never had the makings of a traditional doorman. I’m 5’11, 88kgs, and nowhere near close to intimidating. In high...
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Naked and Unafraid
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- Words by Dorian (he/him) I’ve been to a few life drawing classes in my time as someone who sketches, though I had never thoroughly...
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Opinion: Can Chris Hipkins Pull it Off?
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- By Walter Hamer Zamalis The 2023 New Zealand general election was one in which Aotearoa saw nothing in its future, and so voted according...
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An Oral History of Sex
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- By Shaw McEwan (Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Ngāti Pāhauwera, Ngāti Porou) and Taipari Taua (Muriwhenua, Ngāpuhi) Sex and love have always been...
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FROM DISHWASHER TO TOP DOG
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- Stories from a life spent behind the bar By Courtney Plaize (she/her) Being a female bartender is hard. Now add management and Courtenay...
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A new kind of six inches
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- By Diamond (she/her) Popular media has been paying special attention to sex work lately. Stripping has become Hollywood's new ‘darling’...
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Town on a Budget
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- By Georgia Wearing We may have missed the prime years of clubbing when the 2000’s music wasn’t overdone, beers were $1, and the recession...
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A love letter to Shibari
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- By Faun Watson A number of years ago, I started attending Wellington kink events with my then-partner. We had the same goals as many...
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Too loud, too late, too alive
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- A Manifesto for the Troublesome Women of Courtenay Place Riona Chen (she/her) I go to the club to make genuine emotional connections and...
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The Dark Underbelly of Unregulated Gambling Advertising, and How it’s Affecting Students
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- Fergus Goodall Smith Over the past year, you may have noticed something change in the behaviour of advertisements on the platforms you...
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Human-Generated Art
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- By Kaleb AI has its pervasive finger up everybody's prostate. You hear all through the halls of people making faustian bargains for a...
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Attack of the Droids
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- By Darcy Lawrey (he/him) If you’re a Computer Science major, you can stop wasting your money on tuition fees – vibe coding will take it...
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Chris Kraus isn't Done With Wellington
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- WILL IRVINE in conversation with CHRIS KRAUS Over the summer, I had the rare pleasure of being able to interview Chris Kraus. Most people...
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We Found Love (Community) in a Hopeless Place (Law School)
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- Ethan Rogacion (he/him) Ahh, the Old Government Building. Home of a bizarre exhibition about the history of the public service, an...
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