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Unpacking Politics' Most Beloved Shallow Phrase. By Maia Berryman-Kamp (Te Arawa, Mataatua, me Tainui) In this most humble of election...

By Quinn Cassidy (they/he/she), Te Arawa The sun sees her as I do.   Adorning her with freckles,   Gifted upon her knees.          Her...

By Vin Mahadevan If there’s one thing my father and I have in common,  it’s that we’re both addicted to putting fags in our mouths. Every...

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...

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...

Joshua Toumu’a (he/him)  Once again, I have looked upon Desire like the sun and they left a lavender bag of themself in my pillowcase. I...

Kermit Winona  Scientists gave octopuses MDMA, just to see. You see,  they hate each other.  The octopuses, I mean.  They just really,...

Jackson McCarthy (he/him; Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Tamaterā, Ngāti Hako)  Driving through beautiful tree-lined Tāhuna streets this March, in the...

Ahinata Kaitai-Mullane (she/her; Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Waitaha)  I am  tī kōuka.  We are.  I can’t decide which.  Perhaps it’s both  at...

Aroha Witinitara (they/them)  I’m walking home after a long day at uni. It's 6pm and it's winter so it feels like the middle of the...

Izzy Christie  I don’t want to be happy. At least that’s what I tell myself. My heart beats behind the cotton wool of my jumper at the...