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Welcome to the Salient blog! Here you'll find every piece of writing we've published this year. Browse by category, or just go for a scroll.

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Zia Ravenscroft

Oct 72 min read

UniQ: The Secret Gay Language of Polari

It began probably sometime in the 1800s across the United Kingdom as a collection of words borrowed from other languages and slangs

Pacific Nations and Languages | Solomon Islands & Niue

Salient Mag

Oct 73 min read

Pacific Nations and Languages | Solomon Islands & Niue

Solomon Islands & Niue

Guest Writer

Sep 303 min read

LONG-COVID: It Sucks

Over 200,000 Kiwis are registered in the long Covid registry. We’re out here—just struggling in silence.

Zia Ravenscroft

Sep 302 min read

UniQ | Pre-Disability: A Myth

We are all pre-disabled. The notion of a liveable life is always connected to an able body.

Salient Mag

Sep 303 min read

Little Bird: Work for Salient in 2025?

The Toroa and Blue Duck debate the pros and cons of a job at the student rag

Staying Safe Online: Addressing Sextortion in Tertiary Spaces

Dylan Van Heerden

Sep 232 min read

Staying Safe Online: Addressing Sextortion in Tertiary Spaces

Sextortion, a form of online blackmail, is on the rise, affecting many students who are vulnerable to online threats.

Little birdie: To use AI on your essays, or not?

Salient Mag

Sep 233 min read

Little birdie: To use AI on your essays, or not?

Though AI is a tool that can be utilized for the greater good, using AI to write your essays is 100% using it for the greater bad.

Mauatua Fa’ara-Reynold

Sep 232 min read

Pacific Nations and Languages : Nauru

Welcome back to Salient’s Pacific language learning!

NTU: Kei ngā mana, kei ngā reo, kei ngā ihorei o Te Ao Māori, tēnā tātau katoa!

Salient Mag

Sep 161 min read

NTU: Kei ngā mana, kei ngā reo, kei ngā ihorei o Te Ao Māori, tēnā tātau katoa!

Ngā Taura Umanga (NTU) was established in 2006 to encourage, support, and advocate for the needs of tauira Māori studying any commerce paper

Guest Writer

Sep 162 min read

NTU: Kei ngā mana, kei ngā reo, kei ngā ihorei oTe Ao Māori, tēnā tātau katoa!

Nō te tau 2006 whakarewahia ai a Ngā Taura Umanga hei whakatenatena, hei tautoko, hei hāpai/taunaki hoki i ngā hiahia o ngā tauira Māori

Column: Te Hōhaieti o Te Reo Māori | Māori Language Society

Guest Writer

Sep 162 min read

Column: Te Hōhaieti o Te Reo Māori | Māori Language Society

“E tama mā, e hine mā. Tērā te atua e pātai mai ki a koutou, I pēwhea e koutou te reo rangatira i hoatungia nā e au, ki a koutou”

Guest Writer

Sep 162 min read

Column: Ngāi Tauira

Nei au ka noho ki te māhau o tōku whare o te Tumu Herenga Waka. Ko wai rā, ko wai rā te tipuna kei runga ko Kupe.

Ngā Rangahautira | Māori Law Students Association

Guest Writer

Sep 162 min read

Ngā Rangahautira | Māori Law Students Association

Ngā Rangahautira’s beginning was in the small number of Māori law students that would informally come together.

Hemi Pinford-Whanga

Sep 161 min read

Maramataka

Kia ora and welcome to your guide through the Maramataka, starting the 16th of September 2024

Te Rātā Campbell

Sep 163 min read

Ēitita: Te Ao Mārama

Kia ora! E hīkaka ana au i tō kōwhiri i tēnei pukapuka! Ko Te Rātā Campbell ahau, ko au te Āpiha Tūmatanui o Ngāi Tauira, te Rōpu Tauira Māo

Guest Writer

Sep 161 min read

IWI-READS

From Rangitāne to Te Arawa

Guest Writer

Sep 161 min read

Mind Your Tongue!

He kaha tā tātou whakaaro ake ki te ako i te reo Māori, engari tēnei mea te ako

Guest Writer

Sep 161 min read

Te Mana Ākonga

Kei ngā tini whenuwhenu, kei ngā aho manomano, kei te kāhuinga waka, nei mātou ko Te Mana Ākonga e tuku reo hihiri atu ki a koutou katoa.

Te Rātā Campbell

Sep 163 min read

Editorial: Te Ao Mārama

Kia ora! I am so excited that you’ve picked up this magazine! Welcome to Te Ao Mārama

Post - Me Too? Why we need to talk about sexual and gender-based violence in this hyper-online era.

Niamh Prendergast

Sep 93 min read

Post - Me Too? Why we need to talk about sexual and gender-based violence in this hyper-online era.

It is clear we are seeing global rises in harmful misogyny, and that Aotearoa is not exempt.

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