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May 12, 20254 min read

Decolonising the Lab Coat

Rebekah Tolhopf The integration of Māoritanga and Science The scientific method, as it is commonly taught and practiced, promotes a...

May 12, 20252 min read

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Meet Zoran Sinovcic, one of Aoteroa's snake handlers

Dan Moskovitz One of the privileges unique to living in Aotearoa is how safe our nature is. Aside from the very shy katipō (which hasn’t...

May 12, 20256 min read

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Seeing Conservation in Wellington

by Maya Field It’s a truth universally acknowledged that conservation and Aotearoa go hand in hand. It feels like a uniquely Kiwi...

May 6, 20256 min read

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Time to Sign!

Hope Cotton (she/her) This week is New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) Week! NZSL is New Zealand’s third official language. It is a...

May 5, 20253 min read

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“The biggest privilege of my life” - Stepping Away from Meaningful Confessions

By Darcy Lawrey (he/him) “VuW: Meaningful Confessions” is a bit of a Vic institution. Scrolling through the page’s posts you’ll come...

Apr 14, 20253 min read

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It's a Māori world and you're lucky to be living in it. (uh-huh)

By Josh Robinson (He/Him) Ngāti Ranganui Last week, I visited Parliament to watch the Treaty Principles bill fail in its second reading....

Apr 14, 20257 min read

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A Tiriti Honouring Aotearoa

Nā Hilda Halkyard-Harawira (Ngā Iwi o Muriwhenua, Ngāpuhi, me Ngāti Whātua) Tēna koutou, e tauira mā, All you clever students and kaiako...

Apr 14, 20254 min read

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Imagining Te Tiriti-centred Futures

By Asians Supporting Tino Rangatiratanga (Pōneke) You may have heard of Asians Supporting Tino Rangatiratanga (ASTR) – a group of tauiwi...

Apr 14, 20257 min read

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Being Tangata Tiriti: Pākehā Voices on Belonging, Responsibility, and Aotearoa

By Te Urukeiha Tuhua (He/Ia) Tūhoe I’ve heard a lot of kōrero about what it means to be Tangata Tiriti- a non-Māori person living in...

Apr 14, 20253 min read

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Life at a post-hīkoi VUW

By Kaea Hudson (Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Awa, Tūhoe) On the 19th of November 2024 a record number of people journeyed to the streets of...

Apr 14, 20255 min read

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Ka Mua Ka Muri

By Maia Berryman-Kamp (Te Arawa, Mataatua) When talking about Te Tiriti, one figure looms elusive - the Waitangi Tribunal. Featuring in...

Apr 14, 20253 min read

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Beyond the Colonial Blindfold

Will Irvine (he/him) “Capitalism attacks and destroys all the finer sentiments of the human heart; it ruthlessly sweeps away old...

Apr 14, 20252 min read

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“By Māori, with Māori, for Māori” – Debunking Fears about Kaupapa Māori Approaches to Governance

Nā Aria Ngarimu (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairoa, Rongomaiwāhine, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui) If you’ve encountered critical theory...

Apr 14, 20252 min read

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FLAGS 101

By Taipari Taua (Muriwhenua, Ngāpuhi) The Tino Rangatiratanga flag The Tino Rangatiratanga flag emerged in 1989 when the Māori...

Apr 7, 20253 min read

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This is an intervention: Signs your drinking is starting to get out of hand

By Georgia Wearing A large part of student culture is comprised of drinking, getting on the piss, celebrating wins, and drowning out...

Apr 7, 20254 min read

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Mix and Matching: Acid, Stimulants, and Humiliation

by Ryleigh Stacy-Smith A lot people tell you not to mix drinks because it will fuck you up. Drugs are the same. I won't tell you not to...

Apr 7, 20255 min read

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SSRIs - The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly

By Maya Field TW: Discussions of Mental Illnesses When I was 16, diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and general anxiety, I was...

Apr 7, 20253 min read

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Staying Safe(r) – Your Guide to Online Drug Resources

By Anonymous Ever turned to Google to work out if combining two drugs is a good or bad idea and been presented with nothing but rehabs’...

Apr 7, 20256 min read

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Some Rare Melodic-Psychedelic Symbioses

By Caliso Bercrim Sonclover III LSD is symbiotic to music like no other drug. It has facilitated profound experimentation in musical...

Apr 7, 20255 min read

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Cigarettes are worse, and that's what makes them so much better

By: Jay Lee-Guard I moved into my flat (okay) alongside my roommates (wonderful) at the end of last year, just after final exams. At the...

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