May 53 min read
“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...
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Apr 143 min read
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 147 min read
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 144 min read
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 147 min read
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 143 min read
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 145 min read
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 143 min read
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 142 min read
“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 73 min read
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 74 min read
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 75 min read
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 73 min read
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 76 min read
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 75 min read
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...
Mar 317 min read
RadioActive: Pōneke’s Pulse of Alternative Sound and Student Culture
By Ryan Cleland In 1976, Salient ran an advertisement for a small radio-station club on campus. The following year, the student radio...
Mar 313 min read
Notes from the Underground: Inside Wellington’s Bunker Rave Scene
Words by Will Irvine I’m the only person left on the bus when the driver drops me off at Mt. Crawford Prison. The area’s been abandoned...
Mar 315 min read
For The Record...
By Jia Sharma In the vast spaces of Wellington’s music scene, few club nights have stood the test of time like Atomic and 24 Hour Party...
Mar 316 min read
Good Music
By Grace Bridle Coolness at my primary school in 2011 was defined by one thing – watching The X Factor . If you were one of those unlucky...
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