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Jacinta Pattison The thrift store is cool and slightly musty when she steps inside. It’s reminiscent of a library, a hushed silence...

Jia Sharma (she/her) Being Indian is something I haven’t always embraced. Like many Indian girls growing up in New Zealand, I tried hard...

Georgia Wearing (she/her) No, seriously. Fuck fashion. I am tired enough as it is, having to get up every single day and put clothes on —...

By Alice “they/them” Wilson Everyone is guilty of making some questionable fashion choices in an attempt to distinguish themselves from...

Fergus Goodall Smith Does it seem like winter came early this year? Your power bill might make you feel like it did. The Commerce...

Madi Brokenshire (she/her, Ngāti Maru Hauraki & Te Āti Awa) I miss home. But I’m already on my iwi’s land. The only time I feel at home...

By Te Urukeiha Tuhua (He/Ia) (Tūhoe) Back in my hometown, I would slip outside my house silently to go for nighttime walks. Mum didn’t...

Written by Heyam Murad, Colden Sapir, and Hugh Acton Climate Action & Resistance VUW It’s fair to say that things around the world...

by Anon Recently Salient ran an ad for the Cookie Time Christmas Cookie Sellers initiative, and I felt the call to action. The call to...

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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