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

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

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

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

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...

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

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’...

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

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...

By Ryan Cleland In 1976, Salient ran an advertisement for a small radio-station club on campus. The following year, the student radio...

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...

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...

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...

By Josh Smith I first saw Park Flyers at the Jam Factory in Tauranga around a year ago. Before this I never really got the appeal of...

Fergus Goodall Smith Journalistic titan Guyon Espiner has been in the media industry for over thirty years. He’s worked in print, radio,...

Fergus Goodall Smith Succession, one of the greatest shows to ever grace the pixels of our screens, is about a family. A very fucked up,...

Ethan Rogacion (he/him) Ahh, the Old Government Building. Home of a bizarre exhibition about the history of the public service, an...

Will Irvine (he/him) It’s become a truism at this point that developing an in-person study routine is crucial to ensuring academic...

By Emma Maguire (they/them) You might know the Student Union Building from its greatest hits; excellent pizza from the Hunter Lounge,...