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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.
VUWSA Defends Promoting Pills
JAMIE CLUMPAS (HE/ANY) VUWSA has defended promoting high-dose caffeine pill “Nō Dōz” in the face of online backlash. The posts on...
Jamie Clumpas
Mar 3, 20242 min read
Abrupt Closure of Award Winning Wellington Brothel
Words by Ashleigh Putt-Fallows (she/her) Ngāti Whātua, Ngāpuhi, Tūhoe A central, appointment based brothel that has been open since 2006...
Ashleigh Putt-Fallows
Mar 3, 20242 min read
Bird Flu? Uh, Yeah, I Sure Hope it Does
WILL IRVINE (HE/HIM) Here at Salient, we love birds. Forming the vast majority of Aotearoa’s endemic species, birds make up a significant...
Will Irvine
Mar 3, 20243 min read
The real disease of Aotearoa: the New Zealand Government
Harris Puanaki Devon & Te Waikamihi Lambert Tumuaki o Te Mana Ākonga & Tumuaki Takirua o Ngāi Tauira The racist disestablishment of Te...
Harris Puanaki Devon
Mar 3, 20242 min read
Benefit sanctions to jump after Coalition welfare reform
DAN MOSKOVITZ (HE/HIM) The government last week announced a reset of the welfare system, with the number of beneficiaries sanctioned...
Dan Moskovitz
Mar 3, 20243 min read
Looming Water Shortages Risk Sending Students Half-Flushed Up Shit’s Creek.
JAMIE CLUMPAS (HE/ANY) As students descend back on to the city, it looks like Wellington has dodged a bullet—for now. Latest assessments...
Jamie Clumpas
Feb 25, 20243 min read
Opinion: The Wellington Phoenix Men are winning, for once. It's time to support them.
DAN MOSKOVITZ (HE/HIM) The Wellington Phoenix Men are top of the league. In the seventeen-year history of the club, that sentence has...
Dan Moskovitz
Feb 25, 20241 min read
New Nightclubs Enter Town to Little Fanfare
WILL IRVINE (HE/HIM) It’s common conjecture at this point that Courtenay Place is either dead or dying. Every few months, Stuff or the...
Will Irvine
Feb 25, 20242 min read
School of Music Set To Make Some Noise… At The Library
ETHAN ROGACION (He/Him) In a joint statement, Wellington City Council and Te Herenga Waka announced their intention to move the New...
Ethan Rogacion
Feb 25, 20241 min read
“World’s Most Moral Army” Continues Indiscriminate Bombardment on Densely Populated Civilian Centre
WILL IRVINE (HE/HIM) RAFAH, OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES On February 12th, as US and international eyes were fixated on the Super...
Will Irvine
Feb 25, 20243 min read
Salient’s Summer Story Roundup
If you’ve been out of Pōneke over the summer, or have just been tuned out of the news, chances are you’ve missed a few stories.
Ethan Rogacion
Feb 25, 20242 min read
Greens hold Lambton Ward after special votes counted
DAN MOSKOVITZ (HE/HIM) On Saturday, he won a seat on the city council in the by-election to replace newly-elected MP Tamatha Paul. On...
Dan Moskovitz
Feb 25, 20242 min read
The Week in Review
HENRY BROADBENT (HE/HIM) Government Announces ‘Full Force’ Benefit Sanctions Early in the week, PM Christopher Luxon and Minister for...
Henry Broadbent
Feb 25, 20242 min read
Condom Confusion Erupts as Machine Vanishes from Campus Toilets
Words by Ethan Manera (he/him) and Francesca Pietkiewicz (she/they) A curious condom machine in a men's bathroom on Kelburn campus has...
Francesca Pietkiewicz
Oct 9, 20232 min read
Staff Told to Tear Down Posters Protesting Staff Cuts On Open Day
Words by Ethan Manera (he/him) Documents released to Salient under the Official Information Act reveal the university ordered the removal...
Ethan Manera
Oct 8, 20232 min read
Grant Robertson Votes, Eats Sausage, and Ignores Protesters on Campus
Words by Niamh Vaughan (she/her) and Maia Ingoe (she/her) VUW has become a hotspot for politicians heading to cast their vote, with...
Maia Ingoe
Oct 8, 20232 min read
How to Survive the Renting Rat Race
Words by Maia Ingoe (she/her) and Zoe Mills (they/she) It’s that time of year again: hordes of freshers perform the annual ritual of...
Zoe Mills
Oct 8, 20232 min read
D-Day for Humanities as Confirmed Course Cuts Rock University
Words by Niamh Vaughan (she/her) and Zöe Mills (they/she) The long-winded process of staff cuts at Victoria University of Wellington...
Nimah Vaughan
Oct 1, 20234 min read
International Students Screwed Over By “Advanced Graduation” Mismanagement
Words by Ethan Rogacion (he/him) International students have been cold shouldered by VUW about their graduation ceremony this year,...
Ethan Rogacion
Sep 18, 20233 min read
Mite Mania: Capital Hall Under Scabies Siege
Words by Ethan Manera (he/him) Freshers have been left itching and scratching as an unwelcome guest has taken over VUW’s Capital Hall: an...
Ethan Manera
Sep 4, 20232 min read
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