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Emma Bradfield Picture this: it’s a busy Saturday evening shift at a Wellington restaurant. There’s glassware to polish, drinks to run, and orders to take—but I am standing in front of a customer who has been staring at the beer list for the better part of two minutes. Finally, he turns to me and says, ‘Do you have anything that isn’t this Wellington shit?’ People working in hospitality have been dealing with this sort of thing since the dawn of time. The serving wenches in

Freddy Jarman I heard my friend doesn’t want to vote in this election. It's fine—he goes to Massey. Still, it astounded me. I can’t imagine looking at everything that has happened over the past three years and deciding that abstaining is the best course of action. But he got me thinking about why somebody might not want to vote. The political world can feel exhausting to look at, let alone invest time in. This political indifference is present in so many people I talk to no