Debate | Issue 11 | Secrets

debate Issue 11 | September 2019 | Secrets

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Contents

You Spill Us the Beans :: Page 16

Secrets To Success Page 10

Why Should I Vote?

Page 20

Climate Change Secret Page 22

Rice Burger Recipe Page 32

C OV E R I L L U S T R AT I O N BY L E O WA LTO N

EDITOR Ben Webber ben.webber@aut.ac.nz DESIGNER Ramina Rai rrai@aut.ac.nz ADVERTISING Jesse Jones jesse.jones@aut.ac.nz

CONTRIBUTORS Dan Brunskill, Yoon Hong, Hinengarangi Makoare, Jessy Thurston, Leo Walton, Sophia Romanos, Helen Shelvey, Maia Hall, Nathan Limm, Dexter Cheng, Oliver Rusden, James Page, Zoe Holland, Dayna Patel, Freepik, Pholcidae & Melissa Koh

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I’m not crazy about secret-keeping. As a journalist (can you call me that?) it’s ingrained in me to be suspicious of everything people tell me and never to take it at face value. In some cases, however I can become so suspicious that someone is keeping secret information from me that I ultimately fall into a pit of cynicism.

Putting my personal paranoia aside, I’ve been trying to come around to the fact that maybe some things should be kept secret and it’s not worth exposing them. At the same time, transparency is so important and it’s so critical for certain things to have light shed on them.

But that’s not always a reality and people will, undoubtedly, continue to keep secrets. I will try not to agonise over this.

In this issue we take a quick look at the presidential candidates for the upcoming AUTSA elections (page 12). I encourage you to vote in the elections this year as the student president ends up having quite a large amount of influence around AUT’s direction and it’s pretty important to make sure the person in the job keeps student interest at the forefront.

Editor's Letter

We also asked you for your secrets (page 16) which we may or may not regret doing.

Hi! This is our second to last issue of the magazine for 2019 and we wanted you to tell us all of your secrets before we finished up, hence this being the ‘Secrets’ issue.

Protect yourself against measles New Zealand’s measles outbreak has escalated to more than 1,000 cases and as this issue went to print there was one confirmed case of a student with measles at AUT. The student had been at class at the North Shore campus and went into quarantine. Those in contact with the student have been informed.

When you see us on stands next it will be our final issue for 2019, so we’ll try our best to make it a goodie.

Talk soon, Ben

Measles is among the most contagious viral diseases known (if you come into contact with someone with measles and you are not immune, there’s a 90% chance you’ll get sick). The best protection against measles is the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine and you need two doses of measlescontaining vaccine to be fully immunised.

AUT’s student medical centre provides these free vaccines. If you are not immune and

feel sick – do not come to campus. Phone your GP, the Student Medical Centre (09 921 9992 for City Campus or 09 021 9998 for North Campus) or Healthline on 0800 611 116. If you are diagnosed with measles contact 0800 AUT SAFE to report this.

The best source of information about measles is the Auckland Regional Public Health Services website www.arphs.health.nz

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What's on

Yoga

Mr Red Light

Sketching

Where: WA Conference Room, AUT City Campus When: Tue 24 September, 6pm What: Feeling stressed? A YOGA class–all levels welcome–will be held by Selwyn Community Education for the first time at a new and convenient location: AUT City Campus. It’s time to de-stress your way to the end of the semester. Sign up for the class on the 27th outside WA building or alternatively on the SCE Facebook page.

How much: $20

Where: Herald Theatre, Aotea Centre When: Runs until Sun 22 September What: Absurdly funny and joyfully inventive, Mr Red Light is the latest play

by Nightsong, the award-winning team behind Te Pō, Spirit House and 360.

How much: Student $35

Where: WG607, AUT City Campus When: Wed 25 September, 6pm What: Busy minds need a break so here’s your chance to unwind and be creative. Selwyn Community Education is providing a one-off sketching class for AUT staff and students. The class focuses on discovering simple strategies to sketch how you’ve always dreamed! Enquire via Facebook.

How much: TBC

A Comedy Show With Good Comedians In It Where: Caluzzi Bar & Cabaret When: Thurs 19 September What: 'Good Comedians' is a one-of-a-kind stand-up comedy show featuring some of Auckland's hottest humorous talent. Head on down to Caluzzi to have a good oldfashioned chuckle with our crack-up cast of funny people.

How much: Door sales $22

Sex, Lies and Improvise Where: Tiny Theatre, Garnet Station When: Thursdays at 8pm What: Coming live to the Tiny Theatre every Thursday this Winter and Spring is the return of the Sex, Lies and Improvise. This show is an hour of fast-paced improvised comedy about everyone's favourite topic: sex! ConArtists is the oldest professional improv company in Auckland. Making Garnet Station's Tiny Theatre its home again, they bring you slick, sexy improv for adults in 2019.

How much: Student $15

Beeswax Where: WG607, AUT City Campus When: Thurs 26 September, 6pm What: Calling all eco-warriors, this is an opportunity to make sustainable food wraps that you can use at home and on the go. Create your own, unique beeswax wrap with no experience necessary. Sign up outside WA on Tuesday 17 September.

Class is provided by Selwyn Community Education.

How much: TBC

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news

SRC Repeatedly Skips Academic Disciplinary Hearings

By Dan Brunskill The AUTSA Student Representative

Business, Economics & Law disciplinary

“We received quite a furious message

Council (SRC) have failed to attend eight disciplinary hearings this year, adding stress to anxious students awaiting judgement.

hearings, told Debate she was shocked to hear that AUTSA was missing hearings.

from the disciplinary hearing committee - and it did go ahead - because these students might have been waiting a year to get a result. So, you can’t really delay it even more,” she said.

Faculty discipline hearings are held to assess major breaches of academic integrity, such as plagiarism, or to contest a penalty imposed by an academic integrity officer for a minor breach.

Helen Munro, AUTSA’s Advocacy and Compliance Manager, told Debate that having the SRC representative fail to show up for hearings increased the pressure on already stressed students.

“Students may be crying and shaking during these hearings,” she said.

“They feel like they are going to be kicked out of uni. In my day that would happen and it is not like that anymore, but they still have so much riding on these.”

Munro also said not having the full committee present means students may be able to appeal decisions based on the lack of due process.

AUT confirmed to Debate that several hearings proceeded without the vote from an AUTSA representative: one in the BEL faculty, three in the DCT faculty and four in the HES faculty.

AUTSA Vice-President, Bhavina Singh, who often represents the association at

“I think it is a very big deal. In those meetings, the university is not always considering the students’ point of view and it is really important for us to be there to make sure that their stance is heard, considered and not overlooked.”

Singh said she began attending the hearings when the then vice-president, Kurt Schmidt, asked her to take his spot in a hearing he could not attend. Since then, Singh said she has been attending all the BEL faculty hearings by default, as there is no formal structure for allocating the hearings.

“As far as I know there is not much communication in the SRC about disciplinary committees in general; it was just passed down to me by Kurt through an email and that was that,” Singh said.

Divya Kataria, the newly appointed acting president, told Debate that it was generally the president’s job to attend or delegate the disciplinary hearings. If the president or vice-president were unable to attend, an email would be forwarded to the SRC asking if anyone else could attend.

Despite eight hearings being held without an AUTSA representative, Kataria said she was only aware of one hearing being missed.

Being new to the president role, Kataria has not been responsible for the hearings for most of the year. Instead, it was the responsibility of the previous executive team: Dharyin Colbert and Kurt Schmidt.

“Kurt has been really onto it, he used to just go if no one else could show up – because it reflects very badly on AUTSA and we are trying to get a good word out there,” Kataria said.

Hearings are able to go ahead without an AUTSA representative if the student involved gives their permission, however Bhavina Singh said this is not necessarily fair.

“Most of the time, a student is very distressed in that situation and they’re unable to understand what is really happening,” she said.

The number of unattended hearings is down from 2018, when 13 hearings were held without an AUTSA representative.

However, there were at least 53 hearings in 2018, while in 2019 there have been approximately 35 to date.

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Patrick Gower: On Weed Television journalist and national icon Patrick Gower sits down to tell us all about his new documentary ‘On Weed’ and life as a ‘meme queen’. Interview by Yoon Hong. This content was created for the Aotearoa Student Press Association.

YH: This two-part documentary series is as much personal experience as it was a public service announcement. Why did you feel a need to make this documentary?

PG: Yeah well, you know weed is part of Kiwi life, right? When I was at uni, we'd get on the bongs every flat we went to. I think for lots of people weed in New Zealand is part of their life. People are using it for fun, people use it for medicine. It's part of us. And so here we got this plant, or this drug, that is part of our life but it's illegal and we don't understand it. And what journalists are meant to do is get out there and find shit out for people. That's what this documentary is about; finding out about weed and telling people more about it so they can be informed in 2020 when they vote.

YH: There's a suggestion that you're a less serious journalist now that you're doing a special report like your marijuana one rather than your political editing. Do you think that's fair?

PG: Sure, I'm not gonna be as serious as I was sitting down at Parliament with a tie, jacked up nearly strangling myself, carrying on with a whole lot of frankly, waffley bullshit about what was important to New Zealand. I actually think this documentary is way more serious than the waffle and the crap that I used to report down at Parliament. In some ways it might not look like it, but underneath it is.

YH: What happens if New Zealand votes no on the referendum?

PG: If we end up voting no then we're going to carry on having a black market for cannabis, because no one's gonna stop smoking it.

We're going to carry on having police criminalize people for it. We're going to carry on having green fairies supplying medical marijuana for cheaper than the medical people do, so we're gonna have a grey market as well. We're going to get nowhere if we vote no. So, a no vote, I don't think is gonna solve anybody's problems. But a yes vote would solve something, that would bring some other problems as well.

YH: How would you compare booze and weed?

PG: Alcohol is just a completely normal part of Kiwi life. In fact, it's unusual to find someone who doesn't drink, right? And then you've got cannabis locked down in a box, underground, black market, illegal, go to jail if you grow too much of it; you can't even take it as a medicine if you're dying. What the fuck is up with that?

YH: What's left in life as a meme queen?

PG: Look, I've got to be honest I didn't actually know what a fucking meme was until I became one. I thought it was me-me. If people want to shout out ‘this is the fucking news’ at me, they can. If I’m being perfectly honest it would be a little bit easier if they didn't. If it makes the day a little bit happier when they're stuck in traffic and I'm walking along the road to get a feed of sushi. You know, shout away.

But why does it matter? Simple answer, respect. A word or name should be said in the way that its people intended it to be said. If someone were to introduce themselves as “Anne”, I wouldn’t address them as “Ah-neh” just because that’s how it is said according to my mother-tongue.

I would call her “Anne” just as she has intended her name to be said.

By Hinengarangi Makoare As Te Wiki ō Te Reo Māori comes to an end, so too does the hype of using Te Reo Māori. The language doesn’t just exist for a week in the month of Mahuru (September). It is here all year round.

It surrounds us in the names of our peers, cities, suburbs, streets, islands, animals, plants, politicians, sports stars, organisations, films, events, I could keep going all day. If you haven’t already, I implore you to take the first step to embracing Te Reo Māori – correct pronunciation.

My first experience with mispronunciation was in primary school where I was known as “Hin-aye”, instead of Hine. Now, in my fourth year of study at AUT my name is no longer “Hin-aye”, though I continue to hear the Māori language being butchered and warped. At first, I thought it was disrespectful laziness. “Mowe-ree”.

“Towel-wronger”. “Pa-hooter-car-wa”.

But through conversations with Pākehā (non- Māori) I discovered many were simply never taught otherwise. Born out of mouths of inexperienced speakers, this mispronunciation was then bred by the unawareness of those that repeated it.

A degenerative cycle of distorted kupu (words).

Thus, I created Say The Kupu Right (STKR).

Unlike most Te Reo Māori resources, STKR focusses solely on pronunciation with reference to common English kupu.

Learning Te Reo is not about learning a brand-new set of sounds, but rather applying the sounds you already know to new words. STKR aims to encourage spoken Te Reo in a non-confrontational setting. This Instagram page allows Te Reo to be learnt within the comfort of your home by dedicating as little as 5 minutes a week to STKR. (Search @ saythekupuright on Instagram to begin your journey).

Additionally, Te Reo is not just about the language, but also the history concealed within it. A single word often holds entire stories and historic information about a person, area or event. For example, Whāngārei is a shortened version of “Te Whāngā a Reipae”, or “Te Whāngā a Reitū”, referring to the whāngā (harbour) of twin sisters Reipae and Reitū. It helps to illustrate their story and that of the area.

When a word is mispronounced it loses a significant part of history, as in the case of Oanaka. What originally depicted the story of Rangatira (chief) Anaka, is now more commonly known as Wanaka due to mispronunciation.

Te Reo Māori is not a language to sit only in the mouths of Maori, but to be spoken by all. It is (if I do say so myself) a beautiful language full of history and stories and it is an honour to be a carrier of such greatness, Māori or not. Don’t just make an effort with Te Reo Māori for one week a year during Mahuru. Keep learning, keep practicing, correct yourself and others and Say The Kupu Right.

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Secrets to Success

By Jessy Thurston | Illustration by Leo Walton

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s a barely surviving year-two communications student, it might seem pretty bold of me to write this article on the suggestion that I have achieved any success in my life so far. I think what it comes down to though is your own perception of success. I honestly believe that if you define success as a particular place you hope to reach in your life, then you’re leading yourself astray. It’s great to have big goals and there’s always something that we all want to achieve at some point, but I truly do think that the secret to success lies in what you are defining as success.

"There are more people in the same boat as you than you might realise and it’s incredibly easy to get distracted" Beyond all else, it’s going to be really important to put one foot in front of the other. A lot of us are here at uni fighting our way through each gruelling semester, fueled up on three coffees a day just to get through to the next lecture. There are more people in the same boat as you than you might realise and it’s incredibly easy to get distracted. The majority of us have made it this far through the pain and struggle, all with the overarching goal that there will be some sort of ideal job that our degree will guide us into once we complete it. The goal of graduating is a great one to have, but it can also seem pretty far away.

This is why I can’t stress enough how powerful it is to change your mindset around success. Of course, obtaining that degree and walking down the street with all of your fellow graduates is going to be a super defining moment in your life, but it’s also so critical to acknowledge each moment that gets you there.

Handing in every assignment is a beautiful feeling that I’m sure we have all felt at some point. There’s nothing like the absolute relief of knowing that it’s out of the way and you’ll never have to write 2,000 words on some long, boring ass theory you never really quite understood, ever again. That’s a small celebration right there. For me, I’ll even congratulate myself on successfully dragging myself out of bed on a rainy morning and catching two buses to the city, because I actually did something to get myself there.

In reality, everyone knows what works and doesn’t work for them, but I seriously suggest trying this tactic.

Just for today, go and write that intro on that essay you’ve been dreading, put on a load of washing when you get home and make some real damn food for dinner tonight instead of relying on the two-minute noodles!

If you achieve the biggest tasks by tackling little things first, I can guarantee you’ll notice a difference in your stress levels and your mental stability overall.

Now go be successful! (easier said than done I know).

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AUTSA Presidential Candidates Wow, don’t get too excited! Below are the presidential candidates for the 2020 AUTSA Student Representative Council. Here at Debate we’re sure you’re blimmin’ rearing to go cast your informed votes for the next AUTSA president. Voting will be open Sep 30 - Oct 11. You’ll receive an email on Sep 30 with a link for you to cast your vote online.

Olinda Tour

Mohammad Norouzifard

Bhavina Singh

As your 2019 City Campus Representative and now your Vice President, it has been such an amazing journey learning and understanding AUT and the student body that it would be my absolute honour to use the skills and knowledge I have gained this year in Student Council to be your AUTSA President 2020. Together we can make sure that as students we are in a safe and vibrant environment which is nurturing us to reach our best potential.

I care about student issues. I am against the increase of AUT student services fees for next year by $114 and class fees by 2% for both domestic and international students.

I will find a solution to reduce AUT student tuition fees by providing more scholarships and grants through AUT. I will also try to find a solution for better medical services in AUT medical centre. No more waiting for three weeks to see a doctor. I also want to provide student-discounted meals that cost less than the current cost of Refuel ($6.50) that also serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Lastly, I will automate the class attendance list. No more attendance paper sheets to sign, which means saving the environment.

I believe I can accomplish those four goals because of my experience as head of the school in my home country. I will try to achieve these goals within the given time by representing as president of the Student Representative Council 2020.

Prepare for trouble! Make it double! To protect Auckland from devastation! To unite students through education! To make AUT filled with love! To help students reach the stars above! Olinda! Tour! Vote for me and together we’ll fight! Who are we? A name? A student ID? No, we are the future. We are all on the same journey but on different roads, with different obstacles. I know the struggle of being a student trying to manage home and work life with studying as well. This is why I am running this election to make our journey that little bit easier. Now who am I? I am just another student trying to make a difference, speaking up on behalf of those who feel like they can’t do it themselves, voicing ideas of those who want to be heard and lending a helping hand to those who need assistance. This student journey is one that we share and I would really like to help you with that journey. Choose a president who will be transparent with the things going on around your university. So vote for me to be one of the students that you elect to represent you, your experience, your ideas and your hopes for your journey here at AUT. I am Olinda Tour and I am running to be your AUTSA President for 2020. Together we can make a change.

Ryan Bircham

I came here on the promise of student culture and small class sizes. What I got was a programming class with one hundred full seats and five stressed TAs. As a club president, I saw first-hand the kind of ruthlessness that AUT corporate employs to take more money from students; for clubs who are sick of being forced to throw away student made graphics, to pay for AUT corporate contracted graphics; for students doing group projects, who can’t find a table to meet because the university is saving for ‘future expansion’; for those at Akoranga campus, who can’t get a drink of water without walking to the library; for students who want to host industry events without being extorted for thousands by the university; for anyone wondering why AUT lecture theatres are equipped with recording equipment that is not being used; for students banned/restricted from booking rooms/events in WZ/WS; for everyone donating their time, only to be exploited by AUT. I’ve got your back. I’m on your side and I’m just as annoyed as you are. This election isn't about me or any other candidate. It's about what sort of future you want for AUT students. I'm proud of our university, but I know we can be so much better.

Nirav Dave

I think it’s really important that teachers listen to what we have to say." - 75% of students had the same opinion about their teachers. But opinion doesn't matter until it becomes a voice. Also, for students it is very important to have a caring, friendly and supportive culture at your university. Hello, my name is Nirav Dave (ND). Apart from having a common vision of being a voice of students, I want to turn those students into the future leaders, so when they look back after 20 years they think ‘Thanks AUT’ and ‘Thanks AUTSA’. . What will I do and why should you vote for me? Having had the experience of being both an international and domestic student at AUT, I believe both the stages have different priorities and provide a different perspective around uni life. With my participation, I want to create a culture where students from all backgrounds come together as one and find all the opportunities to become future leaders who create more leaders.

Samah Khan

Hi, my name is Samah Khan and I am an Event Management student at AUT. Most of you may have seen me dancing in Hikuwai Plaza as I perform with my club, Horizon.ADP. A great team is made by synergy and teamwork and I will strive towards having a healthy environment within the SRC and AUTSA. To have knowledge and understanding of each other and with dedication and compassion we will be able to provide the best for all of the students we represent. My goals as president would be to: increase awareness about AUTSA and the SRC, complete projects already started such as recorded lectures and encourage more onlineonly submissions, secure parking at AUT South campus and all campuses, along with supporting all students and making changes that students want.

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I want something chunky

By Sophia Romanos

Waiting, Eager You make me beg I stand, Longingly (Ow, my leg) I see you but you won’t let me touch You are a tease, I crave you so much I reach into my pants, digging for something hard, No coins, only EFTPOS, Fuck it, I’ll put this KitKat on my card

Guessing the Hidden Meaning Behind Your Tattoos

Jaggedy things

I’m getting the feeling you love the Swiss Alps but also watched a lot of Ice Age as a kid. You love polka dots, suggesting you are quite a fun person, leading me to believe you have equally as fun friends who bought a tattoo gun on Ebay and used it on you while you were coma’d out.

Shark Tale

These two look like good mates.

By Sophia Romanos Like all good psychics, I crowned myself with an online certificate and googled how to palm read. Now, as Saturn aligns with something else and Venus is doing some buzzy stuff, I take on the biggest challenge yet: staring at random students tattoos and trying to figure out what they might mean.

Send it

I’m sensing B.o.B whispered to you in a dream about airplanes in the night sky, then you realised tattoos hurt really bad so you said please make it as tiny as possible.

Alice in Wonderland

I see lined paper, this suggests you keep your head in the books and a good studier that needs an outlet to let loose. I’m seeing lots of colours in your aura.

Meow

You either love Kendall Jenner, or you just love pussy.

Cloudy

It was year 10 and you listened to too much Bon Iver. You caught the bus, looked out the window, followed a raindrop as it trickled down and thought: every cloud has a silver lining, but it also carries rain.

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You Spill Us the Beans Here at Debate we want to help you get some things off your chest. We don’t have an agony aunt section because we’re scared of you telling us about your yeast infections, but we did ask you for some anonymous secrets.

“Once milked a horse in front of my friend. Big mistake. Not milking the horse, that totally worked and was pretty weird. But doing it in front of my friend.”

“My best friends thought I was asleep and started having sex in the same bed as me.

I’m still traumatised and don’t go over for sleepovers anymore.”

“I urinated in my ex boyfriend's drink one night. We had an argument and then he went to the bathroom and while he was in the bathroom I urinated a little bit in his pineapple juice (I also had my period at the time). He drank the whole thing when he came back and didn't seem to notice anything.”

“Sometimes I feel like glass. Like my most stable views could shatter in a moment and cause me pain.”

“I’m Gay.”

“My whole flat is convinced I don’t smoke, when in reality I just sesh it up outside my room since I’ve got my own side entrance to the house. Absolute masterclass.”

“I went backpacking and stayed in a hostel and on my first night got extremely drunk and hooked up with three guys 10 minutes apart.”

“I've been fucking my neighbour.”

“I dropped my sister’s iPod into the toilet, left it in rice for a couple days - then pretended to ‘find it’ and gave it back.”

“I have chronic constipation and when I do, I can only shit in a squatting position. When I'm too lazy I put paper towels on the floor in my bedroom and shit on them. I then go about my life acting like a clean freak to all my friends and family.”

“I've been fucking my neighbour.”

“I’m your father.”

“I steal my flatmate's toothpaste so that mine lasts longer.”

“I was in a secret relationship with my (now ex) girlfriend for over 2 years and nobody else knew about it.”

“I ate too many M&Ms at my friend’s house when we were 12 and her mum thought I was a bad influence and I’ve never told anyone but it weighs down on me a lot tbh.”

“I like someone who is taken. I call him bro to cover it up. No intention of getting with him either. I just need to stop being around him.”

“Someone told me my friend's boyfriend would be very willing to cheat given the opportunity.”

“I have glass eye.”

“I dropped my sister’s iPod into the Toilet, left it in rice for a couple days - then pretended to ‘find it’ and gave it back.”

“Being on tinder I found out that two guys I had been with were cousins. This continued to happen two more times.”

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Chocolate & Coffee

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Why should I vote?

By Helen Shelvey

I have a confession to make. Despite having been eligible to vote in not one, but two countries for nearly a decade, I can count the number of times I have voted on one hand. Ok, maybe on one finger. I should really apologise heartily to the suffragette movement. Truth is, I would say I have zero interest or knowledge when it comes to politics. I’m sure a few of you agree that policies can appear complicated or irrelevant and it can be hard to pick out which party is proposing what and whether it will actually affect you.

I should point out that I have received a stern talking to by some of my friends on the matter. Pleading ignorance

should not be an excuse for inactivity. I don’t vote because I don’t feel I have a clear understanding of policies. But that could easily be remedied by taking the time to do some research or watching the news occasionally. I complain with my friends in England about Brexit, but I never voted on the subject. It is entirely possible that the current chaotic world of questionable leaders could have been avoided had more people made their voices heard.

So, here are 10 reasons why you should take to the polling stations even if you never have before:

Speaking of rewards, who doesn’t love a free sticker? Go back to your primary school days of gold stars and feel smug sporting a brightly coloured sticker advertising that you care about your country. It might even encourage others to do the same.

Earn the right to complain. If the election If you can vote for reality shows where you have to pay to cast your vote and the outcome has no bearing on your life, you can darn well vote in the elections for free. Just think of it as the Love Island of middle-aged politicians.

didn’t go the way you hoped, then at least you can complain about it knowing you did everything you could. Plus, you can comfortably debate friends/ relatives who support other parties without having your opinions brushed aside because you didn’t tick a box.

the last general election show 18-25 year olds had the lowest turnout among any age group with around 30 percent not voting.

Don’t add to the stereotype and prove those baby boomers wrong!

You may not think what goes on in the Beehive affects your daily life, but policies on environment, health, student fees, transport and even housing directly affects you now. If you breathe air, go to the

more? In New Zealand, dogs, cats and even a pig have been spotted accompanying their owners to the polling station. So either grab your own pet to join the trend, or simply have fun petting those that turn up. Surely that’s a good reward for voting?

can go down the road and tick a box.

In the last election, 65+yr olds had the best turn out, meaning their voices were the loudest. You may love your Nana, but do you really want her deciding how much you pay for tuition fees, or passing judgement on long-term issues like climate change, which let’s face it, she may not be around to see? Make your voice heard too and vote on things that affect your generation.

Don’t give old people fuel to complain how lazy the youth of today are. Statistics from

Dogs at polling stations. Do I need to say

If Kiwis in London can make the effort to work out how to vote from overseas, you

doctor, drive, take the bus, rent or study then you should be voting as the government has a say on how much you pay for and the quality of all of the above.

We are the youngest demographic eligible to vote, so we’ll have to live with the consequences for longer.

Why not turn it into a group activity? Get a few of your mates together and head to the polling stations before celebrating with a well-earned drink. Your vote does matter so reward yourself by turning it into a fun experience.

I know I’ll be voting next election – will you?

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The Climate Change Secret

By Maia Hall | Illustration by Leo Walton

S

cientists say the world will experience mass extinction by the year 2050. Is that news to you?

Climate change is not just another niggly set-back.

This man-made destruction of our planet is the story of our time. So why isn’t it always being talked about?

It’s one of those touchy topics like politics and religion – it can make for some awkward dinner table debate if it goes wrong.

It’s not that we’re bad at recycling. The scary secret is that large corporations and governments are deeply invested in fossil fuels, air travel and unsustainable food sources. A world without these powerful capitalist industries is almost unimaginable, which is why climate change hasn’t been solved already.

But climate change is a science! The causes are complex and the solutions are tricky as heck, but they’re there. The snag is, there’s a bizarre disconnect between scientific fact and public conversation.

Climate change is not always very well covered in mainstream media. Why does climate change need to be this big secret?

The all-powerful media does more than simply inform us with news, it has the power to construct the narrative. Journalists control public opinion by deciding who gets to speak and how the story is treated. A lot of New Zealand media is privately owned, so I’m calling bullshit on the whole ‘unbiased journalism’ thing. They have profits to make and advertisers to please. Journalists have to rank stories on their perceived importance and decide whether or not to run them. So, who decides what’s important?

Ollie Langridge has been protesting for climate action outside parliament for over 100 days, with

minimal media coverage. Don’t recognise that name?

Exactly. Journalists claim to hold power to account, which sounds very noble. But I have little respect for a corporation that doesn’t consider the climate ‘newsworthy’. Climate change is the crisis of our time.

Where are our dedicated climate change reporters?

If we’re oblivious to important issues, we can’t take individual action, vote for sustainable change or hold power to account. The tight-pocketed media industry means that all the public gets is an article about the climate protest inconveniencing traffic. There are so many passionate people fighting for change, we owe them the space to share their intended messages.

Traditional ‘ethical’ journalists are often so neutral they don’t acknowledge the complexity of stories. The Herald loves to talk about the record-breaking rainfall in August, but with no explanation of the why. Why has Auckland experienced 28 days of rain, breaking a 10-year-old record? These increasingly erratic weather patterns are the start of major climate destruction, but the lengthy article avoids digging into the problem itself.

Thankfully, the powerful media ‘big kids’ are starting to catch on. The international ‘Covering Climate Now’ conference has inspired news organisations to recognise their responsibility in breaking the climate change silence. In September, this will be put to the test. Almost all New Zealand media platforms will participate in an intense International Climate Change week – seven days dedicated to covering climate stories in the lead up to the UN Climate Summit.

So, let’s see how it goes – if someone was previously keeping it a secret, maybe this is them letting that howling, scratching cat out the bag. But when it finally emerges, don’t be surprised to find an elephant.

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opinion

OPINION

Pacific Super Rugby Side Would be Beneficial for Pacific Rugby

By Nathan Limm A youngster with a knack for the game of rugby represents his team, his family and his community with pride. He has a fierce tenacity and passion he could have for no other place.

Eventually, he is spotted. Making the tough decision to pursue his dream, he is whisked away to a comparatively bustling New Zealand city life. He leaves his family and his home behind in the Pacific.

But is this necessary? Could this talent have been retained at home in the Pacific?

It's no secret that the Pacific Islands are bursting at the seams with young, raw, rugby talent. Some may even say it's a wonder that nations like Samoa and Fiji aren't thriving in the highest tier of world rugby.

The Pacific nations have given New Zealand many of its greatest All Blacks; from Tana Umaga to Michael Jones, Jerome Kaino, Joe Rokocoko and Sitiveni Sivivatu. These are incredibly talented players who were guided through their rugby careers within the New Zealand setup; players who then shone on the world stage.

I hold a firm belief however, that a Pacific Super Rugby side would be incredibly beneficial, not only on a player development and financial level, but also as it would help to inspire the next generation of Pacific rugby stars.

So, what would a Pacific super team look like? My hope would be for a Lions-esque team featuring players from Samoa, Tonga, Fiji and places like Vanuatu. That way, great Pasifika players aren't being taken by New Zealand franchises to be channeled into the All Blacks. Instead, their talent is funneled back into their home country's rugby system and into their national sides, not New Zealand and Australia's.

To be frank, Pacific rugby is not in great shape. Ignoring the sevens format, Pacific rugby teams have either plateaued or entered a downward spiral flirting with disaster.

Samoa is the perfect example of a side that have had their legs cut out from under them. In March 2013, they were ranked the 7th strongest rugby nation in the world, above the likes of Ireland, Argentina and France. Now, they reside in the position of 16th. How could a team with such strength drop to a ranking lower than the USA? There are actually a number of factors.

Perhaps the most significant of these is the Samoan Rugby Union's (SRU) bankruptcy in November 2017, when a number of poor management decisions lead to the financial demise of the SRU. The SRU ended up with a rather volatile relationship with World Rugby. They ignored advice from the World Rugby board in their appointment of head coach Fuimaono Titimaea Tafua in 2017.

Tafua reportedly ranked last among the coaching candidates, but the SRU reappointed him due to past on-field successes, including a famous victory over Australia in 2011.

World Rugby threatened to cut funding to the SRU, a terrifying prospect given World Rugby contributes 4.6 million Tala ($2.6m NZD) to the SRU's annual budget

of 11 million Tala ($6.3m NZD). This meant the SRU were unable to pay their players, which became a huge distraction from playing rugby.

super team were to be held in Apia, it would create an influx of revenue for the SRU. If distributed among other Pacific nations, the benefits are shared.

"If home games for this hypothetical super team were to be held in Apia, it would create an influx of revenue for the SRU. If distributed among other Pacific nations, the benefits are shared."

On a more physical level, playing weekly rugby against top Southern Hemisphere sides would improve the performance of Pacific players. This would then translate into their national teams, making for a stronger overall Pacific makeup.

If you want proof, look no further than the Pumas. Entering the Rugby Championship gave them exposure to three of the best sides in the world. This increased the overall standard of their players, leading them to wins over the Springboks and the Wallabies.

World Rugby subsequently raised $211,000 NZD for the SRU, alongside a goodwill payment of $150,000 NZD from the English Rugby Football Union. Others, including the South African RFU, have also made various payments to help the struggling SRU. Competing in Super Rugby would surely help to improve this struggling financial leadership. Constant exposure to New Zealand, Australian, South African and to a lesser extent, Argentinian management would allow the SRU and other Pacific rugby unions to learn from some of the world’s top rugby nations.

If home games for this hypothetical

The Jaguares have also vastly improved, competing in their first super rugby final against the Crusaders in early July.

As Sir Bryan Williams, former All Black and coach of the Samoan rugby team, told OneNews, "It would mean so much.

The Pacific Islanders love their rugby anyway and to see that sort of level of rugby on a week-to-week basis in the islands would just be huge for the young fans and their hopes and dreams for the future."

Now imagine the youngster at home in Pacific colours. Playing in front of his family every other week. Imagine the pride, the passion, the inspiration. Think about what that could do.

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A Highly (unqualified) Music Review

By Dexter Cheng All of us are self-proclaimed music connoisseurs and the best backseat DJs on a long roadie, so me, an intellectual, is here to tell you what I think is hot in music right now. Quick facts: I know nothing about music theory, don’t play any instruments and I’ve struggled with the kazoo. I will now present myself as a better music person than you. Do you write for Debate? Didn’t think so.

A song to flex on your homies that you have diverse music taste

A song that will make your level 10 Grandmaster piano skills cry

Fresh off the press, we have People by The 1975, the first single to come out of a highly anticipated fourth album titled Notes On A Conditional Form.

With this single, we hear the band take a different direction with their music towards punk rock, rather than their usual soft indie pop sound. I enjoy the direction that they are taking with this single as a lot of mainstream pop bands at the moment are still into their synths and phat bass. I was quick to notice that the autotune from previous tracks has been completely stripped back, putting an emphasis on Matty’s voice.I score this bad boy a hot 9/10; A certified banger.

It’s time for you to curl up into a ball in the corner of your room and be mesmerized by Jacob Collier. This man has spent the past year working on four full length albums, with two out of four already released. Djesse: Volume 2 in my opinion is one of the best albums to come out in 2019 and it’s super hard to pick out which song is the best because they’re all bloody good, but if I had to, I’d pick Feel (feat. Lianne La Havas). It’s not necessarily the most complex track in the world so all you level 10 piano gods out there will still be able to play it, but I think that in Jacob Collier’s case, less is definitely more. It’s the simplicity of the song that blows my little mind.

After you have a cry in the corner, enjoy his voice become your warm big spoon.

I’d score the song a solid 10/10: Mad talent from both Jacob and Lianne. I’m a sucker for good vocals. Watch his tiny desk - it was hands down the most wholesome 19 minutes and 35 seconds of my life.

A song that you can relate to Wanna be woke on up and coming New Zealand artists? I’ve got a mad banger called Thursday by Only Brothers, a four-piece soul pop band from Auckland. We’re all out here living from paycheck to paycheck and this tune is about waiting for Thursday to roll around and save our asses. If you ever have the chance to catch these guys live, I’d highly recommend. I give this banger 9/10 slaps.

Some more artists that I rate at the moment include: Marianne Wren, Half.

Alive, Wells*, Faye Webster and last but not least, Tania Maria for some jazzy beats. Cheeky plug to my gram @dxterc where I do weekly song recommends for those of you who are seeking a highly unqualified review that solidifies my superior music taste.

Picture It Oliver Rusden speaks with AUT student Harry Burke about his new project. This year the TV and Screen Majors are bringing us another hot batch of short but sweet films as part of their final assignment. But who are they? What are they about? Why should you give them money?

OR: How much money are you aiming to raise?

HB: The only thing we need money for is catering really, but there’s a Burger King down the road and $5 Stunner Meals can last two people probably. Any leftover funds will go towards the toilet door that’s broken at The Classic, because that needs work.

That toilet door needs replacing. If anything, as long as that toilet door is fixed I’m happy.

OR: What is your film about?

HB: The Classic Webseries is about a technician who works at a comedy club who acts as if he’s already an established comedian but he’s never actually been on stage before. It’s his journey to his first set and the advice he gets along the way. He’s very naive in his actions and fails to see the mistakes that he makes along the way.

It’s set at The Classic Comedy Club, which is a real place with real comedians. Myself and Louis [the other producer], we both work there as well and the ability to blend reality and fiction in a series can be done really well through mockumentary. That’s what makes it quite unique as well – even though it’s a fabricated story the people that are acting in it are actually people that work there as well.

OR: Why is it important to you?

HB: It’s important to me particularly because I love comedy, I grew up watching that stuff. I’m from the UK and I moved to New Zealand when I was quite young, so I started watching things like 7 Days, The Jono Project, C4 etc. That was my introduction to New Zealand comedy. It wasn’t until I started uni that I met Louis and we went to the comedy club one night and I loved the community vibe it had. In my second year of uni I started tech-ing [at The Classic]. I started watching heaps of comedy and open mics and that’s where the idea came from, seeing people do comedy for the first time.

OR: Why should people come and see your film?

HB: People need to laugh. Especially with things that are going on in the world, I think it’s important to remember that you can laugh at a few things. We don’t touch on anything like racism, homophobia or sexism. We’re not trying to send a message to people or anything. It’s just a story about a guy that wants to do standup. It’s a simple story, but it’s very deep at the same time.

The proof of concept came out in May and the response we got from that was fantastic. We had the NZ Comedy Fest on at the time, and all these international acts coming up to us saying ‘hey that was really good stuff’. Paul Sinha from The Chase comes up to me and starts quoting it. That blew my mind. Stuff like that makes it really special.

There’s plenty more films where that came from, so head along to the Facebook page to get the goss on production and release dates.

Missed - Briar Bodle & Kasia Jarecki Keen - Blair Nagle & Joegen Daniels Spook - Lauren Curtis & Georgia van Koningsveld Behind the Headset - Rose Hunt & Amelia Noyes Reef Revolution - Rebecca Jayne Pratt & Sasha McEwen Groom - Logan Jeffries & Jennifer Daruwalla The Art of RickJitsu - Harsh Blánco & Taylor Conod My Superhero - William Sangster & Kaylene Te Wake

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A Yarn with Mr AUT Crushes With over 12,000 likes on the old Facebook compared to our measly 2,000, we decided to kneel down to the almighty AUT Crushes creator himself and ask him a thing or two. The Facebook and Instagram account posts anonymous submissions from AUT students who have spotted or are looking for a special someone on campus.

Hello, Mr Crushes, can I call you AUT? Haha let's go with Mr Crushes.

What was the motivation behind starting up the AUT Crushes Facebook page?

I'll be honest, back in first year I had a huge crush on this girl in my class. We had different friend groups though and I couldn't naturally introduce myself or try to find out if she was single. Luckily one of her friends tagged her in the post I made so I shot her a message and things unfolded from there! We ended up seeing each other for a little while, didn't turn out to be 'the one' but you can't find if you don't look! Since then I've just been happy to play matchmaker for others.

Have you ever received a submission so spicy you couldn't post it?

Haha definitely! While it's all in good fun, some people like to get a bit visual with what's going on in their head and we need to keep things relatively PG on Facebook. Some of the slightly more risque ones make it onto our Instagram page though.

Do you have any success stories you'd like to share?

We can't give out too much info, but there

have definitely been a few great success stories. One girl wrote in a while back saying she'd been with her bf for 2 months at that point and they'd connected through the page. It's really great to hear people finding some happiness through the page. Bringing people together for social intercourse is our thing ;)

What's the story behind the cancellation of the Nuts and Bolts party?

If you could describe yourself only using one emoji what would you choose?

If you could eat one type of fast food for the rest of your life what would it be?

Can I say sushi but from a different country?

Sushi in New Zealand hurts my soul, I'm here for flavours, not rice.

A few factors ended up leading to cancelling/ postponing. The main thing was we weren't getting quite the ticket sales we wanted to bring the level of event we feel our followers deserve. We'd have been able to scale things back a little bit and keep it on, but we go for quality over quantity and want only the best.

We're committed to any event of ours being 10/10 and we won't compromise. We got some great contacts at the ski fields in NZ though, so stay tuned for something around that!

What's in the future for AUT Crushes?

Any plans to expand? TV Show? Love Island/AUT Crushes Edition?

Will there be a round two on the cards?

Keep tabs on some thirsty students on the AUT Crushes Facebook page or give them a follow on the ol’ Insta: @aut.crushes

Definitely! Not fully sure what, but there will be an event of some sort guaranteed.

Possibly a party like the Nuts and Bolts party, maybe something else. We're open to ideas!

Good question! Expansion into other areas of uni life is a possibility, it's just about what people would want. We're currently looking for new brands to bring on-board so we can get our followers some free goodies and experiences. Giving things out is probably the best part of the job.

Films + TV I secretly love/hate Hate is a strong word, I appreciate all forms of art…

By James Page

LOVE: Game of Thrones Season 8 – Oh my god, please stop

HATE: The Breakfast Club – I had to study this for English.

attacking the eighth and final season of GoT. It was epic, stunning and nuanced television. Nobody seemed to like it, but I loved it.

Maybe it made me susceptible to disliking it.

Fight me.

LOVE: La La Land – So many people hated this. I just don’t

HATE: The Simpsons – I just think it’s so dumb and not funny.

understand. IT’S A GORGEOUS FILM AND THERE WERE NOT TOO MANY MONTAGES, OKAY?! WHAT A BEAUTIFUL WAY TO SHOW TIME PASSING!

There is only one good animated television series about a Dad and his family – that’s Family Guy.

LOVE: Avengers: Endgame – or anything Marvel. I think it’s simply legendary. Twenty years from now we’re going to tell our children that we LIVED through the Marvel cinematic universe and they’re going to lose their shit.

HATE: Apocalypse Now – I admire how good this was for the late seventies. However, unlike most people, I found it extremely boring having just watched it at the NZIFF. Hate might be a strong word, but still.

LOVE: The Notebook – No words needed. It’s better if I say little.

HATE: Forrest Gump – Man beat The Shawshank Redemption to the Best Picture Oscar. That’s all.

LOVE: Any Pixar production – Stop trying to be a big man by saying you don’t watch animations. Stop trying to be cool by claiming that you didn’t cry at the end of Toy Story 3 when Woody and the gang were headed towards that fire. Stop saying animations aren’t proper films.

HATE: Bohemian Rhapsody – This was fun. But oh my days.

So bad. So, so, so bad. Robbed so many other films of awards at the Oscars. Such bad editing. Such fiction in the story. Such cringe.

Zero justice done to the great Freddie Mercury.

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Debate’s Zoe Holland has you covered Illustration by Dayna Patel

The majority of the time I don’t bring lunch to uni and also don’t have any money. So, here are a few tips that will help you through the hunger and make those 2000 words a reality.

For all of you vegan/dairy free folks: this one is for you. Standing Room Espresso on Symonds St has no extra cost for alternative milk. So put that extra 50 cents into your pocket and live your best dairy-free life. The coffees here are really good and there’s a coffee/muffin combo for just $8.

Piko is the place to go when you need an afternoon pick me up. This café has some really good meals and snacks.

If you head over in the late afternoon, then it’s actually half price. So, you can get cheap pies, cheap sandwiches and even better: cheap cake.

Every Wednesday in the Wharekai (opposite the AUTSA student lounge on the city campus) you can find $2 makeyour-own filled rolls or $3 salads. This is a good option if you’re trying to keep healthy, but on a student budget.

The vending machine by Tech Central in WA is always stocked with both Reese’s Pieces peanut butter cups and Hershey’s cookies and cream. Need I say more?

We all need an energy drink now and again, especially if there’s back-to-back all nightery. So, go check out #newsfeed in WG, as they always seem to have a nice range of V. From Blue V, to sugar free to even tropical, you’ll generally find what you’re looking for there.

By Pholcidae

Aries: You’ve been sweating blood; hearing voices and you’ve vomited up all number of monstrous things. You have no idea how long those leftovers were in the fridge, or where they came from…

Leo: There will come a time where a challenger will confront you for what you did all those years ago. Embrace it.

Sagittarius: Screaming. Arrow.

Camouflage. Scarlet. Theatre. Your time has come to demonstrate your loyalty.

Taurus: You may be stressed about your

Virgo: There is scurrying in the shadows.

Capricorn: Your high standards have

assignments, but don’t take Mister Grin’s offer. No matter what he says, it won’t be worth the cost.

They are coming. The boys will soon arrive.

led to all your matches being abstract shapes and blobs, all of which are decidedly better looking than your peers.

Gemini: There will come a time when you will be faced with your perfect equal, a mirror image of your soul. You will find it disgusting but lowkey cute.

Libra: You will soon have to make an impossible choice. Followed by another.

Then another. Then another. Then another (continues to the end of the page).

Aquarius: You should help your friends in their time of need, no matter what they ask you to do. It’ll be less painful that way.

Cancer: You will awaken to a creature long forgotten. The walls shake and pulse as something stirs. You shouldn’t have drunk so much last night.

Scorpio: You knew you should never have taken that commission. You look at the horrid beast you have created and begin to feel your corneas melt away.

Pisces: You will dream of drowning endlessly in the inky blackness of space and will hope every night that this isn’t a new fetish.

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recipe

One secret to great tasting food: MSG Here’s another secret: It’s not as bad for you as its reputation suggests. Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is a compound made from sodium (salt) and glutamate. Glutamate is found naturally in foods including tomato, mushroom, fish sauce, soy sauce and parmesan cheese. When you marry sodium and glutamate, umami is conceived. MSG is often found in low-quality, processed foods, which gives it its bad reputation. There is no scientific evidence supporting the negative health effects of MSG. On the other hand, as MSG provides greater flavour depth, it decreases the usage of salt and therefore reduces the overall sodium intake. This recipe features ingredients that carry the flavour-boosting properties that MSG bestows.

Burger patty • • • • • • • • • •

1/2 onion, finely chopped 1 large portobello mushroom, chopped into small bits 1 tablespoon butter 500g ground pork 1/3 cup breadcrumbs 4 tablespoons milk 2 teaspoons miso 1 teaspoon mirin 1 teaspoon soy sauce Pepper

Rice ‘bun' • • • • •

3 cups cooked rice Nori/seaweed sheet, cut into small bits 1 teaspoon sesame seeds 1 tablespoon sesame oil Cooking oil

Method 1) Sauté chopped onion and mushroom in 1 tablespoon of butter over medium heat till soft.

2) In a large mixing bowl, combine breadcrumbs and milk. Add 2 teaspoons of miso, 1 teaspoon of mirin, 1 teaspoon of soy sauce, a dash of pepper, ground pork, sautéed onion and mushroom. Marinate for at least 2 hours in the fridge.

3) Mix cooked rice with sesame seeds and seaweed bits.

4) Shape rice ‘buns’ individually in cling wrap and let sit in the fridge for at least 2 hours. Use a circular metal mold to shape them for best results.

5) To make tomato onion relish, sauté onion in butter over medium heat till slightly browned.

6) Add canned tomatoes, sugar, soy sauce, and fish sauce.

7) Let cook till thickened —about 10 minutes.

Tomato onion relish • • • • • •

1/2 onion, sliced 1 tablespoon butter 1 can tomatoes chopped in puree 1 teaspoon sugar 1 teaspoon soy sauce 1 teaspoon fish sauce

Serve with • •

Egg, sunny side up 1 sheet of nori/seaweed snack

8) Shape pork patty with the same mold used to shape the rice bun. Pan-fry in some oil over medium heat for about 3-4 minutes on each side. Place cooked patties in an oven-safe dish, add a slice of cheese on each patty and bake in a preheated 160°C oven for 5 minutes.

9) Pan-fry rice ‘bun’ in a mixture of sesame oil and cooking oil (equal amounts) till browned on each side.

10) To serve, construct burger in the following order: rice bun, 1 piece of seaweed, patty topped with melted cheese, sunny-side-up egg, tomato & onion relish and rice bun.

Melissa Koh is a third year BA student double majoring in Culinary Arts and English & New Media. Follow her dining and cooking adventures on Instagram: @melicacy.

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