What's On(line)

Academy on Demand

ondemand.academycinemas.co.nz/

Cost: Between $4.99 and $7.99

Our favourite local, indie cinema is not to be forgotten during lockdown. Academy Cinemas has created an On Demand website where you can rent a selection of critically acclaimed and captivating movies. The picks are curated, where the staff have chosen their favourites, or you can browse through categories of director, theme, or era. Support local instead of watching a low-quality streaming version or profiting huge corporations.

The Daily podcast

nytimes.com/column/the-daily

Standout episode: The Fall of Afghanistan

Do you want to stay up to date with the happenings of the world in a compact, accessible, and engaging way? The Daily is a podcast produced by The New York Times, twenty minutes each, 5 episodes a week. The news around the world is pretty bleak and hard to take in, from climate collapse to the horrors of Afghanistan, but it’s still important to be up to date.

Here.fm

Staying in touch and having something to do with your friends or partner is essential to managing your lockdown. If you want something a little different from your standard video calls or love spending hours customising and decorating, Here.fm is worth checking out. Create a room which you can edit to your heart’s content and host a movie night, flex those Chess skills, or just catch up.

Way too much stuff

By the time this is on your screen, it’d have been almost a week in lockdown. Here at Debate we’re all about setting boundaries with our work, the news, and everything else we access through the internet. This slot is a lil reminder that you shouldn’t feel pressured to be available all day, nor do you need to be always doing something. Rebel against productivity culture and simply do nothing – it’s good for us.