Meet the

Sam - Editor

Hot take: Boxers are better than briefs.

Rainy day activity: Call in sick, listen to 95bFM, browse @patiasfantasyworld.

Top Spotify artist: Alex G.

Fav thing about Tāmaki: The music, the diversity and the kai.

Best thing you’ve bought so far this year: 121 Festival tickets.

Biggest ick: Speed walking, saying ‘expresso’ or ‘moo-moo milk’.

Charlie - Designer

Hot take: Dick Frizzell should stop profiting of Māori cultural imagery.

Rainy day activity: A caramel latte sachet (lol) in my favourite mug + podcast.

Top Spotify artist: Julia Jacklin.

Fav thing about Tāmaki: The moana and my beautiful friends.

Best thing you’ve bought so far this year: Tickets to Te Matatini!

Biggest ick: Mispronouncing Māori place names.

Liam - Feature Writer

Hot take: Gravity Falls is better at doing Twin Peaks than Twin Peaks.

Rainy day activity: Skyrim on repeat - Stealth thief build only cause conflict is scary :(

Top Spotify artist: Japanese Breakfast.

Fav thing about Tāmaki: 95bFM and The Wine Cellar (support your local venues).

Best thing you’ve bought so far this year: 6 Amber Wavy Hiball Glasses from Kmart. Who needs 70s nostalgia when we have THESE guys!

Biggest ick: Hating mint chocolate.

Viv - Associate Editor

Hot take: Hot takes aren’t usually very hot.

Rainy day activity: Stare at the rain like I’m in love with it, baking, watching silly coming of age films.

Top Spotify artist: Stevie Wonder

Fav thing about Tāmaki: When I’m not there - jk, Dominion Road.

Best thing you’ve bought so far this year: Flights.

Biggest ick: adults who can’t cook (like not even an egg and you’re 24?? how??)

Thomas - Culture & Lifestyle Writer

Hot take: Cars should be banned in cities.

Rainy day activity: Strolling the aisles of Countdown, while listening to a podcast.

Top Spotify artist: Max Key.

Fav thing about Tāmaki: All the green spaces.

Best thing you’ve bought so far this year: A tattoo of Renton from Trainspotting.

Biggest ick: Fangirling over politicians. Please stop stanning Jacinda Ardern and Chlöe Swarbrick.

Frances - Social Media Manager

Hot take: Most of the Marvel movies actually kinda suck.

Rainy day activity: Having a cuppa in bed with a crackly candle and a good book or whatever I’m rewatching at the time.

Top Spotify artist: Taylor Swift .

Fav thing about Tāmaki: My inner circle, Karangahape Road, the little apartment I call home.

Best thing you’ve bought so far this year: Tickets to see Sean Kingston at Bar 101.

Biggest ick: Apostrophes in the wrong places.

Nic - Chief Reporter

Hot take: The Green Party will double their seats in parliament this election.

Rainy day activity: Watching movies in bed.

Top Spotify artist: Pete & Bas.

Fav thing about Tāmaki: The views from Maungawhau/Mt Eden.

Best thing you’ve bought so far this year: A plane ticket out of Auckland before the storm hit.

Biggest ick: Cooked zucchini.

Vanessa - News Writer

Hot take: You should probably uninstall TikTok.

Rainy day activity: Drawing! Or watching too many YouTube videos in a row.

Top Spotify artist: Rainbow Kitten Surprise.

Fav thing about Tāmaki: The Hauraki Gulf.

Best thing you’ve bought so far this year: Heart-shaped earrings.

Biggest ick: Fake plants…