Nexus 2015 Issue 17 by Nexus Magazine

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20 Nature Enter Me and Other Sexy Environmentalisms There was a time in the not too distant past, where being an environmentally conscious individual was the equivalent of being a social pariah at best and at worst, a leper.

Sustainability Made Simple

Saving the World With Dr Priya Kurian

So what even is sustainability? I started asking

Dr Priya Kurian teaches Global Environmental

and mostly got an answer along the lines of, “It’s

Politics, Environmental Politics and Public Policy,

taking care of the environment.” But one shy guy

and Media and Politics. She is the Deputy Chair

extracted himself from his headphones and gave

of the School of Social Sciences and responded

an answer I wasn’t expecting. He said “It’s the

to our emails promptly — so who better to

ability to endure.”

interview for our environment issue.

NEXUS NEWS

Stuff.co.nz Hates Students, and Facts, and

HOW TO BE A GROWN UP How to Credit Card (Part 1)

Apparently Having to Work for a Living 6

Skynet and the Revolution

Not Your Average Grad Roll

THE SINGLE LIFE Booty Calling for People Who Are Into Rejection

A FASHIONABLE LIFESTYLE

Editor Jessica Wilson editor@nexusmag.co.nz Design Olivia Paris design@nexusmag.co.nz Deputy Editors Brittany Rose, Jules Craft Managing Editor James Raffan

Etsy Shopping for Dummies News Editor Sam Marelich

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The Abstraction & Conceptualisation of Creativity

Contributors Chris Reive, Jared Wooldridge, Dr. Richard Swainson, Caitlin Orton, Hp, Kelsie Moorland, Peter Dornauf, Janine Swainson, Beth Pearsall, Dayna East, Emma Nygard, Onyx Lily, Aunty Slut, Georgia Teng, Zac Lyon, Alix Higby

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ENVIRONMENT

Editorial NEXUS MAGAZINE

Save the Axolotl Jess Wilson

sheets are decreasing rapidly. Some estimates state that the Arctic sea ice could be gone within decades. I know, you’re probably thinking, “So?” But there’s actually plenty of reasons you should give a shit… 1. We’re killing the axolotls. Sure, they look like a penis with feet, but that’s no reason not to show them a lil’ love.

It’s safe to say that I, like many basic bitches, am completely ignorant of the environment. My lack of environmental greenness extends from my obsession with the green, no not weed — in English green is a term for money. I’m a consumer, and a pretty obsessed one at that. If my collection of Apple products — an iPhone, an iPad, a MacBook,

2. Recently, a team of ecologists found that salt-water fish could be extinct by 2048! That means no more fish and chips and no more sushi (real sushi, not this chicken bullshit). When you dress up as a fish for Halloween, no one will know what you are. Think of the embarrassment.

an iMac, and an iPod Touch — doesn’t give you enough of an

3. Venice could be underwater by the turn of the century.

idea of my crazed consumption, let me also tell you that I have

Haven’t you always wanted your grandchildren to go to

a vast collection of MAC and I own Karen Walker jewellery. Let

Venice? They might not be able to because of your obsession

that sink in for a little.

with burning fossil fuels.

But even with my obsession with the green (not weed), I’m still more environmentally friendly than the average. I don’t drive a car, though that’s mostly because I keep failing my restricted test, and I don’t drink milk and seldom eat meat, meaning I have

4. The polar bears are dying. What will your fur coat be made of when they’re gone? Faux? Honey (which may also disappear)? I don’t think so.

a footprint that is almost half of the average omnivores — even

Check out our features to see how you can prevent these

more if they’re a beefhead. Winning.

catastrophies. The environmentally friendly YOU starts NOW.

But we’re not all as environmentally friendly as I pretend to

Adult colouring-in is apparently a thing, right? Colour in this

be, and our world is suffering for it. In the past century, global

weeks cover and snap @nexusmag your work of art.

sea levels have risen by 17cm. The Greenland and Antarctic ice

NEXUS MAGAZINE Lettuce

It’s Bad, But It’s Good

Such Skill

Daniel Farrell

Ben

Hey Nexus,

Who drew on the table at level zero? It’s hella rad.

I enjoyed reading your thing about Iran this week. It’s not bad. It pointed out that the Republicans were being dicks by saying “I’m pretty sure it’s bad. I haven’t read it, but it’s pretty bad.” And then, I turned to the very next page. An article about the TPPA. You know what it said? “I’m pretty sure it’s bad. I haven’t read it, but it’s pretty bad.” Except it didn’t admit that no one at Nexus has read the agreement, because it’s not public. If you’re going to call out Republicans (which you should), at least make sure you’re not doing the same thing on the very next page. Not trying to tell you how to do your job, but you’re better than that, Nexus. Keep up the generally not so shabby work.

A Bunch of Snaps Came in About Our Puzzles... “Goddamn nexus get it together.” “Asking for the impossible Nexus.” “You ruined my week Nexus.”

Reply to the Review of Kate Lunn’s Birthday

“3 Spots. To add up to 2? Goodnight.”

DJ Matty D

“This is why I hate you.”

“Why are there mistakes in these every week?” “Mission Impossible: Nexus.” “How about no.”

Last week, there was a review of Kate Lunn’s birthday party in the Nexus. I would just like to say that review was horribly inaccurate — it’s almost like the person who wrote it wasn’t even there! Absolutely no Pitbull was played. DJ Matty D was in charge of the music, and he has a general rule that if you try to rhyme “Kodak” with “Kodak” then your

Oops Marc

song won’t get played. Mr Worldwide does some average spanish and can’t really seem to master English. I agree with the writer regarding the food — it was quite

I matched with my sister on Tinder. What now?

good. The reviewer seemed to miss the highlight of the night, which was going to Megazone. We got a free game because the guy in charge forgot about how many games we payed for. We were all quite drunk and my team won. 10/10. The end.

MS8

No Friends

A few weeks ago I mentioned that I supported that changes to MS8 to help

Lonely

happening? Also paid parking sucks.

us get access to toilets and fresh water. Can we have an update on what is

Dear Nexus, I am struggling with my social life. I feel like I can’t ever make friends at university.

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no point in going to them. Please help me before it’s too late. I have no friends. 2

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News from the University NEXUS MAGAZINE

Jackie Kiddle and her rowing partner won gold with a world best time in the women’s lightweight double final at the

ONYA

WORLD RECORD TIME

U23 World Rowing Championships in Bulgaria. Cameron Webster and Drikus Conradie won silver.

INTENSE TRAINING FOR NZ CYCLIST Hilary scholar Nina Wollaston has been training and racing

PADDLING HER OWN CANOE

with CyclingNZ in the US in preparation for the Oceania Track

Hillary scholar Kaydi O’Connor-Stratton

Championships in Adelaide this October.

is getting ready for the 2015 World Rafting Champs in Indonesia after making the New Zealand National Performance Squad for canoe slalom.

EXPERIENCING CHINA Rebecca Palmer (left) and Nathan Orr joined 60 university students from KICKING OFF ITM CUP

around the world at the 2015 SWUFE

Jacob Skeen (above), Atu Moli, Anton Lienert- Brown, Jordan

International Summer Camp in China

Payne, Joe Webber, Josh Tyrell, David Morgan, Mitch Jacobson

last month. They spent 10 days learning

and Adam Burn are in the 2015 ITM Cup Waikato squad.

about Chinese business and culture and

Photo: Photosport

exploring the sights.

Full stories available on the University website. Got a story to share? Email meganb@waikato.ac.nz — thanks to those who’ve sent in their stories.

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receive messages via email and text (if your

Centre, level 1, Hamilton and Wed 19 Aug,

Reception Lounge, Civic Square, Hamilton.

number is registered). This is just a test but

11-12am, A01, Windermere, Tauranga.

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in the future it’ll signal a campus lock-down

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NEED TO KNOW

DON’T BE ALARMED

NEXUS MAGAZINE News

NEXUS NEWS NEWS FEATURE – NGA PITOPITO KORERO

STUFF.CO.NZ HATES STUDENTS, AND FACTS, AND APPARENTLY HAVING TO WORK FOR A LIVING James Raffan and Sam Marelich

If you are a student spending all your money on booze, hookers, travel, and

The “shoddy journalist” sentiment was echoed by our own Students’ Union

Taylor Swift, then there is a good chance you may have won life. Put down this

President, Shannon Stewart, who said “What Stuff did was irresponsible and

magazine, Nexus has nothing left to teach you. Of course, depending who you

cynical. It’s an attempt to create a wedge issue.”

listened to last week, you are either in the majority of your peers or an isolated case being used by lazy journalists to generate page views. Stuff.co.nz, often the last bastion of stories about cat videos and things taken directly from “anonymous sources” claimed that students are using their student allowance to get a free ride.

Miss Stewart has a point as the article uses generalities like “students say” and talks about two or three specific examples without offering a single piece of statistical evidence. “What they (Stuff) are actually doing is similar to looking at a thousand cars on the road, noticing that two people are choosing to drive them recklessly and

The idea that students were living it up seemingly annoyed the New Zealand

using it as a launchpad to have a conversation on whether anyone in this country

Union of Student Association, prompting NZUSA President Rory McCourt to

should be driving at all.”

state “What the Ministry of Social Development’s audit of the scheme shows us is that New Zealanders can have confidence that students are using this yearly $1000 loan to pay for the basics, there is no fraud here — just shoddy journalism.” “Good journalism shouldn’t be based on anecdote. The evidence, the auditing and the experience shows that course-related costs loans go on essentials — not luxuries.” He added.

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The one thing the article has managed to do is put the conversation about student allowances firmly back on the table. That is a conversation Miss Stewart is looking forward to having. “If the minister wants to talk about course related costs it’s a debate we should welcome. How about we start with the fact they haven’t raised the thousand dollar limit in over 20 years. I’m pretty sure in that time the actual cost of living or even buying textbooks has gone up. How about we start there?”

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The course related costs lump sum was set in 1993. Since then there has been steady growth in living costs including things that weren’t even factored in at the time such as mobile phone plans and the internet. “This government and several prior to it have been making it harder for students to do simple things like rent a house and eat while studying” Stewart added. The average house rental price in Hillcrest is $300 per week for a three bedroom and most rental agencies demand a week in advance, a letting fee (usually another week’s rent) and a bond that is usually a further two weeks rent — to put that another way, most landlords will want your course related costs plus $200. “Most people aren’t renting houses alone but you can add to that the costs setting up power, internet, phone bills, paying for textbooks, registering, and warranting your car, and soon paying for parking every day — it isn’t hard to see why students need to go and have a drink or listen to Taylor Swift. If we didn’t we might break down and cry at the thought that the government doesn’t take us seriously.” This government has gone a step further, by removing student allowance provisions for mature students and tightening loan criteria they have made it harder for anyone studying for more than four years, like doctors.

DROWNING IN DEBT... ACTUAL COSTS RELATED TO COURSES

“It’s about an investment in our economy. Universal student allowances, course related costs, and a Studylink that actually functions won’t create more students,

Two thirds of students worked during the summer, 75% of

it will create better ones. Students that don’t need to go hungry because they

these students worked for more than 8 weeks.

had to register a car or skip a lecture because both their part-time jobs require staff that day.” “All this article does is highlight if you were a really bad student and don’t care

Despite this, fewer than 50% of all full time students began

about doing a job to the best of your ability then there is a good chance you will

the year with savings and those who did had less than $2000.

one day get a job at Fairfax (Stuff’s parent company).” In reality, we should point

Half of these summer jobs are obtained through connections

out that the Waikato Times have writing and proofreading standards that would

(friends and family for example).

embarrass the average year twelve. As if to prove Miss Stewart’s point Stuff released a follow up article questioning whether students need more cash for student allowances in which they actively

Forty four percent of students report not having enough

petitioned students to “Snapchat us what you spent your course related costs

money to meet their basic needs and 90% of students report

on.” (If you get time you should read the comments section to be entertained by

having some sort of debt.

old white men getting really angry at you for spending their tax dollars.) Here at Nexus we are always looking to take our queue on journalistic integrity from the company that brings us the Waikato Times, so we attempted to re-

Looking further ahead, 73% of students expect their student

create their reporting style and asked three completely fictional and unnamed

loan to have a significant impact on their ability to save for

students what they thought about the article.

retirement and 78% of students think it will affect their ability

“It’s lazy journalism from incompetent writers who can’t even get someone to put

to buy a house.

their own name to a quote.” Said a student. “I didn’t like this article so I decided to give up on all newspapers and all reading forever.” Said an unnamed woman engineering student (because even when we are being vague and outright lying we are promoting equality).

Students are also planning on putting off having kids, with 57% of students saying they are waiting until they are more financially secure.

Our third source said a lot of blatantly racist and enforced certain preconceived stereotypes that we couldn’t print. He talked about how students never needed money in “his day” while conveniently forgetting his own education was free. If you really want to hear what guys like him are saying then give it a week and he will show up in an interview with Paul Henry or Mike Hosking.

Twenty eight percent of students have credit card debt and a quarter have at least one overdraft.

We are too lazy to do any more research here so if you have your own thoughts about journalism and course related costs please snapchat us @NexusMag and we will pretend they are a remotely scientific indicator of all students everywhere.

Fourteen percent have a personal loan, 11.5% have debt to family members and 10% have other loans.

NEXUS MAGAZINE News

NEWS – KAWEPŪRONGO

ISIS CATFISHED Sam Marelich Taking online trolling to the absolute next level, three Chechen women have successfully scammed Isis fighters out of £2,000 ($4700). Despite holding views that are outward barbaric and three steps from backwards, Isis have an effective recruitment method that rivals big

SKYNET AND THE REVOLUTION

corporates and their fancy graduate programs. The organisation have an

Last week Microsoft launched what is being billed as its “last ever operating

these women saw an opportunity... and they took it. Stringing Isis members

system,” Windows 10. It was also a free upgrade for anyone on Microsoft 7 or

along with fake pictures, they kept contact only until they have received

above. According to initial reports last week the upgrade had been taken up

travel money and then closed their accounts and took off with the cash.

by between 40 and 67 million users with Microsoft setting a target of 1 billion Windows 10 users in three years.

arsenal of modern technology that includes Twitter, Skype as well as allexpense-paid excursions to the Middle East. When Isis reached out to them,

As a PR maneuver Isis take a concentrated approach toward recruiting and radicalising young westerners. In one video, a Canadian extremist explains

Following the launch, Microsoft announced that it would be transitioning its Xbox consoles to “being powered by Windows 10” in November. Having spent a few weeks playing with Windows 10 we can vouch for the fact that it’s a great operating system. It also lets you lie in bed with your laptop and an Xbox controller so you can finish the last three Fifa career games that you started the night before thanks to game streaming.

that in his life before Isis he worked as a street janitor. “It’s not like I was some social outcast, wasn’t like I was some anarchist or somebody who just wants to destroy the world and kill everybody,” He said, “No, I was a regular person. And, Mujahideen are regular people, too.” Continuing with pitches that seem a little too close to corporate life for comfort he promised that “you will be very well taken care of here,” and

Microsoft aren’t charging you but the tradeoff is that they’re watching you.

in the eternal scheme of things “you can easily earn a high station for the

Windows 10 has an unparalleled amount of compulsory data gathering because

next life by sacrificing just a small bit of this worldly life.” Unfortunately the

that is where the money is now. They can sell data on your user habits, your email,

video doesn’t have a happy ending, with the young man running across the

your music collection, your favourite restaurants, your browsing history. They are

battlefield in a siege on an airport in Syria.

going to get to know you whether you want them to or not.

When they aren’t busy trying to bring in westerners to kill innocent people

Microsoft just invested one hundred million dollars into Uber in exchange for user

(that’s the men’s job), Isis are trying to find brides for their fighters (that’s

data on destinations, traffic, and anything else it can use or sell.

the job for the women). It’s hard to find sympathy for those who try and

This will either make you seethe with anger or you’ll be someone who’s completely

buy themselves a wife in any context, and even harder finding sympathy

apathetic about your privacy. The truth is we Instagram our food, tweet what

for those who saw people’s heads off on the beach. Taking a dine and ditch

we are doing, and Facebook our drug dealers now. Do we actually care if the

approach to the extreme by stringing along a bunch of thirsty extremists

company giving us free shit also wants to know what we are doing?

and taking a few thousand pounds off them is nothing short of incredible.

STATE OF PLAY WITH NZUSA

never actually notified and as of the time of print still consider the WSU members,

Sam Marelich

McCourt referenced the WSU’s strained relationship with its national body saying

despite a lack of payment in the past two years.

NZUSA had failed “to stand up to student presidents on certain issues” and that, Late last week NZUSA President Rory McCourt came to Hamilton for a bit of a

“those organisations looked inward to survive post VSM, rather than (work) as a

catch up, a bit of a meet and greet and a bit of an attempt to get some money into

combined unit.” Despite this, in an email McCourt sent to Nexus, Waikato is still

the coffers of NZUSA.

listed as a full member, alongside every other student association but with the

WSU President Shannon Stewart welcomed the meeting, “It was good to catch up with the NZUSA President Rory McCourt. It was important to chat to him

exception of Canterbury. However Nexus understands that the WSU has signalled on numerous occasions that they do not currently consider themselves members.

about what’s happening and see what the organisation is up to. The WSU Board

McCourt believes the focus of his first seven months has been on “rebuilding,

of Directors have some big decisions to make about NZUSA so all opportunities

boosting our profile as the go-to organisation for student issues with the media.”

to gain information are vital, though the conversation was informal and only a few

McCourt went on to stress that students’ and their associated unions “need to

board members could make it.”

have a national body”.

The “big decisions” Miss Stewart refers to relate to the WSU’s membership status

Will Rory’s rebuild be enough to convince the WSU to stay (or to re-join) NZUSA?

of NZUSA. In 2013 Nexus announced the Waikato Students’ Union was leaving the

Or does his recent visit serve as the farewell tour for the WSU’s role as a member

New Zealand Union of Student Associations. Unfortunately NZUSA said they were

of the national body.

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Sports NEXUS MAGAZINE

SPORTS OPINION – PITOPITO KORERO HAKINAKINA

HIGH FIVE NGA – TAKE E RIMA

CURRENT NBA NICKNAMES DeMarre Carroll – Junkyard Dog Carroll’s relentless play and toughness earned him this nickname in college, which carried over to the NBA, as did his hustle.

Paul Pierce – The Truth “My name is Shaquille O’Neal and Paul Pierce is the motherfucking truth.” Shaq, inadvertently creating an awesome nickname.

Goran Dragic – The Dragon Steve Nash gave Dragic the nickname when he first landed in Phoenix and no one on the team could pronounce his last name properly.

IF YOU CAN’T STAND THE HEAT... Chris Reive

Kobe Bryant – The Black Mamba Taking a page from Shaq’s book, Kobe assigned himself this rad nickname and it stuck.

Depth. It’s a word thrown around the basketball world that’s used to analyse a team’s chances of being able to cope with injury and fatigue. Why have the San

Glen Davis – Big Baby

Antonio Spurs been a great team for so long? Depth. Why did the Golden State

Imagine having this as your nickname. Whenever a

Warriors take out the title last year? Depth. Why didn’t the Cleveland Cavaliers put

commentator says your name they say ‘Big Baby’

up much of a fight in the NBA Finals? Because they didn’t have depth.

before it. As you might expect, Davis hates this

In the Eastern Conference for the past few years, it has seemed that whoever

nickname, but shit it’s funny.

LeBron James goes with will more than likely win the conference and challenge the best of the West in the finals. But this year, the Miami Heat have made some significant moves in free agency and are looking to give LeBron’s Cavs a run for

SHOULD IT BE A SPORT? – ME HURI HEI HAKINAKINA?

their money. Investing in veterans who have proved their worth in the game like Gerald Green, Amar’e Stoudemire, and re-signing Goran Dragic, Dwyane Wade, and Luol Deng, has given Miami a formidable roster. With a stacked starting five, and depth at every position, the Heat have become one of few teams in the East who can rest a starter or two and not have to worry too much. Then if you take into account the Heat’s recent draft picks — Justise Winslow (G/F) and Josh Richardson (G) — who both had productive campaigns on the summer circuit, they will absorb as much as they can from the leaders, and be available for short cameos off the bench. I’m predicting a top 3 finish for the Heat in the East.

SAFE BET – PĒTI WHITA

EXTREME IRONING Is it a sport? No. Is it something made largely redundant with the invention

Safe Bet Liverpool to beat Bournemouth

of tumble dryers and coat hangers? Yes. Is it something with a gallery of

Bit of a Risk Sunderland to draw with Norwich

awesome images that you should Google right now? Put down the magazine.

Long Shot West Brom to beat Watford 4-0

Should it be a sport? Let us know what you think editor@nexumag.co.nz 7

NEXUS MAGAZINE Left vs. Right

EQUALITY AND THE REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH LEFT – MAUI

RIGHT – MATAU

Equality. I have no fucking idea who thought this is a two sided issue. Who is

Equality is the big political buzzword of the last 3-4 years, with everything

against equality of opportunity, a level playing field, or helping out those most

from the “We are the 99%” through to the hyped up Capital in the 21st Century

in need? Fucking sociopaths and Act voters.

written by French economist Thomas Piketty. The crux of the argument is

Success isn’t achieved in isolation of society but because of it. It’s on the backs of underpaid teachers, government workers, police officers, an over extended

that the rich people own everything, control everything, and only care about themselves.

health care system. If you benefit from society more than others you should

But is life as bleak and dreary as we have been led to believe? Are we being

pay more back into it.

oppressed by the rich and powerful who control our media, our institutions and

In this, the environmental issue, to make the case that we don’t have a duty of

the very political systems that we exist in?

care to the future and to our most vulnerable people is stupid. That’s the only

The argument is compelling — wages are stagnant, employment is hard to

thing that matters.

come by, and the price of housing is higher than Snoop Dogg on a trip to

I give any remaining white space in this column to you so you can draw cat pictures.

Amsterdam. But is it really? Right now unemployment is 5.8%, and the average cost of renting (outside of Auckland) isn’t quite as bad as the media will have you believe. To give you hard numbers, the median rent for a 3 bedroom place in St Andrews/Queenwood will set you back an average of $367 a week. The average wages in New Zealand are $36 an hour in the public sector and $26 an hour in the private sector, which is well above the “living wage” of $19.25 an hour. If you want a sobering reality check talk to your grandparents, or people who were born in their generation. The paradise of the 1970s wasn’t all that it was cracked up to be, with low quality goods the only option a fair chunk of the time (sorry, cheap imports weren’t available), taxes topped out at a backbreaking 66%, and people lived in small, cold houses with very few of the modern conveniences we take for granted. The topic of equality is incredibly complicated, but the crux of the issue is that it isn’t inherently a bad thing. Inequality is a fact of life. In a decent society everyone needs to be given a fair chance to make a good life and to compete with the best (if they choose to). Too often our talking about inequality is the equivalent of going to a rugby game and complaining that we weren’t selected as part of the Chiefs. Disregard the sacrifices the players have made, the thousands of hours of training they’ve put in and the discipline they need to have over what they eat. It’s inequality

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and it’s unfair! We need to focus on equality of opportunity, not equality as a way to condone laziness.

Reviews NEXUS MAGAZINE

FILM REVIEW – AROTAKENGA KIRIATA

TED 2

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE ROGUE NATION

Jared Wooldridge

Richard Swainson

The thing with comedy sequels is your enjoyment of them

Has Tom Cruise always harboured a secret ambition to play

is entirely dependant on how much you liked or disliked the

James Bond? The fifth instalment in his self-produced Mission:

one that came before. Whenever funny people are successful,

Impossible franchise sees Cruise’s Ethan Hunt more Bond-like

usually it’s a sign people like the jokes they used, so they use

than ever before. Now 53 years old, he’s about the age Roger

them again. Makes sense really, so with Ted 2 my advice would

Moore was in the late 70s/early 80s, and for all the forced

be, if you did not like the first one, stand well clear. This is the

athleticism the star puts himself through the beginning of the

same Family Guy type of humour that the first one was full of,

movie plays like Moonraker.

for better or worse. It’s sexual, scatalogical, pop-culture infused and in bad taste. I liked it.

It is far too late in the day to complain about how the original Mission: Impossible television show was about an ensemble of

Following on from the last Ted, the talking teddy bear now wants

undercover agents. The films have always been Cruise vehicles

a child, but the state recognises him as property, not a person.

and in this one the supporting cast operate on the margins

Cue an almighty struggle for civil rights that brings in more

with Simon Pegg particularly ineffectual as the comic relief.

celebrity cameos than The Muppets. The story itself appears a

Only the little known Rebecca Ferguson registers with a nicely

bit too serious for the jokes it’s throwing at you, what with the

understated sensuality though Sean Harris chews the scenery in

attempted theft of a football star’s sperm set against courtroom

the best traditions of 007 villains.

speeches that sound like they could have been pulled straight from Boston Legal. But I was never here for the story anyway.

It’s too long, unnecessarily confusing at times and burdened by some of the worst written dialogue in recent memory. Alec

If you’re a fan of this brand of humour, then there are plenty of

Baldwin mugs his way through proceedings, wearily aware that

jokes that will land for you. Of course, if you know anything of

whatever the budget this is a B-movie at heart and comes a

Seth MacFarlane and Family Guy, then you also know that there

cropper describing Hunt as “the living manifestation of destiny”.

are plenty of jokes that wander around aimlessly, stretched out

Perhaps Tom lifted the phrase from a Scientology textbook.

far beyond their use-by date. But for fans, like me, of this kind of off-colour, silly, crass humour, who enjoyed the first one and wanted more, then this could work for you.

Judged on its set-pieces alone though Rogue Nation earns a pass mark. The opening airplane schtick, a grand car and motorcycle chase, a scene where Tom has to hold his breath forever and numerous bouts of fisticuffs, knife fights, and thigh crushing moments from Ms Ferguson will sustain the interest of action fans.

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MUSIC REVIEW – AROTAKENGA WAIATA

FOOD REVIEW – AROTAKENGA KAI

BLOOD TO BONE BY GIN WIGMORE

THE COFFEE CLUB, CENTRE PLACE

Caitlin Orton

Award winning and Heineken-add-featuring songstress, Gin

I am well aware that as a university student I should be more

Wigmore, is back with her third studio album, Blood to Bone.

interested in finding the latest underground bar or finding a

It continues Wigmore’s legacy of bringing her unique voice to

coffee stand in the middle of nowhere and claiming it as my

complex pop music with interesting and often dark undertones.

own with Gilmore Girl-esque flare. But until I successfully join

Despite this, the pretty grim picture of Wigmore on the front

the dark side of hipster-dom, The Coffee Club is as good as it

cover of this album and song titles like Holding on to Hell,

gets for me.

Wigmore has produced a rapturous and often energetic, if not entirely happy, pop record.

Hamilton and they are all relatively similar. You can either order

Opening with urgency on the first track, New Rush, Wigmore

at the counter for takeaway or be seated and waited on. My

implores, “I’ve got this feeling and I can’t go back”. It’s as if she

order of calamari and chips plus a mandarin French soda has

is trying to explain that she is trying to separate herself from

been successful ninety nine percent of the time — with only

the more upbeat records and singles that shot her to stardom

one mistake in the past three years. I was given a watermelon

in the past. She remains able to swing choruses and hooks to

French soda and truthfully, I would deduct points if I could

the rafters, but there is something else here too. There’s an edge

admit that I noticed the difference before I was half way done.

of melancholy sure, but there’s a strength in that despair. Stand out track, Nothing to No One, Wigmore might pitch herself as nothing (to no one), but at the same time she’s very much in control.

The meal comes with a side salad with a tangy dressing and your choice of either garlic aioli or the classic tomato sauce. Now when I say salad I don’t just mean some ragged lettuce and some shredded carrot. I mean with real ingredients such as

There are a couple of moments that don’t quite click here

tomato, red onion, carrot, lettuce, and a few slithers of cucumber.

though. Wigmore’s searching vocals on This Old Heart is the kind

As for the coffee, I have no idea. I’m more of a tea girl.

of awkward normally reserved for dads dancing for example. But lead single, Written in The Water, is, like much of the songs on this album, heartbreak with a smile on its face. It more than makes up for any misses.

Hamilton is lucky enough to have several Coffee Clubs in

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It’s not the cheapest of dining destinations but The Coffee Club is nice enough to take anyone to, from a catch up with the girls to a cute coffee date with the bae.

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BOOK REVIEW – AROTAKENGA PUKAPUKA

A GREAT AND TERRIBLE BEAUTY BY LIBBA BRAY

SAVAGES BY DON WINSLOW

Kelsie Morland

Brittany Rose

The Gemma Doyle series, of which A Great and Terrible Beauty

Winslow’s style — short chunks of text, littered with line breaks

is the first of, is hands down one of my favourite book series I’ve

and sub-chapters, creating a layering of vignettes which feed

ever read. From the first chapter there is darkness and murder

into each other — is incredibly easy to read. This novel ain’t

and mystery. I fell in love with this series and read it multiple

academic.

times — and for good reason.

At times Savages borders on racist, but the barely credible

Set in Victorian India, a colony of Great Britain, the protagonist

characters and ridiculous plot make a decent fuckin’ story. Drug

Gemma Doyle is introduced as a whiny, spoilt brat. However,

cartels, kidnapping, and a threesome (the good kind) tell the tale

after the death of her mother she is shipped back to England

of the stoner, Ophelia — ‘O’ — and her two best friends Chon and

to attend a boarding school. From there Gemma’s story truly

Ben. The trash-tastic story revolves around turf wars over Laguna

begins. Beautifully written, Bray captures the inner workings of

Beach. It’s the Mexican Baja Cartel vs our hot protagonists, and

an adolescent girl under the pressures of Victorian England. A

boy do you come out of that novel hating some of the Mexicans

fair warning though, this book does become quite strange. Magic

(see: racist). The novel hints at an attempt to ask the question,

and other realms come into play, and Bray’s exquisite attention

who are the real savages? But falls short glorying in the bravado

to detail can even evoke smell from the page. Wondrous caves

and masculinity of Chon, tempered by the compassion and

and fields of wildflowers are but a pretty façade for the terror

philanthropy of the ever-zen Ben.

beneath. Demons and shadows tear at the fabric of reality sending physical shivers down my spine. Try as I may, words do not do this book justice. Please go out and read this for yourselves. I promise you won’t be disappointed!

Rife with try-hard acronyms, a trite, ‘racey’, and casual tone (eg. “internet porn… she likes it alot… type[s] in “squirters,” and checks out the clips”). The novel opens with a hedonistic mood: O smokes “powerful hydro” before rough sex with the emotionally distant, war-damaged Chon. Sex, murder and violence (trigger warning: rape) makes Savages a book that is compulsively readable.

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HOROSCOPES – WHAKAKITENGA

Capricorn (December 22 — January 19)

Cancer (June 21 — July 22)

All going well you have survived last week’s bender.

Spend less time skulking in the shadows of social

In fact you are in such fine form you should reward

interactions and more time at the gym. Do you even

yourself with a cone. Take care, once you go dak you

lift?

never go back.

Aquarius (January 20 — February 18)

Leo (July 23 — August 22)

After an extended period at the bottom of the self-

Stop standing in the shadow of other’s perfection.

esteem bucket, you will finally find the strength to swim

Realise your own power and move to the top of the

your way to the surface. It’s a crying shame you will only

food chain. You can be condescending and judgmental

have time for one breath before you sink back down.

from the top!

Pisces (February 19 — March 20)

Virgo (August 23 — September 22)

You are an ok human. Everything you do or say makes

The moon’s on the rise and it’s time to get sexual. Be

me want to pull out my eyes with drawing pins. Your

the carefree lascivious little minx that you are at heart.

dog’s cool. For the next week you shall receive all information in the form of a compliment sandwich.

Aries (March 21 — April 19)

Libra (September 23 — October 22)

You must follow in the footsteps of the Indian

When you look at your lover you will see a grotesque

government. 1) Ban all pornography, 2) realise it’s not

being who is lucky to be with anyone. Don’t worry it’s

possible to, 3) masturbate vigorously with the aid of a

not them, it’s just your reflection in their eyes.

list of 857 previously-banned porn sites.

Taurus (April 20 — May 20)

Scorpio (October 23 — November 21)

Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. Life’s just like

Humankind are capable of unfathomable leaps of

fishing, it’s a pity you suck at both of them.

innovation. Be a human who builds pyramids not one who produces a new reality T.V series.

Gemini (May 21 — June 20)

Sagittatrius (November 22 — December 21)

Don’t be afraid to mimic. Free yourself from restricting

Look up, get up and don’t ever give up! Unless you’re

rules and obstacles blocking your creativity. Just don’t

thinking about quitting smoking, the celestial powers

make any money from your enterprises, someone will

highly recommend you give up the nasty brown.

most definitely sue you.

WHAT’S HOT, WHAT’S NOT – NGA MEA PAI, ME NGA MEA KINO

WHAT’S HOT 1. Buying your own domain name. 2. It’s Winter, so the colour burgundy. 3. Drowning your sorrows.

WHAT’S NOT 1. Paying $2.79 for a single avocado only to find that it’s off. 2. Vomiting Wong’s at 2am on Victoria St. 3. Vomiting Wong’s at 7am in your bed.

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Mansfield Garden Peter Dornauf

inadvertently sees the corpse of a dead man in the room of the house a few doors down from the party and her response is like something straight out of Dickens. The man is described as sleeping and dreaming. According to her, it was a marvel, beautiful and wonderful. “Happy… happy… All is well, said that sleeping face.” The working class bloke has just been killed in an accident and this is the joyful response of a pampered upper middle class young woman. Give me strength!

The news that Hamilton Gardens are proposing to add to their already extensive complex a new garden in honour of Katherine Mansfield got me excited and sent me back to her short story, The Garden-Party since the new Mansfield Garden will be a recreation of elements taken from descriptive features that appear in the story. Things included will be the white roses, Karaka tree, tennis court, and a marquee. It will also

has been killed in the war. Perhaps this was her way of dealing with that death, a classic case of evasion and sentimentality. One could never imagine D H Lawrence or Virginia Woolf writing or even thinking like that in the modern post-Darwinian world.

incorporate a façade of the house in Tinakori Road, Wellington, where

Ironically she herself would die coughing up blood just a year later

she grew up as a girl. That particular house has been refurbished and

from the dreaded tuberculous. All was not well. Not long before that,

decorated in period style and become a mecca for Mansfield fans. My

she’d dashed off to Fontainebleau to soak up the influence of spiritual

last visit saw me come away with a cardboard model of the house, one

quackery courtesy of the heavily moustached Georges Ivanovitch

of those cut and paste creations.

Gurdjieff, Russian guru to the gullible, part of a string of New Agey self-

However on rereading the short story, it reminded me how I’d found her

professed pundits doing the rounds at the time.

prose when I first read it a little too breathless for my taste. This might

What made Mansfield, an intelligent woman, see death in such soppy

sound heretical to the literati out there, but take this piece from the first

terms? Perhaps it had something to do with the fact that she was

page where the scene is set on what she describes as an ideal day for

writing on the cusp of the Jazz Age, a time when people were trying to

a picnic outdoors.

suppress the memory of the horrors of the war. Laura’s epiphany is to

“The green bushes bowed down as though they had been visited by archangels.”

it comes to the ending, it just gets worse. Laura, the central character,

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see death as glorious and beautiful. Three years later, however, F Scott Fitzgerald would write about death in anything but sweet and pretty terms; Myrtle sideswiped by a speeding car and Gatsby face-down in

This is just a tad too syrupy for my palette and a bit too fey. And when

Mansfield is writing this in 1922. Seven years earlier her beloved brother

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his well-appointed swimming pool.

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Auteur House Presents: Fashion in Film Janine Swainson

Valentino: The Lat Emperor (2008) The man may have designed some stunning couture, but he is the epitome of what people find wrong with the fashion world. A stereotypical bitchy queen complete with on screen tantrum. Valentino supposedly hated the film when he first saw it….until he got a standing O at the Venice Film Fest. Then he loved it. Best Quote: “You look a bit too tan.” Mademoiselle C (2013) The least enjoyable of this list. I felt no connection or interest in Carine Roitfeld or her work. This film follows Carine and her team as they work

Now I’m not one to follow trends, but I do enjoy feasting my catlined eyes on beautiful haute couture, and as I am still awaiting my personal invitation to New York Fashion Week, I must make do with documentaries — mostly at the NZ International Film Festival. Here are few recommendations for my fellow fashionistas that are stocked at Auteur House.

to put out a new fashion magazine after she resigns as editor of French Vogue. I enjoyed a model drinking Coke… albeit it in the tiniest can ever…. and after she has just fainted on set. But still… Best Quote: “It was erotica-chic, not porno-chic.” Advanced Style (2014) My favourite of all of the films discussed, this is not about designers, photographers or industry insiders, but the most amazing older women

The September Issue (2009)

who have become my role models for life.

Follow the original devil who wears Prada, Anna Wintour as she puts

Following the success of Ari Cohen’s blog featuring women over 60

together the all-important fall issue of Vogue magazine.

who rock the sidewalks of Manhattan with their own distinct styles, the

Best Quote: “She looks pregnant. We need to fix her.”

film follows 7 ladies aged 62 — 95 who all march happily to beat of their

Bill Cunningham New York (2010) Octogenarian Bill is as opposite as one can get to the world of fashion.

own drums. Truly inspiring. Best Quote: “I never wanted to look young. I wanted to look great.”

Simple, humble, charming and discreet, he is also one of the world’s top

Get down to Lido on August 30th at 3.30pm wearing your most

fashion photographers.

fabulous hat to join myself and like-minded others for a NZ #hatmob at

Best Quote: “I prefer real women who have their own taste.”

a screening of IRIS at the Film Fest.

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SUSTAINABILITY MADE SIMPLE Beth Pearsall

So what even is sustainability? I started asking and mostly got an answer along the lines of, “It’s taking care of the environment.” But one shy guy extracted himself from his headphones and gave an answer I wasn’t expecting. He said “It’s the ability to endure.” I like that broad way of thinking, instead of all this green

leaving the heater on, having reusable water bottles and

washing crap about how to do things that are better for the

coffee cups, taking bags to the supermarket (or going to

planet when all we really care about is ourselves. The truth is

Pak n’ Save for a good old fashioned box), planting trees,

that for us to endure, we need the planet in a state in which

composting and, of course, recycling. Are we just doing it

it can sustain us. I know people who say “Who cares let them

because we think we should? And does any of it make a

all die.” But I would like us to endure. So I’ve figured out a few

difference? Yes, it does! Well, it would if everyone actually

not so obvious ways we can all help.

did those things. But they don’t. So, I’m one from a lonely

When you picture a sustainable lifestyle you may see a

crowd — you can find me spilling my kale smoothie from my

bunch of raw vegan hippies living in teepees, cooking over

reusable cup, while trying to park my bike — one handed —

a fire, digging holes to poop in, and being terrorised by their

in the empty rack by the bus stop.

band of savage stick wielding kids. But who in their right mind really wants live like that? And even if we did, we would spend all day spraining our ankles in each other’s poo holes and starving to death trying to scrape the bark off trees with our teeth. We can’t go back to hunting and gathering because there are too many of us to feed and not enough room for us to spread like jam over toast from the concrete jars of our cities.

Money Talks If we begin to think about our dollars as votes and vote for the guys selling fair trade coffee and burgers made from free range, local ingredients, then it becomes simple supply and demand economics. If we demand products that are more ethically produced by voting for them with our money, then good folks who give a shit will be able to increase their supply and that organic milk you think you

So without giving up our smart phone appendages and

can’t afford will get cheaper. On the other hand, if you get

conveniently flushing our poop out of sight and out of mind,

drunk and vote for McDonalds (or worse, vote for them

how can we be more sustainable? We all know the obvious

when you’re sober) then you are personally responsible for

like taking the bus or riding your bike, turning off lights, not

the destruction of our planet.

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Track Your Food Now, what I’m saying might sound pretty extreme but let me take you on a quick tour of the cheese burger. First you have the bun. The wheat is planted and harvested using CO2 emitting machines. It’s sprayed with fertilisers and pesticides made from petrochemicals, then it’s transported to be milled, bleached, and packaged. Next it travels to be baked, packed, and driven to the fast food outlet. The lettuce, onion, pickle and tomato are grown on industrial farms where workers wearing gas masks spray the veggies you will eat. The cucumbers are trucked to a factory, pickled, and packaged in plastic buckets (made from oil) for travel to the kitchens. The same goes for the tomato as it becomes ketchup. The lettuce and onion are pretty innocent especially when compared to the real bad guys; the pattie and the cheese. Estimates say 6.1kg of CO2 is produced for every kg of fast food meat and that it consumes up to 15,415 L water! (Some of the lowest water users are tea, beer, and wine…so go hard!). Estimates for cheese aren’t any better — and we all know the effects of dirty dairying on our rivers. Add to the mix methane belched by cows and nitrous oxide from synthetic fertilisers, both of which are powerful greenhouse gasses. Then everything has to be kept cool, cooked, and delivered to you. This means a total of 4.85kg of CO2 pumped into our atmosphere for every cheeseburger. To put

So without giving up our smart phone appendages & conveniently flushing our poop out of sight and out of mind, how can we be more sustainable?

that in context, in the USA CO2 emissions from the annual consumption of cheeseburgers is equal to the running 10 million SUVs for a year.

production is responsible for 18% of greenhouse gases. I’m

and the relationship it has to climate change can help us

not saying you have to become a vegetarian, I’ll be the first

make better decisions when it comes to filling up the fridge.

to admit I love a good steak, but even cutting your meat

Where your food comes from is important. The average meal

consumption in half can have a huge positive impact. The

travels 1200km from farm to plate. Buying local means fewer

same goes for dairy products. Buying less meat and dairy

transport emissions and the added benefit of food being

and spending the extra bit of cash on high quality organic,

fresher and putting money into our local economy. If you

local products means you not only reduce your impact on

can buy organic that is even better because although local

the environment but you will feel better because organic

reduces the transport emissions, the way food is produced

food contains more of the minerals and vitamins essential

accounts for a far greater proportion, around 83% of its

for feeling good. You will also know you are not eating the

overall carbon footprint. Additionally you will be helping

sorrow of a battery farmed hen.

to halt the rapid loss of topsoil, water pollution and the development of antibiotic resistant superbugs associated with irresponsible intensive farming practice. Growing some of your own food is easy and cuts out many of the problems we have been talking about. Even in a small space you can grow herbs, tomatoes and salad greens.

Agriculture Organization (FAO) has estimated that livestock

Understanding how many resources go into what we eat

It is up to us to find a way meet our present needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs. Being a conscious consumer and thinking about the real costs of the things you buy and eat is a big part of the solution. Eating well also means you will be more sustainably healthy, happy, and energetic. So keep on recycling and

Eat Less Meat

bringing your reusable cup to campus (preferably on your

Reducing the amount of meat you eat is a big step on the

bike) and remember every dollar you spend is a vote for the

road to a more sustainable future. United Nations Food and

future. You choose.

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NATURE ENTER ME AND OTHER SEXY ENVIRONMENTALISMS Hp

There was a time in the not too distant past, where being an environmentally conscious individual was the equivalent of being a social pariah at best and at worst, a leper. People avoided hippies believing they couldn’t be trusted

and related water pollution by 50 percent. If it isn’t recycled it

to tie their own shoes. That seemed fair enough as most

can take a million years to decompose. Now that means less

of them didn’t own shoes. But with that smelly guy on his

waste which means you can feel better about getting wasted.

bicycle receding in our collective memory faster than his hairline, and the convenient truth that no one wants to listen to Al Gore anymore, there is a place for hip and groovy environmentalists. Think Lucy Lawless and foxy new Green co-leader, James Shaw. Think Leonardo DiCaprio. These are the modern faces of environmentalism and you can be one of them — if you’re not already.

What might be considered an obvious piece of advice for the environmentally conscious lover out there is less lighting. You can cut the lights, even bring out candles, to save on electricity and of course there is body heat. Why spend all that money on a power bill, when you can spend your evenings in the company of someone not completely

Tip 1 – Drink More

repulsed by your naked body and still stay warm? Afterwards

This piece of advice you are probably already nailing like

if you shower together, you’re saving there too!

a builder’s apprentice jacked up on meth, but make sure you are drinking right. Aluminium cans like the ones your RTDs come in are 100 percent recyclable. Twenty recycled aluminium cans can be made with the energy it takes to manufacture one brand new one. Not to mention recycling your glass bottles for the beer and wine drinkers amongst us. Recycled glass reduces related air pollution by 20 percent

Tip 2 – Get Romantic

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Tip 3 – Stop Drinking So Much Damn Water There is an odd but persuasive commentary out there in the world, that water, in particular pure, unpolluted water is good for us. Wrong. Nearly 90 percent of plastic water bottles are not recycled, instead taking thousands of years to decompose. You could use a reusable container and continue to fill it up to get that healthy kick of water straight out of

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...there is a place for hip and groovy environmentalists.

Hamilton’s taps. Yeah you’re getting pumped full of fluoride

all that and go for a walk to clear your head. The place to

and depriving Putaruru of their only remaining industry, but

head is the region’s largest nature sanctuary, Sanctuary

hell, at least you’ll save a couple of bucks.

Mountain Maungatautari just outside of Cambridge. It’s a

Tip 4 – Cruise If you are one of those fancy people who have a car, then use your cruise control. When using cruise control your car could get up to 15 percent better mileage. Obviously taking a bus is another way of cutting your costs and the number

beautiful and idyllic part of the country and it’s just round the corner. Your support for this project will enable these chaps and chapettes (not to mention their pest-proof fence) protect kiwi, native plants and those handsome devils, the giant weta.

of cars on the road. If you use a bicycle, skateboard, or pogo

Tip 7 – Print Money

stick, that’s even more environmentally friendly. Just make

Not always an easy answer to the problem of filling the

sure you keep up on your personal hygiene after a long cycle,

pantry, but growing your own food is the environmentalist’s

otherwise you’ll be saving the world on your own.

answer to printing money. If you’ve got some space where

Tip 5 – Smoke Again it’s not the smoking it’s how we’re smoking. Most lighters are made out of plastic and filled with butane fuel, both petroleum products. Since lighters are generally disposable, over 1.5 billion end up in landfills each year. Choose matches. Tip 6 – Get out of Town Its busy in class, there are assignments due and exams to study for. The only morally conscious thing to do is ignore

your landlord is ok for you to turn it over, plant a few things that you use readily. Plants like spinach, tomatoes, and potatoes are hard to stuff up and don’t take up too much room. If you’ve got no space, go check out Ron Finley’s TED Talk to get some tips on becoming a guerrilla gardener. That’ll pretty much get you the green thumbs up. So take on a few of these tips and make your little neck of the woods that much happier, healthier, and open to ridicule from your conservative friends and family.

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SAVING THE WORLD WITH DR PRIYA KURIAN Interview by Dayna East

Dr Priya Kurian teaches Global Environmental Politics, Environmental Politics and Public Policy, and Media and Politics. She is the Deputy Chair of the School of Social Sciences and responded to our emails promptly — so who better to interview for our environmental issue? An esteemed academic, Dr Kurian recently received a

100% since 1990. It is quite troubling to see how little the

Marsden Grant by the Royal Society of New Zealand for her

government is prepared to do to cut emissions.

and Dr Debashish Munshi’s study on Sustainable Citizenship: Transforming Public Engagement on New and Emerging Technologies. Check out Dr Kurian and Dr Debashish Munshi’s blog at pus-journal.blogspot.co.nz

In terms of waste production, New Zealand is ranked close to the top of the OECD in per capita solid waste production. An Economist article in 2012 showed that, on average, each New Zealander produces more than 2.5 kgs

A lot of your work is based on environment and sustainability.

of municipal solid waste per day. That is massive, and is

What got you interested in these areas of study?

on par with the United States. Or, take the 1 billion plastic

I used to be a journalist a long time ago, and I wrote

bags New Zealanders use per year — that has such terrible

about grassroots people’s movements around large dams

consequences for marine life, as well as being a wasteful use

and sustainability issues, which had both environmental

of fossil fuels from which they are made.

and social justice concerns. So that’s where it possibly

On lots of other counts too, New Zealand could and should

started. When I began postgraduate study in Political

be doing better — for example, on freshwater quality that is

Science at Purdue University in the United States, I was

being compromised primarily through the intensification of

very fortunate to work closely with a preeminent scholar of

the dairy industry; and on biodiversity, where New Zealand

environmental politics and policy, Robert V. Bartlett. That

currently has the highest number of threatened species in

was a huge influence too.

the world.

New Zealand is supposedly “Clean and Green”. How do we

There are various people, Waikato staff included, who

really measure up to the rest of the world?

announce things along the lines of “not believing in global

Not very well, I am afraid. We have a stunningly beautiful

warming”. How concerned should we all really be?

country. But below that lovely green surface, many of our

Global warming, or climate change, is the most significant

practices are fundamentally unsustainable. We have a big

threat facing the planet today. There is overwhelming

carbon footprint — our annual greenhouse gas emissions

acceptance by scientists that it is caused by human action.

of about 16 tons per person (compared to the globally

Climate change has some real material consequences

sustainable rate of 1 ton per person) put us among the top

for people. From a justice perspective, it is important to

five emitters in the developed world. New Zealand’s net

recognise that those who are most vulnerable to the resulting

greenhouse gas emissions have actually grown more than

sea-level rise, rising temperatures, and the destruction of

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New Zealand could and should be doing better.

livelihoods, are among the poorest and most marginalised,

minimise their impacts on the environment. But, of course,

who have done the least to cause the problem. But climate

dairy farming is not the only thing in the Waikato. Vineyards,

change is not just happening elsewhere, it is going to affect

horticulture, and animal farming are all an important part of

us here in New Zealand too. So we need to get on with

the Waikato region.

focusing on what we can and should do in response — at the level of us as individuals, but more importantly, as a community, a nation, and globally.

about Hamilton? We have a beautiful river with paths that you can bike and

How would you rate Waikato University in terms of

walk along and the absolutely fabulous Hamilton Gardens

the measures that we have in place to reduce our

that is one of the great things about the city.

environmental footprint? We are making significant progress but there’s obviously room for improvement. For example, we are starting to reduce the waste that’s going to landfill and improving on recycling plastics and glass. Last year, we phased out polystyrene cups and packaging on campus, and this stopped around 33,000 polystyrene cups from going to landfill. We have a great Environmental and Sustainability Manager, Rachael Goddard, who is doing a tremendous amount to

Why would you encourage people, especially Waikato students, to take an active interest in the environment? Everything we do and aspire to requires a healthy, sustainable environment. If we want to be part of a sustainable community — which means having an inclusive society that prioritises principles of social justice, wellbeing for all (not just the few), and economic security — then we all need to take an active interest and do our bit for the environment.

translate into practice Action 6 of the UoW Strategy, namely

What are your three top tips for people who are looking to

to “ensure sustainable practices in all aspects of University

make a difference?

activity”. And the move to paid parking next year, which has

1. Take every opportunity to send a message to the

generated a lot of debate, will hopefully get more staff and

government that meaningful action is needed on climate

students to think of alternatives to driving, which will help

change. Write to local MPs and use social media — your

reduce the University’s carbon footprint.

voice really counts!

The Waikato Region is known for farming. What impact does this have on our surrounding environment? The intensification of dairy farming has had a major impact

With regards to the environment, what is the best thing

2. Reduce excessive consumption and consumerism — this is the epidemic of our times — and look for ethical alternatives where possible.

on our freshwater — rivers, streams and lakes — as well as

3. There are all kinds of community organisations in

on land and air. It doesn’t have to be this way. In fact, there’s

Hamilton that work on social justice and environmental

research to show that economically viable farms can actually

issues. Get involved in whatever way you can.

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Hip and Happening: Hillcrest Welcome to the home of Atticus, Apple, and Phoenix. I arrive to the house and press the doorbell, 8-bit Love Will Tear Us Apart, a Joy Division classic, awakens the household. Phoenix greets me at the door, in his hand, a vape, “It’s nicotine-free and has no harsh chemicals.” he later tells me. In the living room I find Atticus playing The Eagles on a vintage vinyl player, informing me “It sounds so much richer than an mp3.” In the kitchen Apple is making a vegan fruit salad, “It has no animal products.” she giggles. I’m home.

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HOW TO BE A GROWN UP – TE TU PAKEKE

“BANKS ARE NOT CHARITIES; THEY DON’T GIVE YOU MONEY BECAUSE YOU’RE A NICE PERSON.”

Lesson 2: How to Credit Card (Part 1)

range up to 20% or more. Store cards are the worst — most will

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the bank for a very long time.

charge you upwards of 25%. Banks are not charities; they don’t give you money because you’re a nice person. They give you money so that they can charge you for the privilege of using it — and if you can only pay the minimum payment each month, you are going to be throwing your money at

Balance transfers If you do get yourself into a pickle with credit card debt, one way to help is to get yourself a 0% balance transfer card. These Getting extra credit is great when you’re a student, but as a grown

allow you to transfer the balance of your GreedyBank credit card

up it can be a mixed blessing. At some point in your grown up life,

onto a new BastardBank credit card, and they won’t charge you

the bank is probably going to decide your ability to pay interest is

any interest on that balance for a period of time. But if you buy

sufficient for it to offer you a credit card. So here are a few pointers

anything on the card, you’ll be charged interest. And when you

on how to use a credit card without financially crippling yourself

make a payment, it pays off the lowest interest rate portion first.

more than Studylink already has.

So if you have $1000 balance transfer, and make a $10 purchase,

Interest-ing It can be really tempting when you see the perfect pair of shoes or the latest iGadget you can’t afford, to think “Oh wait! My credit

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you’ll be paying the interest on that $10 until you’ve paid off all of the $1000, and then the $10. So get a balance transfer card but don’t use it for anything else.

card has a $3000 limit — I can afford it.” But if you can’t afford to

Remember, the only way a credit card works in your favour is if

pay off the full balance at the end of the month, you actually can’t

you pay your balance in full each month. And if you’re really canny,

afford it. You’ll end up paying way more for the item in interest.

you can make some money off the bank. They hate that. I’ll tell you

Even the cheapest rate credit card is about 13% per year, and they

about that next week.

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THE SINGLE LIFE – TE KOIORA TAKITAHI

“THE LESS DIGNITY YOU HAVE, THE MORE FUN YOU WILL HAVE.”

Booty Calling for People Who Are Into Rejection Emma Nygard

The seemingly only socially acceptable way of enticing a potential bang is to stand in the club dancing about as awkwardly as Taylor Swift at a rap concert on some guy’s junk, which in the grand scheme of things is a lot less classy than a simple sex proposition. But how does one propose sex? Well, it’s called a booty call and although I have tried and ultimately failed completely at trying to initiate one, here are some things (for educational purposes) I’ve said and the responses that have followed. 1. The 1:43am ‘upto’ which was responded to the next day with a laughing emoji. It may be a timeless classic, but as seen by

Are you a go getter? Is the world telling you to disregard your sexually aggressive nature in exchange for passive femininity? Well, I say nay! Society might discourage you from sending desperate texts at 3am or alternatively “come over cunt” if you’re treating them mean and keeping them keen, but I’m more than supportive of your assertive nature, in fact I encourage it! Some people may consider it desperate or embarrassing, but let

above doesn’t always have the desired effect. 2. A coy winky face in the early hours of the morning. No reply. Do not recommend unless creepy is your ultimate aim. 3. “Hope you had a good night.” A text that screams desperation as you are one sided-ly left hoping they will respond. They won’t, you’ll look like you care too much.

me hit you with some truth: The less dignity you have, the more

4. “Wuu2” … “Nm.” Well, I didn’t actually care what you were

fun you will have. So leave society’s construct of a perfect woman

doing. I Just wanted a root, but thank you for the stimulating

at home and go out and do what boys have done for years, initiate

conversation.

the sexual (or non-sexual) encounters you choose. Don’t let that girl that stands idly by, who ironically complains about being single every other second (me) tell you it’s weird to

5. The ‘oops my friend had my phone’ or ‘sorry, wrong number’ in a fraught attempt to conceal the ultimate rejection you feel.

talk to a guy first, instead of standing and looking pretty enough

Shout out to all the boys involved! Couldn’t have embarrassed

to catch his eye. What’s more pathetic, really?

myself without you.

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A FASHIONABLE LIFESTYLE – NGA KORERO HUATAU

“A GIRL CAN DREAM.”

Etsy Shopping for Dummies Jess Wilson

shopStudioB Like Lonely Hearts lingerie but can’t spare $100+ to spend on a bra made in China? Don’t fret. ShopStudioB has a flawless collection of lingerie handmade in Leeds for less than half the price of a Lonely Hearts’ item. knobbly “Forever in limbo between a minimalist aesthetic and full on war paint.” This minimalist jewellery from Tel Aviv, Israel is nothing short of chic. I can see myself sporting one of the sterling silver

Etsy: The eBay for people who drink craft cider, consider veganism

ear cuffs on an isolated beach. My long, sandy hair gently moving

on a weekly basis, and buy organic produce. Supporting small

as I glide through the water. The camera zooms in on my perfectly

businesses on Etsy makes you instantly cooler and more stylish.

toned stomach. The dream fades and I am sitting on a couch in cat

So if you’re ready to become the down-to-earth goddess you

pyjamas with fruit bread stuck to them, writing this very article.

were born to be, check out my favourite Etsy stores.

A girl can dream.

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Magical jewellery handmade in Athens, Greece. The designs are

M-rid-seventy-four, or Moon Raven Designs, have been creating

inspired by the artist’s background in Theological studies and

handmade jewellery in Canada since 1974. Heavily inspired by nature,

her interest in ancient tribal religious imagery. Evil eyes, raw

Mood Raven’s collection of sterling silver and bronze bird claws,

gemstones and crystals, cuffs, crescents, palms, sterling silver, and

raven skulls, ram heads, and even noose charms strike the perfect

gold form the basis of this store.

balance between spooky and fashion-forward. I must also point out,

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no animals are harmed in the process of making their jewellery.

She Vamps stocks gorgeously “witchy” handmade kimonos,

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perfect for howling at the moon and joining hands with like-

Something for us perpetual weirdos. Lolle is a freelance illustrator

minded enchantresses. If the kimonos’ $100-$350 price range is

based in Mortville, Italy. If you love everything cute, creepy, and

too much, check out their sunglasses taken right out of the 90s

a little bit occult, you’ll dig this store. I have my eye on the Teen

heroin chic movement — just $20.

Witch Stickers and the pink bat broach.

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AUNTY SLUT – KOKA KAIRAU

“...WOMEN DO NOT EXIST FOR YOU TO INTERACT WITH.”

Complimenting Without Objectifying

I’ve said it before, but it seems y’all love it when I repeat myself:

Aunty Slut

reduce us to our appearance, or, in extreme cases, to the pieces

women do not exist for you to interact with. They are autonomous human beings. They have thoughts and feelings and desires and the right to tell someone to fuck off if they feel like it. What’s wrong with giving a woman a compliment? Nothing. Except those compliments are usually framed in such a way that of our bodies you could get pleasure from. It’s crazy, but some women like to think they are more than just their ass. Newsflash: we KNOW when you just want in our pants. It’s very rarely sexy.

Dear Aunty Slut,

And while saying someone’s hair looks nice is very different than

How can I approach women without getting shot down? I told a

saying she has a hot piece of ass, it still makes us feel like you don’t

chick she was sexy the other day and she gave me serious bitch

give a fuck what we’re like as people. Because we ARE people.

face. I either get yelled at or given the silent treatment? What’s

And if we look good, we usually KNOW we look good. We don’t

wrong with giving a woman a compliment anyway? Please help! I

need you to tell us. We see our sexiness every day. Your opinion

haven’t been laid in nearly a year!

is irrelevant.

I’m Nice. Dear I’m Nice, I get it. You see a girl, you think she’s hot. You tell her she’s sexy, hoping you can get into her pants. She tells you to fuck off. Why? You were being a Nice Guy™! Well maybe she’s seeing someone

It’s hard to meet people. I get it, I really do. But random conversations are much more fun when they don’t begin and end with my body. So try complimenting women on something else, like the rad presentation she gave in class last week, or the way she makes coffee, or her rad taste in books/laptops/whatever.

right now. Maybe she’s busy, or running late for something and

Seriously, it’s not that difficult. Offer to buy a girl a coffee so you

doesn’t have time to feed your ego talk right now. Or maybe, she

can chat about that essay that’s coming up, or the TPPA, or which

doesn’t like the fact that you feel entitled to make a comment

café on campus has the best coffee. (Spoiler, it’s Espresso Plus.)

on her appearance. Maybe she doesn’t give a fuck what you

Look past our spectacular tits and glorious hair and treat us like

think. Maybe she’s tired of entitled dudes getting up in her face

we’re people.

expecting her to fawn over them because they gave her an insincere, loaded “compliment”.

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CARNAGE – NGA MAHI KORARA

“CREATIVITY IS A FUNCTION OF HUMAN INTELLIGENCE, WHICH MEANS IT CAN BE ENGAGED IN ANY ACTIVITY THAT INVOLVES CONSCIOUS AND SUBCONSCIOUS THOUGHT.”

The Abstraction & Conceptualisation of Creativity Jules Craft

Creativity is a function of human intelligence, which means it can be engaged in any activity that involves conscious and subconscious thought. It also means that it is an inherent part of who we are as human beings. It is also interesting to note that a shit tonne of us don’t engage with our creativity at all – unless of course we have an assignment due the next day and can’t be fucked doing any readings. Creativity is learning how to take what’s in your mind and communicate it to the outside world in any which way you desire. It is about learning to understand your own thought processes and

Creativity. Does this word spark up your mind with fluorescent

patterns. To be creative you must stop fearing perfection because

multicoloured lights of hope and love? Or does it churn up some

there is no such thing. To be creative you can’t let ideas slip! Write

deep-seeded anxiety brought on by a traumatic childhood of

them down and carry them out. To be creative is doing something

failed primary school sketches? For me it’s a mixture of the two.

because you can’t not do it, because it will be a stabbing thorn in

You see the possibilities of allowing my imagination to run wild through a field of dandelions and ridiculous ideas excites me,

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your side until you doodle a picture of your lecturer taking a funnel onto your notes.

however, I’m not too excited about being wrong. I guess this stems

Creativity/self-expression is majorly undervalued in our society.

from two things, the first being that all my artistic work through

People are often uncomfortable sharing their talents and ideas,

school has achieved less than desirable grades, the second being

it takes a significant amount of coaxing to get someone to sing

that I have been lead to believe that creativity is restricted to a

for you and the chance is next to zero if there is a stranger in the

limited number of skills — and being neither painter nor poet, I do

room. I say fuck the system! Sing at the top of your lungs, paint

not possess a skill set required for creativity. Oh how very wrong

the inside of your flat, and have a talent show every time you get

I have been indeed.

on this piss. Be freeee!!!!

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NEW LOCALS – KORERO MAI TĀWĀHI

“WHEN I GOT TOUCHED, I SCREAMED MY LUNGS OFF AND CHUCKED THE BALL HIGH IN THE SKY WHICH PROMPTLY LANDED ON SOMEONE’S HEAD.”

NZ, Barefoot and I Georgia Teng

On another P.E. related note, the games were completely foreign to me. Back home, P.E. was sprinting, long distance running, basketball, soccer and fitness training activities; beep tests, skipping and so on. Here, we played games like bench ball and touch rugby. Being new to these sorts of games, I did MANY embarrassing things that got me stared at in disbelief by my fellow classmates.

The first thing I noticed when my family and I were driving to our

The first time I played touch rugby, the only instructions I got were

new home in Hamilton was... green. Cliché, I know, but after living

“Get the ball and run away from your goal area”. So I said, “Ok

in a country where the most greenery a person saw were strips of

I can do this, doesn’t seem too difficult, right?” WRONG… I got

grass next to walkways, you’d understand. I also realised, almost

the ball and started running. What my classmates didn’t tell me

simultaneously, that I was NOT suited to being a long distance

was that it’s normal for the opponent to touch the person with

passenger. Anyway, we reached our Hamilton home and I started

the ball to get them to stop. Me, being the dumbass I was didn’t

intermediate school a few of weeks later.

catch on from the name. When I got touched, I screamed my lungs

Getting use to the vast greenery was easy enough to do but school was a completely different story. The system was completely different from how it was back home; school didn’t start till 9am,

off and chucked the ball high in the sky which promptly landed on someone’s head. Safe to say the next time we played I wasn’t passed the rugby ball.

compared to 7am back home, I had to bring sandwiches for lunch

Intermediate was where I got used to my change in surroundings

and people were BAREFOOTED in P.E. Barefoot on the asphalt

and culture. Though even today I get confused with some of the

surfaces, the gym and on the fields. I couldn’t get my head around

sayings that Kiwis use despite being here for almost a decade, I’m

that part of New Zealand culture but after 6 months of playing

glad I got to experience this place and call New Zealand my home

without them, I got used to it.

away from home.

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Corn Fritters Zac Lyon

I went to the zoo on Sunday. I liked the giraffes, the rhinos, and the chimps. And the meerkats. While waiting for the feeding of the chimps, I had the privilege of witnessing Sally, the oldest of the female chimps, pull the finger at me. She was sneaky enough to disguise it as a ‘just scratching my face’ when the keeper kept looking at her. Anyhow, asides from being flipped the bird by a chimp, something that came to my attention was how similar our diets are. They were fed frozen peas and corn and dog biscuits. Who hasn’t eaten dog biscuits? I’m more partial to cat biscuits, but who cares. Apart from telling you about my weekend... I have no idea where this column is going, so let’s talk about corn. Ingredients 2 cans of corn kernels 3 eggs ½ red pepper finely slice 1 red onion finely sliced ½ cup grated cheese ½ cup of flour

Method 1. Throw one can of can of corn (after draining the bad boy) into a blender and pulse till smoothish. 2. In a large bowl add in the other can (drained), eggs, red pepper, onion, cheese, flour, baking powder, and salt and pepper. Add in smoothed corn from blender. 3. Mix in the large bowl until well incorporated. Easy, no mountains of dishes (flatmates will love ya for it). 4. In a hot pan, add a tad bit of oil and a spoonful of the batter mixture. Essentially you are cooking corn pancakes. 5. Once the side is all bubble butt, bubble, bubble butt. Flip it over and allow the other side to cook. 6. Whack em off the frypan and onto a wire rack until the mixture is finished. 7. They are fantastic with some sweet chilli sauce and sour cream. Add a salad to go all vegetarian, or toss on a slab of meat to complete the meal.

½ tsp baking powder Salt and pepper

Enjoy guys. By the way, go see Sally the chimp. You won’t be disappointed.

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She’s never been on a date before. “If the planets align” then he’d love to have sex on the first date. He wants a girl who’s dedicated to some sort of activity (astrology perhaps?). She wants a guy who’s funny, smells good, and isn’t a fuckboy. His ultimate deal-breaker is girls with a 420 blaze it lifestyle, whereas her ultimate deal-breaker is being a fuckboy. We put these two on a date where no fuckboys were allowed.

I arrived not knowing whether I was crazy hungry or

After smashing a sneaky Tui in the car of my sober driver,

just nervous. I skipped past my date to the bar and was

I manned the courage to step out of the Volkswagen

ushered back towards him by the waiter. Damn! He was

Polo. I walked into the bar scanning the room and I was

a big beautiful brown boy, thank you Nexus, you have

shown my empty table. I promptly ordered a beer — all

done well! He undid his shirt simultaneously as I sat

things going smooth so far.

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down (simmer down buddy, I’m not that kinda girl). I dived right in and asked the intimate questions such as are you a fuckboy?

The Gentleman’s Experience

She walked passed me in a long bright red coat, she introduced herself and we got talking. Immediately, she started talking shit to me, which I was stoked about, at

He passed, although his jealousy of the waiter’s sneaky

least she wasn’t nervous to talk and share banter. She was

glances at me grew higher as did his alcohol intake, he

asking personal questions off the bat, but I wasn’t one to

was great… Looking. I educated the boy on how to keep a

shy away, so we shared some fairly embarrassing stories

conversation and the difference between banter and cuss.

over cheap beers and expensive as fuck long island ice

I ordered mussels which he didn’t like... a Maori boy that

teas (bitch burning up that bar tab way too quick).

doesn’t like mussels... who knew? Having to borrow a

After she spent an hour or so ripping into my heritage

phone call off me to escape the date wasn’t as smooth

and hitting on the waiter, we talked about plans after

as his banter, but there was no saying no to anything

the date. Sadly, the funds were low, so I offered my flat

that boy asked.

mates Eftpos card to carry on drinking at Hospo night.

Needless to say we will be honeymooning in Paris. 3/10

However, class the next day meant we ended up bailing

for education and 7/10 for looks, but a 10/10 for the

on that idea. All in all, a great night, her banter was

fuckboy of my dreams, even if we didn’t end up back in

through the roof — would recommend to all my friends

bed. Maybe next time team.

and as always #upthetanis.

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REPRESENTATION – KANOHITANGA Student Job Search In the first five months of the year the partnership between SJS and The WSU meant that 465 students were placed into new jobs. As a result they collectively earned $1,464,521. We also saw 549 people enrol for the first time. Congratulations to everyone who found a new job through SJS.

EXPERIENCE – TE WHEAKO Tompkins Wake Law Ball 2015 What is different about this year’s Law ball? This year we have changed things up a little — firstly the event will be held at the Atrium. If you haven’t been there before it is a beautiful space and comes to life at night. Secondly the food — get excited for an amazing buffet meal provided by Hazel Hayes. Lastly, tickets are limited — get in quick! Is it just for Lawyer’s in training or can fun people attend too? We see what you did there….are Lawyers in training not fun people? Of course the Law Ball is for everyone. It will be an amazing event for all those wanting a night of glitz, glam, and an opportunity to get your number ones on and enjoy a night out! How did you come up with the theme? This years theme came to mind after becoming a little too obsessed with Empire the TV show — the glamour, the gold, the money, the music. What is the food going to be like? Delicious! Hazel Hayes are without a doubt the best caterers in Hamilton, great food and great personalities. They have designed a New York street food inspired buffet menu especially for the night. Where can people buy tickets? Come see us in the Student Centre Foyer (Library, Level 2) to get your tickets. 12pm – 2pm August 12th – 14th & 12pm – 2pm August 19th – 21st. Cash only sales. Tickets are $65 per person or grab two for $120. Online payments can be made to: 12-3249-0144871-00 You must include your name and student ID number as your reference. Photo ID will be requested upon pick-up. Check our Facebook page for more details https://www.facebook.com/wulsa

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ADVOCACY – ĀWHINATANGA Advocacy Mobile Clinics Held Around Campus Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences WEDNESDAYS 9-10am JK.2.02 (Maori Mentors Office) Te Oranga School of Development & Movement WEDNESDAYS 1-2pm t.b.c. Te Piringa Law School THURSDAYS 10-11am G.18 ( Maori Mentors Office)

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parking. She let us know that “she still can’t tell us a lot because every day something is changing

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and we are getting more feedback” but we let her talk and tried our best not make stuff up. 1. Odds are you can pay for the year up front. This is something we were fighting for so

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students would know exactly what the cost. 2. Paying up front will definitely be cheaper than will be cheaper than paying for a park every day. 3. Pay and Display machines won’t just be coin operated. 4. Paid parking will be included in the WSU consultation prior to the AGM. We will be leading the conversation on sustainability and public transportation options and whether they are actually cost effective. 5. The best thing you as students can do is send Shannon your feedback president@wsu.org.nz The more feedback she gets the better case the board can make with the VC.

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ADVOCACY – ĀWHINATANGA WPSA Guest Lecture 13 August at 17:30 LAW.G.04 If pizza and a robust discussion on criminology is your sort of thing then boy do we have good news for you. The Waikato Psychology Students’ Association are bringing you actual clinical psychologists (and actual pizza).

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Advocacy Boutique Clinics Held at WSU Offices

Do you like buying things off the internet? Do you like it when your mail doesn’t get

Student Job Search Clinic

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11am – 12pm Mondays

WSU Handles My Package makes the WSU your delivery address. Just register with us in the SUB Building or online at

Careers and Development Clinic 1pm – 2pm Mondays

wsu.org.nz and we will email or text you

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when your packages or mail have arrived.

12.30pm –2.30pm Thursdays

Open Mic Jam every Friday in Level Zero from 1pm

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In UNESCO what does the E stand for?

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How many square meters in a hectare?

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loop. The numbers indicate how many lines

Which scientist was master of the mint and sat in the English parliament?

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Solve the clues and fill in the words.

Fill all of the blank squares in the grid using only the

numbers 1 – 9 so the numbers entered add up to the corresponding clue. You cannot use the same number

6 3

10 3 17

Across

50. James Patterson novel (15)

25. Buddhist who has

1. “The ___ of the

58. Composed (5)

attained Nirvana (5)

Mohicans” (4)

59. All fired up (4)

26. Airs (5)

5. ___ bean (4)

60. ___ mater (4)

27. Any doctrine (3)

9. Pool site, maybe (4)

61. The Dow, for example (5)

28. Communicate silently (4)

13. First Lady of Jazz (4)

62. Bank (on) (4)

29. Loses color (5)

14. Arab ruler (4)

63. When repeated, a 1997

30. Bad treatment (5)

15. Squirrel away (5)

Jim Carrey comedy (4)

31. Dynamite inventor (5)

16. Dam (4)

64. Reverse, for example (4)

33. “___ bitten,

17. Ship of 1492 (4)

65. Arborist’s concern (4)

twice shy” (4)

18. Rubbernecked (5)

66. “___ of the Flies” (4)

34. High school class, for

19. James Patterson novel (15)

3 16

3 7

more than once in a run (eg. 7, 1, 1).

SIMPLE PUZZLES FOR SIMPLE PEOPLE It’s a carrot, stupid.

short (3)

22. Gross (4)

Down

37. Protected by levees (5)

23. Ring bearer, maybe (3)

1. Bawdy (4)

38. Sycophant (5)

24. Starve (6)

2. On the safe side, at sea (4)

39. “60 Minutes” network (3)

28. Shallow basin

3. Type of pickings (4)

44. Whistle blower (6)

in a desert (7)

4. Hawaiian tuber (4)

45. Building addition (5)

32. Come to mind (5)

5. Good guy (6)

46. ‘60s coloring method (6)

33. Final notice (4)

6. Eskimo boat (5)

48. Go-getter (5)

35. Blood-typing letters (3)

7. Fool (5)

49. Like an old woman (5)

36. James Patterson novel (15)

8. Alum (4)

50. Big gulp (4)

40. Pallid (3)

9. Found on the dairy aisle (6)

51. Coastal raptor (4)

41. Clickable image (4)

10. French Sudan, today (4)

52. Conclusion (4)

42. Corpulent (5)

11. Street ___ (4)

53. “B.C.” cartoonist (4)

43. On the line (7)

12. Contributes (4)

54. Washington locale, with

46. Mortarboard

15. Every 60 minutes (5)

“the” (4)

attachment (6)

20. Japanese-American (5)

55. Assortment (4)

47. Formula ___ (3)

21. “___ Be Not Proud” (5)

56. “Rubáiyát” poet (4)

48. Domestic (4)

24. Islamic decree (5)

57. Old ointment (4)

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