Lockdown in Waikato
By hugo.molloy (he/him) I’m in my early twenties, so my experience of the pandemic has been vastly different to other groups. Studying...
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Vivien Whyte
Aug 28, 20222 min read
Theatre Review: Dawn Raids
Showing at the ASB Waterfront Theatre until 3rd September. Purchase tickets from Auckland Theatre Company’s website. Tickets are...
Vivien Whyte
Aug 14, 20224 min read
We cannot protect our moana if our waka cannot speak to it
By Vivien Whyte (she/her) Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa. The great ocean continent. For those of us who live with it, our connection with the ocean...
Liam Hansen
Aug 14, 20225 min read
Climate Fatalism - Is It Getting Us Anywhere?
By Liam Hansen (he/they) Everyone remembers that one cooked week in March 2020 when the pandemic started. It was like that scene in...
Briar Pomana
Aug 14, 20225 min read
C*ntry Calendar
By Briar Pomona This story was first published on Pantograph Punch Country Calendar is a Kiwi classic and one of our most popular local...
Debate Magazine
Aug 14, 20224 min read
A Love Letter to Auckland
By: Roro Vinod (they/them) The formative memories of my childhood are set in a terraced house at the end of a desolate cul-de-sac....
Briar Pomana
Aug 3, 20224 min read
The Pipi Beds
WORDS | Briar Pomona (she/her) ILLUSTRATION | Yi Jong (she/they) Nanny and Papa lived opposite Te Rehu, our marae in the inland village...
Petra Shotwell
Aug 3, 20223 min read
Please just make me toast and hold me tightly
WORDS | Petra Shotwell (she/they) ILLUSTRATION | Yi Jong (she/they) a personal essay because covid sucks and I miss my mum I’m a...
Debate Magazine
Aug 3, 20223 min read
Nostalgia for the world (before it all turned to shit)
By Ethan Berry (he/him) If you were in New Zealand on January 5th 2020, you’ll remember a surreal and apocalyptic haze of orange smog...
Briar Pomana
Aug 3, 20222 min read
WHAEA FITS
WORDS | Briar Pomona (she/her) ILLUSTRATION | Charlie Ratahi (she/her) My favourite thing about hui are the whaea fits. I’ve been a fan...
Liam Hansen
Aug 3, 20227 min read
CAR SEAT HEADREST'STWIN FANTASY& QUEER TEENAGE SADNESS
WORDS | Liam Hansen (he/they) The four and a half years since Car Seat Headrest re- released Twin Fantasy have been a weird time. It’s...
Debate Magazine
Aug 3, 20222 min read
My Dad’s CDs:A Retrospective
By Sam Clark (he/him) One of my core childhood memories is sitting on Takapuna Beach under the pōhutukawa trees with my dad. He would...
Liam Hansen
Jul 18, 20228 min read
Harold The Giraffe Made Me Terrified of Drugs
WORDS | Liam Hansen (he/they) Behind the iconic mammal that preached healthy living to a generation Primary school in the mid to late...
Debate Magazine
Jul 18, 20224 min read
Fear and Loathing in Port Waikato
By Anonymous Illustraion by Lucy Higgins (she/her) @iggyucy I’m not much of a stoner these days. It’s something that can be traced back...
Briar Pomana
Jul 18, 20224 min read
My Neighbours, The Drug Dealers
WORDS | Briar Pomana (she/her) ILLUSTRATION | Yi Jong (she/they) One was twenty-something and the other probably sixty. They both sold...
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