“Out of the Blue,”your vice president on identity, leadership and community
by Vivien Whyte (she/her) contributing writer Debate sat down with Zina Abu Ali (she/her), a fourth-year architectural engineering...
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Liam Hansen
Aug 14, 20238 min read
Calming Fields in Greyscale:The Atmospheres and Music of Babe Martin
by Liam Hansen (they/them) associate editor Courtney Rodgers (they/them) photography It’s impossible for me to shut up about music. Half...
Liam Hansen
Jul 17, 202310 min read
Debate Catches Up With: Misty Frequency
by Liam Hansen (they/them) feature writer There is nobody in the Tāmaki Makaurau drag scene quite like Misty Frequency (Ngāti Kahungunu,...
Debate Magazine
May 22, 20236 min read
In conversation with your student president: Sara Youssef
Debate’s graphic designer, Charlie Ratahi, sat down with AUTSA President Sara Youssef to discuss the hardships students face today,...
Thomas Giblin
May 8, 20233 min read
Robinson on the Power of Music & What it Means to 'Make It'.
by Thomas Giblin (he/him) culture & lifestyle writer In the pantheon of famed New Zealand artists, Robinson is an anomaly. With 700,000...
Liam Hansen
May 8, 20239 min read
Debate catches up with: Jujulipps
by Liam Hansen (he/they) features writer Tāmaki Makaurau’s Jujulipps has only been in the local rap scene for a couple of years, but the...
Debate Magazine
Oct 5, 20222 min read
Open letter: The New Zealand government does not care about students
By Sara Youssef, AUT student president As the student president at AUT, do I think the government, who are supposed to be ‘by the people,...
Justin Hu and David Williams
May 3, 20226 min read
“It Was AUT Or Bust,”Says Aotearoa’s First Pasifika Vice-Chancellor
By Justin Hu (he/him) and David Williams (he/him) AUT’s new vice-chancellor Dr. Damon Salesa says he wants to regularly meet with...
Nam Woon Kim
May 3, 20227 min read
Meet Always Be Grateful: your local Korean Indie collective
By Nam Woon Kim (he/him) Friends, food, and having a supportive team are just some of the things the new music collective are grateful...
Reece Skelley
May 2, 20228 min read
Where West Auckland meets Midwest Emo: An interview with Melanie
By Reece Skelley (he/him) Self-proclaimed semi-professional music guy Reece Skelley trekked to Morningside to have a chat with...
Alana Rae
Mar 29, 20226 min read
Bright side presents - Your sex questions answered (by a real sex therapist )
By Alana Rae (she/her) If you’ve got questions about sex, you’re definitely not alone. Sometimes at university it can seem like everyone...
Vivien Whyte
Mar 14, 20225 min read
WWPD? What would Papatūānuku do?
By Vivien Whyte (she/her) Viv sat down for a kōrero with Dallas Abel, the Project Coordinator for the Kai Ika project, to talk about...
Debate Magazine
Mar 2, 20222 min read
Meet Your New AUTSA President
Debate has a tradition of offering a space for the AUTSA President to introduce themselves to the student community. Alana caught up with...
Alana McConnell
Oct 10, 20212 min read
Bright, Breathless, and 3D: an Interview with Smurgy
By Alana McConnell (she/her) Debate interviewed Smurgy, an artist based in Tāmaki Makaurau, hailing from Ōtautahi. We talked about his...
Justin Hu
Sep 27, 20214 min read
Aotearoa’s Fracking Capital
New Short Film by AUT Alumni Goes on the Ground in Taranaki to Decipher Our Climate Emergency By Justin Hu (he/him) In 2018, in response...
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