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Chasing the Blue Dragon

Posted 5:17pm Sunday 2nd September 2012 by Michael Neilson

A glimpse into the unique life of the travelling surfer, who scours the globe in pursuit of the ultimate fix. I’m guessing that most of you have either already travelled or can’t wait to kiss your degree goodbye and boost off to some faraway corner of the globe. For surfers, the same Read more...

Itchy Feet

Posted 5:17pm Sunday 2nd September 2012 by Joe Stockman

After three, four, or more years at university, most students are pretty keen to get overseas as soon as possible. Whether it’s going on exchange, heading to London for the big OE, or backpacking in Southeast Asia, the drive to travel is an innate part of the Kiwi psyche. Well-travelled ol’ man Joe Read more...

The War at Home

Posted 5:17pm Sunday 2nd September 2012 by Zane Pocock

When Goff goofed up the 2011 election, he valiantly handed the reins to one of Labour’s many Davids, namely David Shearer, who is thought to be Labour’s answer to John Key in sheer blokiness. Yet many New Zealanders continue to ask, “David who?” Critic editor Joe Stockman caught up with Shearer for Read more...

Two Hours with Louis Crimp

Posted 4:26pm Sunday 19th August 2012 by Callum Fredric

An interview with the outspoken and often offensive multi-millionaire about life, cats, Maori culture, and sex against trees. When I first came up with the idea of interviewing Louis Crimp, I had a very simple agenda – to get as many outrageous quotes as possible. The Invercargill Read more...

Bursting The Bubble of The Clean Green Myth

Posted 4:26pm Sunday 19th August 2012 by Jordan Maynard

As a Canadian exchange student, I have the impression that pride in New Zealand’s farming history is ingrained in every Kiwi outside of Auckland. But what exactly do you Southerners have to be proud of? Is New Zealand’s clean green agricultural image real, or just a marketing façade to separate you Read more...

The Children of Parihaka

Posted 4:26pm Sunday 19th August 2012 by Katie Kenny

The New Zealand Film Festival screening of Tatarakihi: The Children of Parihaka, directed by Paora Te Oti Takarangi Joseph, left me feeling seriously ignorant of Dunedin’s local history. You see, I had no idea that the streets upon which we walk daily – High Street, Stuart Street, the Read more...

Jimmy Boy

Posted 4:26pm Sunday 19th August 2012 by Claudia Herron

Esteemed moral philosopher and historian Emeritus Professor James R Flynn has a staggering breadth of knowledge in fields of philosophy, psychology, and politics, on topics ranging from human ideals to race, class, and IQ. After a near 30-year reign as Head of the Politics Department at the Read more...

New Zealand's Most Inspirational Celebrities

Posted 5:14pm Sunday 12th August 2012 by Anonymous

The front page of this week’s Sunday Star Times offered a fetching full-page graphic of our victorious Olympic gold medallists, punctuated by the witty headline “IT’S RAINING MEDALS!” Our Olympic success naturally deserves recognition, but I can’t help but worry that this wanton, vulgar celebration Read more...

Get Your Faith On

Posted 5:14pm Sunday 12th August 2012 by Joe Stockman

“Thank God I’m an Atheist” - Luis Bunuel It would be pretty easy, too easy, for a student magazine to write an article about religion and simply tear it down. Religion is stupid in the face of any form of rationality. Pretty much every faith asks you to believe in something unseen – a Read more...

Dunedin's Sons of Abraham

Posted 5:14pm Sunday 12th August 2012 by Michael Neilson

Before getting started, I should clarify that the title of this article does not refer to a couple of blokes you might catch down at the Cook on a Thursday night. Abraham and his sons Isaac and Ishmael provide the historical and spiritual roots of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. University Read more...