Issue 19, 2025

News

A Tale of Twin, Mouldy Cities
Execrable: Betrayal from the Inside?
Freshers Plagued by Even More Diseases than Usual
Student Activists Help Shutter ANZ
Students Chalk Up Change to Lecture Recordings
Sustainability Students’ Stellar Semester

Features

Critic’s Brush With Artistic Genius

Columns

Booze Review: Thunderdonk Salted Caramel Whisky
Debatable: Is Ed Sheeran copying Jackson Pollock?
Editorial: Praying at the Altar of Art
Horoscopes: Issue 19 2025
Local Produce: Let’s Craft
Mi Goreng Graduate: Kūmara Fritters
Moaningful Confessions: Electric Feel
OUSA Exec: Getting Through the Final Weeks of Winter

Culture

Diary of a Tortured Artist
The Great Ōtepoti Flag Referendum
“Waste of Money": Sexy Garfield vs the world

18th August 2025

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