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Editorial: Is this a Dunedin Initiation or a CIA Blacksite Torture Method?

Flat initiations are 20 years old at best. You know what else is 20 years old? Enhanced interrogation techniques designed by CIA crackpots in the wake of 9/11. They like to go out, abduct suspected terrorists and then torture them for weeks in secret locations on foreign soil. The tactics used (the whole programme, really) were kept secret until leaks in the mid ‘10s, and once out in the open, shit hit the fan - quick. And as we’ve...

Chargrills: Feta, Spinach and Lemon Stuffed Chicken Bake

And all of a sudden, we’re at the last recipe. It's been good team, thanks for looking at the pictures and never trying a recipe! It's not too late though, try this. You'll like it. CHICKEN 2 chicken breasts ⅓ block feta ¼ cup spinach, diced Juice of a lemon wedge Olive oil VEGGIES 1 can of chickpeas ½ head broccoli, chopped 1...

Takeaways: Week 26

Something to… Watch Tom Sandoval’s apology video on YouTube A raw, emotional, genuine display of social media in the golden era of the early 2010s. If your birth year ends later than 00, consider yourself lucky that your tween fantasies and fuck-ups have not been immortalised on the internet in the way that some of us are unlucky enough to have been stuck with. Without context, this...

Moaningful: Shark Tale

As an avid Moaningful Confessions reader, I have been recently disappointed with the lack of jaw-dropping, juicy stories, so against my better judgement, I have sacrificed the last shred of my dignity to provide the worst, most entertaining of sex stories. To set the scene, I had just turned 19 while he was in his mid-20s (and still living with his parents, might I add). We had been coworkers for a while before I came down to...

Local Produce - No Danger

Get your hard hats and your high-vis vests on. For a hazard-free gig, you can count on No Danger: an eclectic six-piece band that play sets with covers ranging from Black Sabbath to the Spice Girls, alongside their own originals, one of which they’re planning to officially release soon. Critic Te Ārohi caught up with the band to talk OSHA. “What’s not dangerous?” says Blake, of their signature stage look....

Local Produce: - Fool of Stars