A New Zealand Celebrity Hit Me Up On Tinder At 19
Critic Te Ārohi can verify that this celebrity is indeed a household name in Aotearoa. We’ve seen the messages, listened to voice memos, and seen the verified account linked to everything. We just don’t want to get in legal trouble by naming this guy.
When I was 19, my flatmates and I would sometimes pass our spare time by playing a cult favourite game – Tinder. One night, I came across an incredibly well-known...
How to Decode Politicians: My (opinionated) 6-step guide to understanding their bullshit
"Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel." — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Merriam Webster dictionary defines a politician as “a person experienced in the art or science of government. Especially: one actively engaged in conducting the business of a government.”
I think that definition is almost as ideologically vague as the politicians it describes. Art? Conducting business? It makes politics...
Leith Street Residents at Gloriavale
Gravel rattles underneath tyres, fog reaches out from hills
Pulling us in, wrapping around
Grey path yawns further, a vehicle rattles across cattle-grate
Solemn eyes and fixed faces, children in back, adults in front
We fidget, and watch, they watch, and disappear
Back into the fog, as quick as we saw them
A bead of sweat rolls down the driver’s forehead
Had he turned the air-con off?
The road halts, and space opens wide
The...
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