Hot Girl Summer, Karanga Mai

Posted 12:39pm Saturday 10th October 2026

If there’s one thing a Ngāpuhi likes, it’s arguing a case. Unfortunately for everyone else, I’ve always got one.  With exam season looming, my attention has already wandered several weeks ahead. Right now, I’m dreaming about summer: long afternoons, baking in the Read more...

Friends With Benefits

Posted 11:39am Sunday 20th September 2026

If there’s one thing a Ngāpuhi likes, it’s arguing a case. Unfortunately for everyone else, I’ve always got one.  When I left Whangārei, most people assured me I was about to meet a whole new world of “like-minded” people. Unfortunately, I interpreted Read more...

Editorial: Issue 22 2026

Posted 12:31pm Sunday 13th September 2026

My mum was 18 when she had me. She liked the Bratz, and apparently knew I would too. So when it came time to name her first daughter, she had a plan. The only flaw in this master plan was that she was having a brown-eyed Māori girl in Whangārei, named after the whitest Bratz girl of the Read more...

Signed, Sealed, (Still Left On) Delivered

Posted 11:28am Sunday 23rd August 2026

If there’s one thing a Ngāpuhi likes, it’s arguing a case. Unfortunately for everyone else, I’ve always got one.  We were promised that phones would make us more connected. Instant messaging arrived and, for once, the name did exactly what it said on the tin: messages Read more...

The Politics of Being Nice

Posted 9:51am Sunday 16th August 2026

If there’s one thing a Ngāpuhi likes, it’s arguing a case. Unfortunately for everyone else, I’ve always got one. That’s probably why I’ve never quite understood Kiwis’ obsession with being nice. Between inherited British politeness, our talent for Read more...

The Price of Free

Posted 11:23am Sunday 2nd August 2026

If there’s one thing a Ngāpuhi likes, it’s arguing a case. Unfortunately for everyone else, I’ve always got one.  Artificial intelligence is having a phenomenal year. Apparently, it can write your assignment, draft a CV, answer difficult emails, and plan your holiday Read more...

The Algorithm Made Me Do It

Posted 9:25am Sunday 26th July 2026

If there’s one thing a Ngāpuhi likes, it’s arguing a case. Unfortunately for everyone else, I’ve always got one.  There was a time when personality was something you developed. Somewhere along the way, we outsourced our personalities to the algorithm. Nobody simply Read more...

From the Pātaka - Issue 11

Posted 11:25am Sunday 10th May 2026

You can tell what time of year it is by what people are carrying. Shoes in one hand, laptop in the other, everything else tucked in where it fits, moving from one place to the next without really stopping. Within TRM, the volleyball tournament has just passed, Te Huinga Tauira musters are underway, Read more...

From the Pātaka

Posted 1:33pm Sunday 26th April 2026

The semester has properly settled into its pace now. Calendars are filling, deadlines are approaching, and the whare is rarely quiet. Before things tighten up even more, we are back in the pātaka, clearing the shelves and checking what has been happening and what is coming up. Right now, Read more...

You Cannot Be What You Cannot See

Posted 3:22pm Saturday 11th April 2026

When you think of drugs, your mind probably goes straight to the obvious – weed, party culture, the spectacle of harm. But the substances most deeply embedded in Aotearoa’s everyday life rarely attract the same scrutiny. Sugar, alcohol, and caffeine have been normalised to the point of Read more...