Tracks & Winter Reading

Posted 1:21pm Sunday 17th July 2016 by Millicent Lovelock

The semester break is when I like to catch up on my reading and my listening, and usually I combine these activities. So, for this week I’ve put together a summary of my winter reading list and some of the music that has accompanied it. TiO (Zayn) & A selection of poems in The Male Read more...

Michael Parekowhai

Posted 1:23pm Sunday 17th July 2016 by Monique Hodgkinson

Several years ago, whilst working at Te Papa Tongarewa I was lucky enough to view Michael Parekowhai’s On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer, a magnificent sculpture installation coinciding with the 54th Venice Biennale exhibition. The installation included an enormous and intimidating Read more...

Bossypants

Posted 12:48pm Sunday 17th July 2016 by Hayleigh Clarkson

Tina Fey’s Bossypants delivers everything you hoped it would. Humour, honesty, punchy one-liners and a whole lot of cleverly disguised feminism in the form of flatulent jokes. There is not one single dull page in this book and the jokes just keep rolling.  It is not so much a memoir as Read more...

Doom

Posted 1:31pm Sunday 17th July 2016 by Carl Dingwall

Rating: A Twenty-three years ago, the landscape of gaming was changed forever. Sure, there had been other first-person shooters before—id Software’s own Wolfenstein 3D among them—but none were as influential or widespread as the original Doom in 1993. It’s fast-paced gory Read more...

The Rithmatist

Posted 12:53pm Sunday 17th July 2016 by Jack Blair

Remember the magic pencil and evil doodle from Spongebob Squarepants? If that episode had been set in Hogwarts, and there had been a murderer on the loose, then you’d have The Rithmatist. Even though you may not care about the magical benefits of being able to draw a stick figure, you will Read more...

Chicken Fajitas

Posted 1:35pm Sunday 17th July 2016 by Kirsten Garcia

Fajitas are a grilled meat usually accompanied with onions and bell peppers and served on a tortilla. At most restaurants they’ll serve the meat and veggies to you on a sizzling plate. You then assemble the ingredients on to the tortilla yourself with as much extra cheese and guac your heart Read more...

Independence Day: Resurgence

Posted 1:01pm Sunday 17th July 2016 by Andrew Kwiatkowski

Rating: C With deep sadness I report that the promise of a worthy sequel made to us by the trailer was exploded into a million fragments like a landmark in a Roland Emmerich film. Granted, it was an ambitious and difficult task to ever try and match the supreme awesomeness of Independence Day, Read more...

The Legend of Tarzan

Posted 1:05pm Sunday 17th July 2016 by Anonymous Bird

Rating: B- It’s been 10 years since Tarzan (Alexander Skarsgård), also known as John Clayton III, was discovered by Jane (Margot Robbie) and brought to live in England. George Washington Williams (Samuel Jackson) convinces Tarzan to accept an invitation to the Congo from King Leopold Read more...

Finding Dory

Posted 1:07pm Sunday 17th July 2016 by Lisa Blakie

Rating: A Before I even begin to talk about Finding Dory, I NEED to yell about about adorable and flawlessly animated “Piper”. This was the short before the feature film and sends the very simple message of facing your fears and learning from others. The animation was so gorgeously Read more...

Five time sink mobile game apps

Posted 12:43pm Sunday 10th July 2016 by Anonymous Bird

Neko Atsume Rating: A- Neko Atsume is an adorable cat collection game. You start off with a small yard, and you are given some fish. You use this to buy goodies, to deck out your garden with cat food and toys. Leave the app open in the background and do something else. Slowly but surely, cats Read more...