Banana and condom demonstrations, cringy 80s abstinence videos, and horrific STI photos forever burnt into our retinas — sex ed is memorable to say the least. However, for a lot of New Zealanders, sex ed can be memorable in all the wrong ways. Students walk away having learnt about STIs and pregnancy, but still ignorant […]
The Green Party’s proposed Residential Tenancies (Safe and Secure Rentals) Amendment Bill seeks to “make life better for the thousands of New Zealanders who rent their homes” through changes to housing quality, tenancy advocacy, and rent security. The Greens’ ten point policy outlines a dismal situation for renters, stressing three key problems: poor quality rental […]
Public meetings conducted by the Greater Wellington Regional Council (GWRC) on changes to public transport have seen a further push for fairer fares, which was included in the GWRC draft Annual Plan for the first time earlier in 2017. On September 12, a meeting at St Andrew’s on the Terrace was attended by Wellington councillors […]
VUWSA is launching an initiative to provide free menstrual products to students at VUW this week.
Sponge is a sparkling new New Zealand-Pacific online sci-fi journal. Having already published its first issue, Sponge is taking advantage of the online medium to reach an audience previously only accessible to print magazines. I got in touch with creator Lucy-Jane Walsh to find out what goes on behind the scenes. Why did you […]
244 New Zealanders were diagnosed with HIV in 2016, the largest number of new diagnoses since records began in 1985. In response to these figures, the New Zealand AIDS Foundation has announced its Ending HIV campaign, introducing a three-pronged approach to ending HIV transmissions by 2025.
In April, the Russian independent daily newspaper Novaya Gazeta reported that more than 100 gay men had been abducted in Chechnya, a federal subject of Russia, as part of a coordinated campaign. Since then testimonies from survivors have been released by Human Rights Watch, which detail extreme torture and being forced to name other gay […]
There have been numerous high profile cases going through the New Zealand courts this past month. New Zealand gained international attention after John Oliver reported on the highly ridiculous Eminem v The New Zealand National Party. There’s also been Andrew Little v Lani and Earl Hagerman, in which Little was sued for defamation after statements […]
Labour and Māori Recently there has been criticism and counter-criticism over Labour’s relationship with Māori voters. Electorate seats, education, prison rates, and historic land disputes are all issues dogging Labour in what looks to become one of the major themes in their run up to the 2017 election. At the centre of the discussion is […]