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Welcome to the Salient blog! Here you'll find every piece of writing we've published this year. Browse by category, or just go for a scroll.
Chris Kraus isn't Done With Wellington
WILL IRVINE in conversation with CHRIS KRAUS Over the summer, I had the rare pleasure of being able to interview Chris Kraus. Most people...
Salient Mag
Mar 1214 min read
We Found Love (Community) in a Hopeless Place (Law School)
Ethan Rogacion (he/him) Ahh, the Old Government Building. Home of a bizarre exhibition about the history of the public service, an...
Salient Mag
Mar 116 min read
Hunger Pangs: Trying To Find Food on Campus
Will Irvine (he/him) It’s become a truism at this point that developing an in-person study routine is crucial to ensuring academic...
Salient Mag
Mar 113 min read
Tūhototia! - Connecting tauira between campuses
By Manaia Barns (Ngāti Tūwharetoa ki Kawerau, Te Arawa Whānui) Being a tauira Māori at Te Herenga Waka can be challenging; new systems...
Salient Mag
Mar 113 min read
The State of the (Student) Union
By Emma Maguire (they/them) You might know the Student Union Building from its greatest hits; excellent pizza from the Hunter Lounge,...
Salient Mag
Mar 112 min read
Saigon Sex Abuse Restaurant Gone - Or Is It?
Will Irvine (he/him), Maya Field (she/her) Saigon, the Willis Street restaurant where two employees were sexually abused by government...
Salient Mag
Mar 112 min read
Mansions and Slums at the Heart of Kelburn Campus
By Maya Field and Georgia Wearing If you ever needed a visual metaphor for the prosperity gap in Aotearoa, or even globally, you can...
Salient Mag
Mar 113 min read
Navigating My Mixed Feelings About OGB
By Emma Barnes-Wetere (Ngāti Maniapoto, Tainui) The Old Government Buildings (OGB) stand as an imposing relic of colonial rule - one that...
Salient Mag
Mar 114 min read
Post-Code Switching
Jia Sharma (she/her) I once had to rush from a Tort Law lecture about false imprisonment at Pipitea to a film screening of The Princess...
Salient Mag
Mar 115 min read
Instagram Woke Up and Chose Violence
Fergus Goodall-Smith (he/him) On Wednesday February 26th, Instagram reels switched to demon time. Millions of users started encountering...
Salient Mag
Mar 112 min read
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