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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.
UniQ: The Secret Gay Language of Polari
It began probably sometime in the 1800s across the United Kingdom as a collection of words borrowed from other languages and slangs
Zia Ravenscroft
Oct 7, 20242 min read
Pacific Nations and Languages | Solomon Islands & Niue
Solomon Islands & Niue
Salient Mag
Oct 7, 20243 min read
LONG-COVID: It Sucks
Over 200,000 Kiwis are registered in the long Covid registry. We’re out here—just struggling in silence.
Guest Writer
Sep 30, 20243 min read
UniQ | Pre-Disability: A Myth
We are all pre-disabled. The notion of a liveable life is always connected to an able body.
Zia Ravenscroft
Sep 30, 20242 min read
Little Bird: Work for Salient in 2025?
The Toroa and Blue Duck debate the pros and cons of a job at the student rag
Salient Mag
Sep 30, 20243 min read
Staying Safe Online: Addressing Sextortion in Tertiary Spaces
Sextortion, a form of online blackmail, is on the rise, affecting many students who are vulnerable to online threats.
Dylan Van Heerden
Sep 23, 20242 min read
Little birdie: To use AI on your essays, or not?
Though AI is a tool that can be utilized for the greater good, using AI to write your essays is 100% using it for the greater bad.
Salient Mag
Sep 23, 20243 min read
Pacific Nations and Languages : Nauru
Welcome back to Salient’s Pacific language learning!
Mauatua Fa’ara-Reynold
Sep 23, 20242 min read
NTU: Kei ngā mana, kei ngā reo, kei ngā ihorei o Te Ao Māori, tēnā tātau katoa!
Ngā Taura Umanga (NTU) was established in 2006 to encourage, support, and advocate for the needs of tauira Māori studying any commerce paper
Salient Mag
Sep 16, 20241 min read
NTU: Kei ngā mana, kei ngā reo, kei ngā ihorei oTe Ao Māori, tēnā tātau katoa!
Nō te tau 2006 whakarewahia ai a Ngā Taura Umanga hei whakatenatena, hei tautoko, hei hāpai/taunaki hoki i ngā hiahia o ngā tauira Māori
Guest Writer
Sep 16, 20242 min read
Column: Te Hōhaieti o Te Reo Māori | Māori Language Society
“E tama mā, e hine mā. Tērā te atua e pātai mai ki a koutou, I pēwhea e koutou te reo rangatira i hoatungia nā e au, ki a koutou”
Guest Writer
Sep 16, 20242 min read
Column: Ngāi Tauira
Nei au ka noho ki te māhau o tōku whare o te Tumu Herenga Waka.
Ko wai rā, ko wai rā te tipuna kei runga ko Kupe.
Guest Writer
Sep 16, 20242 min read
Ngā Rangahautira | Māori Law Students Association
Ngā Rangahautira’s beginning was in the small number of Māori law students that would informally come together.
Guest Writer
Sep 16, 20242 min read
Maramataka
Kia ora and welcome to your guide through the Maramataka, starting the 16th of September 2024
Hemi Pinford-Whanga
Sep 16, 20241 min read
Ēitita: Te Ao Mārama
Kia ora! E hīkaka ana au i tō kōwhiri i tēnei pukapuka! Ko Te Rātā Campbell ahau, ko au te Āpiha Tūmatanui o Ngāi Tauira, te Rōpu Tauira Māo
Te Rātā Campbell
Sep 16, 20243 min read
IWI-READS
From Rangitāne to Te Arawa
Guest Writer
Sep 16, 20241 min read
Mind Your Tongue!
He kaha tā tātou whakaaro ake ki te ako i te reo Māori, engari tēnei mea te ako
Guest Writer
Sep 16, 20241 min read
Te Mana Ākonga
Kei ngā tini whenuwhenu, kei ngā aho manomano, kei te kāhuinga waka, nei mātou ko Te Mana Ākonga e tuku reo hihiri atu ki a koutou katoa.
Guest Writer
Sep 16, 20241 min read
Editorial: Te Ao Mārama
Kia ora! I am so excited that you’ve picked up this magazine! Welcome to Te Ao Mārama
Te Rātā Campbell
Sep 16, 20243 min read
Post - Me Too? Why we need to talk about sexual and gender-based violence in this hyper-online era.
It is clear we are seeing global rises in harmful misogyny, and that Aotearoa is not exempt.
Niamh Prendergast
Sep 9, 20243 min read
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