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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.
Baby Steps: Uni Council Finally Agrees to Plan For a Living Wage
The University Council passed a resolution tasking the senior management staff with developing a plan to implement a living wage strategy.
Will Irvine
Sep 23, 20243 min read
A Win for Student Power!
As of 30 August 2024, the Foundation no longer has investments in Israeli funds, a move which SJP calls “a big, collective win”.
Ethan Rogacion
Sep 23, 20242 min read
Māori & Pacific News: Education Leaders Sound Alarm on Te Tiriti Obligations, Whakaata Māori CEO Criticises Governing Legislation, Fatal Clashes in Papua New Ginea
Māori & Pacific News, Issue 22
Ashleigh Putt-Fallows
Sep 23, 20242 min read
Meet Your VUWSA Candidates
As you may not have heard, VUWSA held its election debate on Wednesday, in the Hunter Lounge.
Darcy Lawrey
Sep 23, 20244 min read
BREAKING: Students Left In The Dark - Power Outages Impacting Kelburn Campus
Students at Te Herenga Waka’s Kelburn campus have been left in uncertainty today, as power cuts continue to disrupt services at the top of t
Ethan Rogacion
Sep 19, 20242 min read
Mō te Āpōpō
I te tau 2020, i whakaputa te Manatū Whakahiato Ora i tētahi ripoata, “Poipoia te kākano kia puawai"
Lucy Schrader Manuera
Sep 16, 20243 min read
Te kaupapa o Te Ao Mārama: 'Poipoia te kākano kia puawai'
He nui ngā mahi ki te huawaere tika i ngā ritenga me te whakahāngai i tō ngā tāngata kawatau.
Rhonda Thomson
Sep 16, 20242 min read
Generation Kāinga: Ngā rangatahi e hanga ana i tētahi Aotearoa haumanu, manawaroa hoki
Ko tā Te Mana Ākonga whakakitenga, he rūnanga mātauranga matua tāmi kore, e whakatinanahia ai ngā wawata o ngā ākonga Māori.
Rosa Hibbert-Schooner
Sep 16, 20243 min read
Te Wiki o te reo Māori: Ngā huritao o te hiranga whaiaro
E hia kē nei ngā take hei whakaraupapa māku mō te hiranga o Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori.
Ashleigh Putt-Fallows
Sep 16, 20243 min read
The Living Pā
Planning for the revitalisation of of the mauri of Te Tumu Herenga Waka and the opening of the new Living Building is well underway
Rhonda Thomson
Sep 16, 20242 min read
Mō te Āpōpō
'Poipoia te kākano, kia puāwai’, a whakataukī that speaks to the importance of nurturing the seed, so it can blossom.
Lucy Schrader Manuera
Sep 16, 20242 min read
Generation Kāinga: Rangatahi Building a Regenerative and Resilient Aotearoa
Te Mana Ākonga’s collective vision is a decolonised tertiary education system where ākonga Māori, whānau, hapū, and iwi aspirations are refl
Rosa Hibbert-Schooner
Sep 16, 20243 min read
Te Wiki o te Reo Māori: Reflections on Personal Significance.
My tūpuna was one of many that lost our reo while it was being suppressed in kura in favour of English.
Ashleigh Putt-Fallows
Sep 16, 20243 min read
“Absolutely Concerned”: Benefit Sanctions Will Hit Struggling Wellingtonians Hard
A new approach to supporting beneficiaries: adding more admin work to getting welfare!
Ethan Rogacion
Sep 9, 20243 min read
Māori & Pacific News: Kiingi Tuheitia Passes—New Monarch Crowned, Tiwan Off PIF
Kiingi Tuheitia has died at age 69, just days after his coronation anniversary. He passed away peacefully following heart surgery.
Ashleigh Putt-Fallows
Sep 9, 20243 min read
Bird of the Year: Bringing the Community Together (or not)
This year, Salient and VUWSA have ruined their harmonious relationship to campaign for two different birds, the Kororā and Karure.
Phoebe Robertson
Sep 9, 20242 min read
Power to the People! Postal Posties Prevent Paranoid Pamphlet Propagation
Last week, postal workers across Wellington refused to deliver a now-infamous pamphlet from a group known as Better Wellington.
Will Irvine
Sep 9, 20242 min read
The Robots Are Coming For Your Parliament
Parliament has no requirement for a human to write a submission.
Dan Moskovitz
Sep 9, 20242 min read
Placement Poverty is Not a Rite of Passage
Words & Photographs by Bex Howells (She/Her) Student life isn’t all drinking and socialising. Certainly not on StudyLink’s meagre...
Salient Mag
Aug 30, 20246 min read
Flu at the Zoo
By Dan Moskovitz (He/Him) The avian pandemic bird flu has gone worldwide over the past few years, leaving millions of dead birds and...
Dan Moskovitz
Aug 30, 20242 min read
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