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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.
Government Plays the Blame Game
by Darcy Lawrey The “parent/child” relationship between local government and central government being outdated was the key message of...
Salient Mag
Mar 111 min read
Chris Hipkins wants us to trust our democracy again
Dan Moskovitz (he/him) When democratic precedent is eroded by one government, it provides the next government with a problem. Do they try...
Salient Mag
Mar 112 min read
A Tale of Two Campuses
Shay McEwan. (she / her) Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Ngāti Pāhauwera, Ngāti Porou There is no greater divide at Te Herenga Waka than that...
Salient Mag
Mar 112 min read
Three Spells
Jackson McCarthy (he/him) Make me of the body spell And even if the night were bad, how could I want the wanting day, everything in...
Salient Mag
Mar 31 min read
On Work
Jackson McCarthy (he/him) One of the first times I had my poetry published, I was paid seventy dollars. Corey asked me what that would...
Salient Mag
Mar 33 min read
Big road can hurt you
Dan Moskovitz (he/him) A recent study by the University of Otago found that New Zealand’s automobile industry (Big Road) lobbies...
Salient Mag
Mar 31 min read
Liquor laws? I hardly know ‘er!
Darcy Lawrey (he/him) If you’re one of the many freshers starting your study at VUW you were probably excited to kick off the year with...
Salient Mag
Mar 32 min read
James Cameron Thinks Welly’s Film Sector is in a Slump
Fergus Goodall Smith (he/him) Last Wednesday, James ‘Jim’ Cameron, director of Avatar and Titanic, took to the stage at the Michael...
Salient Mag
Mar 33 min read
The future of public transport is expensive
Dan Moskovitz, He/Him Public transport is about to get more expensive, thanks to the government’s policies. The cost of each public...
Salient Mag
Mar 33 min read
Anti-Fascist Reflections on the Labour Struggle
By the Pōneke Anti-Fascist Coalition. The battle for workers’ rights is a fundamentally anti-fascist kaupapa. In their struggle for...
Salient Mag
Mar 33 min read
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