Amelia Bentley on Keeping Her Art Sacred
Amelia Bentley is an artist who captures beauty with both brush and intellect, balancing her life between her passion for art and academia.
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Read Online
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.
Jia Sharma
Oct 73 min read
PARK RD’s Guide to Touring
PARK RD is no stranger to being on the road. Fresh off their New Zealand and Australia tours, they’ve learnt secrets of the trade on the way
Phoebe Robertson
Oct 72 min read
Artist Profile: Jamie Renee Tattoo
When it comes to her work, Jamie’s approach is all about connection and collaboration.
Ashleigh Putt-Fallows
Oct 73 min read
Chatting Shit with my Nail Artist
Every month, I make my way to Grace, and they somehow create little pieces of art on my nails.
Ashleigh Putt-Fallows
Sep 303 min read
Rongoā Māori
Rongoā Māori is the traditional healing system of the Māori people, blending spiritual, physical, and mental well-being.
Fox Keane
Sep 305 min read
The Access Trap
Our ability to watch, read and listen is mediated almost entirely by corporations who follow the lone star of profit alone.
Guest Writer
Sep 301 min read
Finding my Hands
I have always known I had a voice / The vibrations shaking my throat
Ash Buick
Sep 232 min read
Don’t Get Played by the Algorithm
These platforms hold so much power over us; it’s about time to take some of that power back.
Cassia Percival-Day
Sep 233 min read
A Weekend With the Nokia 1100
You can’t hide behind a brick phone. Pure socialising, no distractions—the way God intended.
Mauatua Fa’ara-Reynold
Sep 163 min read
Review: Ngā Rorirori
Words by: Mauatua Fa'ara-Reynolds (she/they) After debuting in 2022 with great success, Ngā Rorirori is back and better than ever....
Rosa Hibbert-Schooner
Sep 161 min read
A Response To This Paru Government And Their Colonial Way
That fire burns deeply in my core. It enrages me with the environments we settle in and normalize. We aren’t all free until we are all free.
Guest Writer
Sep 163 min read
Tēnā, tūkuna te hungataiohi kia tohe, kia haka, kia puawai
I tū mai ngā whakataetae ā-motu Kapa Haka mō ngā Kura Tuarua, me te nui kē o ngā tohe tōrangapū i hakahaka, i pātere atu e wērā rangatahi.
William Koko
Sep 163 min read
Motukia Ngā Here:Ko te whakawehenga teka o te “Māori” me te “Pasifika”
I te tau 1769, i Tūranganui-a-Kiwa, i tāmarutia ngā hautaonga tauhoko a te Pākehā nō te Endeavour e ngā tapa nui i hokona i Tahiti.
Keiha Nicol
Sep 163 min read
Arotake Kiriata: Ka Whawhai Tonu
I rangona whānuitia ēnei kupu e te whenua mōhū i te akitu o te pakanga rongonui o Ōrākau, te hiku o Ngā Riri ki Waikato
Rosa Hibbert-Schooner
Sep 161 min read
He whakahoki kitēnei kāwanatangaparu, me ānamahi koroniara.
Anā te ahi pūkākā kei roto i ahau.
Guest Writer
Sep 163 min read
Tēnā, tūkuna te hunga taiohi kia tohe, kia haka, kia puawai
Ko tōna, me waihō te ao tōrangapū ki te hunga pakeke, nā, me waiho ngā tamariki kia haka hei tamariki.
William Koko
Sep 163 min read
Breaking Down the Boundaries:The False Separation of “Māori” and “Pasifika”
By challenging these imposed boundaries and embracing our shared Pacific identity, we can honour the true nature of our interconnectedness.
Hemi Pinford-Whanga
Sep 161 min read
Maramataka
Kia ora, nau mai ki tō mātou pānui mō te maramataka, hei te 16 o Mahuru 2024 i timata.
Hemi Pinford-Whanga
Sep 161 min read
Maramataka
Kia ora and welcome to your guide through the Maramataka, starting the 16th of September 2024
Keiha Nicol
Sep 163 min read
Film Review: Ka Whawhai Tonu
These words rang out across the quiet battlefield at the apex of the famous battle of Ōrākau, the last stand of the Waikato Wars…
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