NewsHub - In Memoriam
JAMIE CLUMPAS (HE/ANY) On the 28th of February, Warner Brothers Discovery, Newshub’s parent company, announced their newsroom will be...
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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.
Dan Moskovitz
Mar 111 min read
Council Endorses Reading
DAN MOSKOVITZ (HE/HIM)
Salient Mag
Mar 112 min read
IDF massacres Gazans clamouring for basic necessities
WILL IRVINE (HE/HIM) On February 29, Israeli tanks escorted a delivery of aid trucks to the seaside Al-Rashid street in north Gaza, a...
Henry Broadbent
Mar 51 min read
Chasing the Nats: A Retrospective:
11a.m, Clubs Day: A sunny morning in Kelburn. Campus swarms with idealistic undergraduates. In a shaded corner of the Hub, Nicola Willis,...
Henry Broadbent
Mar 43 min read
Patch Notes
HENRY BROADBENT (HE/HIM) The Coalition Government last week announced new legislation banning gang patches in public will become law—even...
Theodore K. Monroe
Mar 45 min read
Maid in Japan
Maid by: Theodore K. Monroe (he/him) Maid cafes are cafes where maids serve you, pretty self-explanatory. They are, however, only under...
Phoebe Robertson
Mar 41 min read
The War on Student Journalism
Phoebe Robertson Since approximately 2005, the Aotearoa Student Press Association (ASPA) has held a Press Pass, granting Student Press...
Ethan Rogacion
Mar 43 min read
Debate Over Housing Intensification ... Intensifies
ETHAN ROGACION (HE/HIM) The debate over the future of Wellington’s housing rages on, as Council continues to grapple with the 220 pages...
Henry Broadbent
Mar 41 min read
US Senator Tom Woods on the LGBTQ+ Community: “We are a religious state, and we are going to fight it to keep that filth out of the state of Oklahoma.”
CW: Transphobia, Queerphobia, Violence HENRY BROADBENT (HE/HIM) In 2022 Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt enacted a law requiring public school...
Will Irvine
Mar 42 min read
Opinion: Remembering Aaron Bushnell and a Legacy of Self-Sacrifice
CW: Violence WILL IRVINE (HE/HIM) On February 25, on a Twitch stream broadcast to the world, an active-duty member of the US Air Force...
Jamie Clumpas
Mar 42 min read
VUWSA Defends Promoting Pills
JAMIE CLUMPAS (HE/ANY) VUWSA has defended promoting high-dose caffeine pill “Nō Dōz” in the face of online backlash. The posts on...
Ashleigh Putt-Fallows
Mar 42 min read
Abrupt Closure of Award Winning Wellington Brothel
Words by Ashleigh Putt-Fallows (she/her) Ngāti Whātua, Ngāpuhi, Tūhoe A central, appointment based brothel that has been open since 2006...
Will Irvine
Mar 43 min read
Bird Flu? Uh, Yeah, I Sure Hope it Does
WILL IRVINE (HE/HIM) Here at Salient, we love birds. Forming the vast majority of Aotearoa’s endemic species, birds make up a significant...
Harris Puanaki Devon
Mar 42 min read
The real disease of Aotearoa: the New Zealand Government
Harris Puanaki Devon & Te Waikamihi Lambert Tumuaki o Te Mana Ākonga & Tumuaki Takirua o Ngāi Tauira The racist disestablishment of Te...
Dan Moskovitz
Mar 43 min read
Benefit sanctions to jump after Coalition welfare reform
DAN MOSKOVITZ (HE/HIM) The government last week announced a reset of the welfare system, with the number of beneficiaries sanctioned...
Jamie Clumpas
Feb 263 min read
Looming Water Shortages Risk Sending Students Half-Flushed Up Shit’s Creek.
JAMIE CLUMPAS (HE/ANY) As students descend back on to the city, it looks like Wellington has dodged a bullet—for now. Latest assessments...
Dan Moskovitz
Feb 261 min read
Opinion: The Wellington Phoenix Men are winning, for once. It's time to support them.
DAN MOSKOVITZ (HE/HIM) The Wellington Phoenix Men are top of the league. In the seventeen-year history of the club, that sentence has...
Will Irvine
Feb 262 min read
New Nightclubs Enter Town to Little Fanfare
WILL IRVINE (HE/HIM) It’s common conjecture at this point that Courtenay Place is either dead or dying. Every few months, Stuff or the...
Ethan Rogacion
Feb 261 min read
School of Music Set To Make Some Noise… At The Library
ETHAN ROGACION (He/Him) In a joint statement, Wellington City Council and Te Herenga Waka announced their intention to move the New...
Will Irvine
Feb 263 min read
“World’s Most Moral Army” Continues Indiscriminate Bombardment on Densely Populated Civilian Centre
WILL IRVINE (HE/HIM) RAFAH, OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES On February 12th, as US and international eyes were fixated on the Super...
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