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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.
Israel Eyes Rafah Invasion as Negotiations Reach TIpping Point
WILL IRVINE (HE/HIM) In late February, we reported that Israel had shifted the focus of its campaign of ethnic cleansing to the city of...
Will Irvine
May 13, 20242 min read
Old Man Shouts at Law
WILL IRVINE (HE/HIM) While you fools have been paying attention to the Drake-Kendrick beef, us wily reporters at Salient have had our...
Will Irvine
May 13, 20242 min read
Jagged Little Pill
What Happens When Pharmac Tries to Murder You? CW: Mentions of suicide, mental health Words by Will Irvine (he/him) I’m awoken by the...
Will Irvine
May 13, 20243 min read
You Gotta Strike for Your Right To Party
WILL IRVINE (HE/HIM) On May 1st, 2024, rent was due for students across the University of Auckland’s catered and non-catered halls of...
Will Irvine
May 6, 20243 min read
Government Invites Military Dictators to Experience Welly on a Good Day
WILL IRVINE (HE/HIM) Representatives of the various Myanmar ethnicities in Aotearoa are outraged at the Government’s decision to invite...
Will Irvine
Apr 15, 20242 min read
The Girlies are Fightinggg
WILL IRVINE (HE/HIM) Readers who were disappointed by this year’s musical adaptation of Mean Girls will be excited to know that an even...
Will Irvine
Mar 24, 20241 min read
Opinion: Five Years On From March 15, Has Our Nation Changed?
WILL IRVINE (HE/HIM) Before March 15, 2019, it was considered a proud point in Aotearoa’s cultural identity that we did not experience...
Will Irvine
Mar 24, 20241 min read
Joe Biden’s Uncomfortable Blind Spot on Palestine Grows
WILL IRVINE (HE/HIM) When Joseph R. Biden was first elected to the presidency, celebrations largely centred around the defeat of Trump...
Salient Mag
Mar 18, 20242 min read
Explosion on Boulcott Street Leaves Residents Shocked
WILL IRVING (HE/HIM) CW: Suicide, Violence On Friday the 8th of March, at approximately 1:00PM, an explosion ripped through a Kainga Ora...
Will Irvine
Mar 18, 20241 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...
Salient Mag
Mar 10, 20242 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...
Will Irvine
Mar 3, 20242 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...
Will Irvine
Mar 3, 20243 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...
Will Irvine
Feb 25, 20242 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...
Will Irvine
Feb 25, 20243 min read
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