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It kind of shocked me to see the degree to which some New Zealanders were uneducated about the little shit that could have made a difference in the fight with corona-virus. My amazement started in one of the local Pak n’ Saves, about a week before level 4. It wasn’t the toilet paper that really shook me, it was the huge amount of people buying bottled water. I kind of get the toilet paper buying, I can see why you think you might want it. Still stupid, but I get it. However, water was a completely different ballgame. Buying water for a non-waterborne virus is some mob-mentality, panicky bullshit that I think represents a fundamental lack of basic knowledge as to how viruses actually work. Non-waterborne viruses won’t affect the water, your 50 empty plastic bottles will, your tap water is going to be fine. I swear people must have been watching Doomsday Preppers or The Book of Eli and finding inspiration for their purchasing in those. It was also the amount of misinformation spread by plenty of people who don’t actually know how any virus works, least of all a virus that has never been seen before and hardly studied at the time. Celebrities, politicians, notables and plenty of people I know fell victim to it. I’m not saying I know everything but all I’m saying is that we should look to the people who do, instead of these people. People of science, people of medicine. I know many were just were trying to help but shit like “drink hot drinks, take hot baths and gargle some saltwater” was always going to do fuck all to help anyone. Let’s just agree to listen to the right people from now on, we’re going to need their help with what’s to come

From here, the shock of seeing this unpreparedness and misinformation, from governments and citizens alike, morphed into doubt about our preparedness for the next generation of problems on the doorstep. Climate change, resource depletion, global conflict and mass migration are all waiting backstage as our fight with corona-virus in New Zealand comes to an end. Globally, this whole thing was almost a dress rehearsal for the fight with climate change, and we fucked up. Already we’re seeing country’s get knee-deep back into fossil fuels, heavy industry, consumerism and once again ignoring the problem, leaving it or the next person to deal with. However, I think this ordeal has revealed the sheer amount of leaks in our ship to the general population, leaks that corona-virus exposed. For the first time in our lives we all got a glimpse at what life was like without the status quo. Those roads were a little more empty when we only drove out of necessity. Those skies were a little clearer when we stopped pumping waste into them. Those birds sang a little louder when they weren’t being drowned out. Those things that seemed important slowly became irrelevant as we all focused on what was really significant to us. Not our things, but the people close to us. I hope we can take the lessons we learnt and apply them to this next crop of challenges that are about to face human-kind. Living in our pre-COVID blissful ignorance is no longer an option. The flaws in our system have been revealed to us, it is now all of our job to recognise them and do something about it. Whether we act on these challenges or continue to live in this blissful ignorance is up to us. The state of our environment has always been declining but that blissful ignorance will never be as blissful, or as ignorant again. NEXUS MAGAZINE / ISSUE 10

Building A “Scale” Model A few weeks ago the University released a statement saying they were working with the WSU on a grade scaling model in response to COVID-19. It was a day or two after Auckland University had announced that they would be applying automatic scaling to all grades. The statement Waikato put out specifically mentioned that they were unlikely to adopt Auckland’s approach, which had started to be applied by other Universities including Otago and Massey. So Waikato Students, rightly, started asking the questions about what the WSU and the University were going to do. Petitions were created, letters were signed, and then with little fanfare the University released their plan. The main points of which are: - All students will automatically be reviewed for special consideration as “impaired performance. - Grades will be compared with a student’s academic performance so far and scaled up (NOT DOWN) accordingly but there is no limit to how much each grade can be scaled.

Nexus: Are you happy with the outcome? Kyla: I am happy with the outcome. I think it’s consistent with the support students have received even before lock-down began. I think if we were to implement a grade bump after many assignments have already been graded with this situation in mind, results would be significantly higher and not a true reflection of our capabilities. Nexus: Were the University open to listening to your concerns? Kyla: As soon as I heard UOA’s announcement I emailed the VC and have been part of the conversations until we came to a decision. We both saw an opportunity to work progressively to keep our academic integrity intact but also afford students an incentive should they not have achieved as well as in the past. Nexus: How is this model better than the one the University of Auckland used?

- First year students with no previous academic record will have consideration applied against the average of the paper.

Kyla: Like I said earlier, I think this model is consistent with the support we’ve received over the last 2 or so months. We transitioned quickly to online teaching and learning and the semester has been relatively the same with not much affect to the rest of our calendar year. Everyone will remember the year 2020. Our academic transcripts will say “impaired performance” so the model itself gives students grades and degrees integrity

- Further consideration can be applied for those who have exceptional hardship circumstances.

Nexus: Grades are only one part of the issues students are facing will the WSU be doing more for student hardship?

While that seems like a reasonable outcome we thought we would have a chat with Kyla about it before the NRL season restarts this weekend and we lose her to her beloved Mebourne Storm.

Kyla: Yeah of course. And we’ve been doing a lot more than we usually would have. We have an amazing team to help students access the right services, help students out financially, academically and whatever. You just need to know that we’re here for whatever and we’ve got your back.

- Special attention will be paid to any student who is close to failing a paper, and if they do then it won’t count toward your GPA.

FEEL GOOD NEWS The population of the criticallyendangered Hainan gibbons of Hainan Island has tripled from 10 individuals in 1970 to 30 in 2020. This tropical island off the coast of China is the only place it’s found

The pack of dogs in South Africa have saved the lives of 45 rhinos threatened by poachers since 2018. Their efforts have helped law enforcement catch 145 poachers and confiscate 53 guns.

Researchers from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston have found a way for blind people to “see” by delivering visual information to their brain, rather than through their eyes using electrode implants.

10-year-old Chelsea Phaire has started Chelsea’s Charity - an nonprofit organisation that donates art kits to at-risk children. So far, they’ve given kits to more than 1,500 children in foster care and homeless shelters.

Research by Imperial College London and the University of Cambridge has found that those who walk, cycle, and travel by train are less like to die early or get sick compared to those who commute by car.

Disney announced that they would be uploading a film of the Broadway play Hamilton to Disney Plus 15 months early to keep people entertained during quarantine. It will be available on July 3rd.

Studies from Cornwall University have found that people who plan a trip in advance experience better feelings about their social situation, economic means, their state of health, and life in general. NEXUS MAGAZINE / ISSUE 10

The ongoing Covid-19 crisis and its fallout will be with us for months and possibly even years to come. The pandemic era we have been thrust into will bring with it innovation as necessity almost always dictates. For some of us, it was about making the transition to online learning, online magazine creation, and online delivery. But what about the hospitality sector. For years bars like the Outback, Static, and Billy’s have relied on the Student income to keep the doors open. When Josh Umbers first pitched the idea to talk to someone we were all a little hesitant. We didn’t want to single out one person or one venue as being hard hit. And we certainly don’t want to promote one struggle over another. In the end, we reached out to John Lawrenson because he has never been short of an opinion. 8

However, we wanted to start the article with a simple plea to all students. This is what you have been training for. Now is the time to drink. Now is the time to dance. Support local venues, buy the fundraising CD’s from venues like the Nirvara Lounge, throw some money STATIC’s way in their Go Fund Me, spend a Friday afternoon at the Hilly, masacre a song at Billy’s, be social in Cook Street, go bush in the Outback, treat House like it is your flat, and buy a cocktail or two at Wonder Horse. This is a time to support local bars, cafes, musicians and DJs. Now is the time for students to be students. Drink responsibly, but drink.

Nexus: The Hospitality industry has obviously been hit hard by lockdown, how much of an effect has this had on you personally, what changes have you had to make? John: Personally it has been pretty challenging. I was just as busy through lock down as I was before lock down. Every day required a lot of communication dealing with creditors and landlords, and making sure staff were getting paid. It’s mentally tough, although some of that stress manifests physically. You need a lot of resolve to just keep putting one foot in front of the other. Every time you deal with an issue, respond to a demand, etc, there is always something else that you have to deal with next. Nexus: Where do you expect to see the hospitality industry to go in the next 6 months? John: I think you’ll see central city cafes and restaurants really struggle as people work from home, especially in the public sector, over the next six months. I expect takeaways and suburban cafes to actually do pretty well at first. Whether that continues will really depend on how many job losses there are and how nervous people get about spending on luxuries. I think the nightclub market will bounce back pretty well. 18-27 year olds generally have less responsibility and expenses in the form of family and mortgages etc, plus they have been pretty well provided for by this government’s policies (wage subsidy, $490 emergency benefit, course related cost increase etc). They will also be travelling less and there will potentially be a lot less concerts with the quarantine we have at the border (unless we get a trans Tasman bubble and artists start looking at trans Tasman tours) so they will look to spend that money on other forms of entertainment and I think nightclubs could benefit.

lock down have been jerks. Some leases have a clause in them that allows for a rent reduction when you can’t access your building (which was inserted into leases after the Christchurch earthquake). This has kept a couple of the more problematic landlords in check. However I do have one without this clause who has already commenced legal proceedings over unpaid rent from April. It is a shortsighted approach because the site in question is one of my least desirable and I don’t think he’d find another tenant who would pay close to the same rent, but you just can’t reason with some people. I am still assessing my options with him, but if I decide to close the business, I think losing his tenant will remove about a million dollars from the value of his building, because he wasn’t prepared to negotiate over less than $30,000 in rent. Nexus: I read the other day that Bluestone will be closing, as grim as it is, do you think you’ll be closing any more venues? John: Yeah I think so. Times like these force some tough decisions that you would maybe avoid during the good times. I think over the years we started focusing on size more than quality. It meant that the Lawrenson Group brand has come to mean something different from what it did ten years ago and I am not sure I am happy with where it has ended up. I think the group has tried to do too many different things and we have become jacks of all trades but masters of none. Some of those weaker businesses need to be cut loose so that I can focus on

Nexus: Do you think we’ll see more closures here in Hamilton? John: Yes I expect so. There are some central city businesses that I am watching at the moment and expect they won’t be around much longer. The issues will hit weeks and months down the track as the pile of bills that built up during lock down become too much. Suppliers will start to cut them off, landlords will get less understanding, as will lenders. As the pressure builds, eventually liquidation becomes the only option. Having said that, I think we are more sheltered from this than the likes of Queenstown, Rotorua, Wellington etc., so it could be a lot worse. Nexus: Obviously businesses don’t have years of profit lying around, and having no cash flow means it can become difficult to cover expenses. Have your landlords been good to you? John: This has been a really mixed bag. Most landlords haven’t changed their approach. The ones who were great before lock down have been great and the ones who were jerks before

the 6-7 that make all the money, and make them as good as I can for my customers. While I could carry the weaker businesses in the good times, it is not possible in the current climate. If the likes of The Outback, House, and Keystone are at the top of their games, they can be great businesses. The challenge is to make sure that during the process of closing businesses I do right by my staff, landlords and creditors, however I am confident that I can do that. NEXUS MAGAZINE / ISSUE 10

Nexus: Given that wages are only a fraction of the cost of running a business due to other overheads like rent, insurance, etc, was the wage subsidy the best approach to supporting businesses? John: No it wasn’t, but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t helpful. It just means that it should have been part of a more complete package. In hospitality businesses wages generally only make up between 20% and 40% of your total costs. Many retail and manufacturing businesses have similar cost structures. Rent can be as much as 15% depending on the type of business. While the wage subsidy prevented mass redundancy in the short term it hasn’t really assured the survival of a lot of businesses in the long term.

“While the wage subsidy prevented mass redundancy in the short term it hasn’t really assured the survival of a lot of businesses in the long term” Nexus: What would you have done differently if you were given the opportunity to provide a support strategy for businesses nationwide? John: I would have created a code of conduct for banks and commercial landlords with SME tenants and I would have put a more substantial interest free loan scheme in place for businesses. Most commercial landlords can cover their interest costs on even a more recently purchased building with less than 50% of their current rent. If you’ve owned a commercial building for a few years, that number could be as little as 25% of the rent. The OCR is 0.25% at the moment. Banks and commercial landlords could have shared in the heavy lifting of this lock down a lot more than a lot of them have. I do know of very generous landlords who gave three month rent holidays immediately but I also know of others who were issuing Property Law Act notices as soon as their tenants missed the rent. I think we needed a more codified and consistent approach from landlords, and their lenders, that set out appropriate rent reduction percentages based on the tenant’s reduction in turnover. Banks should have been forced to suspend all principal repayments on commercial building mortgages during lock down. I have elaborated on the interest free loan scheme in the next question. Nexus: We see that the government will be providing interest free loans to businesses if they’re paid back in a year, what are your thoughts on how good or bad this will be at regrowing the economy and supporting businesses? 10

John: This policy had potential but was poorly targeted. The way the loan was calculated made no sense and didn’t take into account the different natures of the businesses in the economy. While I have a dozen separate businesses, those businesses are treated as one business by the IRD for the purposes of this calculation, so because I have more than 50 staff, I am not eligible for this loan scheme. The result is that it just puts 200 jobs at risk. I know of a guy selling imported clothes out of his dad’s garage who qualified for this loan. I know of a grocery wholesale business with 40 staff with double the Lawrenson Group’s turnover who qualified for this loan. I know of an accounting firm who made their 20 staff work from home every day through Level 4 and Level 3 and billed hundreds of thousands of dollars to clients who qualified for this loan. But I also know plenty of retail, hospitality and manufacturing businesses who don’t qualify despite employing hundreds of people. It is like you are saying to business owners that because you have worked hard and created more than 50 jobs, we are going to disadvantage your landlords and your suppliers by disqualifying you for loan assistance. The 50 person cap should have been removed. The calculation on how much each business was eligible for should have been calculated based on the average of the expenses entered into GST returns over the previous year (and just the more recent returns if the business was less than a year old). The more businesses could qualify for, the better. There are two reasons I say that. The first is that businesses are not just about the business owners, they are about the people they employ, the suppliers they order from, the tenancies they occupy, the tax they pay, and the goods and services they provide to our economy. The more businesses that close, the worse off we all are. The second is that it is a loan. It has to be paid back. Most of the money the government is handing out at the moment will never be repaid. It is a lolly scramble, or like watching Oprah “you get some money, you get some money, everybody gets some money”. But these loans are assets on the government’s balance sheet that they can recover over time, rather than putting more burden on the taxpayers as they have been with all their other payouts. These loans keep people employed AND the money has to be returned to the government coffers. It is better that we have more loans in place and more businesses (and jobs) surviving than more unemployed and more handouts. Finally, these loans are only interest free if they are repaid within a year. Otherwise they come with a 3% interest rate, so the government is actually profiting on the use of this money. Nexus: The opposition have suggested GST returns instead of interest free loans for businesses, what would you prefer, and why? John: I think a more well thought out loan scheme is the way to go, combined with the wage subsidy and the forced cooperation of the major banks and landlords. Returning recently paid GST or writing off any GST amounts due during lock down would definitely help, but that is a gift to businesses rather than a loan, which means the government never gets it back. It also doesn’t take into account businesses that may have just

sold major assets, or bought them, who would then be hugely advantaged or disadvantaged by the size of their most recent GST return. Nexus: Do you think there was a case to be made for gathering restrictions to be loosened earlier for the sake of saving jobs? Why/why not? John: No, not really. From a selfish standpoint, sure I would like to have seen my bars full, but we have taken a more conservative course and now face the possibility of being fully open again for business in less than a month’s time. That is a great result, and will be the envy of most of the world. If we had moved too fast and had a similar incident to South Korea (nightclubs) or Melbourne (McDonald’s delivery driver) we could have been shutting back down again. There is a study that showed that kids who could delay gratification by not eating a marshmallow for 15 minutes in return for a promise of two marshmallows grew up to be way more successful. Sometimes we need to delay gratification in the short term to get a much better result in the long term. The ability to trade uninterrupted for years is more important than another week or two right now. Nexus: Would halting the minimum wage increase at the start of April would have been a good idea, given that a lot of people were about to lose their jobs because of money being tight? This is probably a question for another time! I am not a huge proponent of minimum wage increases because while they look good politically, I don’t think they achieve their desired result even at the best of times. I’d suggest they generally just create price inflation, which eventually passes through the economy to property speculators who see their properties increase in value, while their loans stay the same size, and they get forever richer. Meanwhile the price of everything else just goes up at a similar rate to wages and those on middle incomes are disadvantaged by poor wage growth and increasing costs of living. If you get a pay rise from $18 to $19 but I just put the price of a pizza up from $18 to $19 at the same time (businesses actually do this) then are you any better off? You still have to work the same amount of time to buy the same amount of stuff. If you were already on $22 an hour, and you don’t get a pay rise, you are now worse off because of those price increases. If you want to address income inequality you need to address the tax system. Australia and the Scandinavian nations have far more progressive tax systems than us, which means the lower income earners pay less tax, and the higher income earners pay more. New Zealand’s system is a lot “flatter”. Granted those countries

are also richer because they have been mining and selling huge quantities of coal, oil and natural gas, but if you disregard the source of large parts of their GDP, their tax system stands up and arguably addresses issues of income inequality and redistribution more effectively. I guess it doesn’t really answer your question but the government would have been better off leaving minimum wage alone and changing the income tax brackets to support lower paid workers. To actually answer your question, yes it will affect the viability of a number of businesses and make things relatively more expensive for people who earn just above minimum wage. I occasionally hear people say “if you can’t pay minimum wage then you shouldn’t be in business”. This is usually trotted out by people whose parents have been employed in the public sector for most of their lives and have absolutely no idea about where the tax revenue came from to pay their parent’s salaries. Business is very hard. Not all businesses are created equal or are during the same stage of their life cycle. A small rural cafe that contributes to the social fabric of a tiny town probably cannot pay the same wages as a Viaduct restaurant. A new “start up” may turn into Apple Computers one day, but for now it can’t pay a lot to its staff and that doesn’t mean the owners shouldn’t be in business. The next time someone says to you “anyone who can’t pay minimum wage/living wage shouldn’t be in business”, ask them to explain their statement in the context of all the businesses they have owned and operated and see how they get on (I’m looking at you Deborah Russell!)

“I think the nightclub market will bounce back pretty well” NEXUS MAGAZINE / ISSUE 10

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It might be a popular opinion at the moment but this government deserves a lot of praise. It would be easy to point to the COVID-19 of it all and say we are viewing the world in a vacuum but that ignores all the work prior to it and the leadership shown after Christchurch or any number of issues. Hell Aunty Cindy should get a second term just for having to deal with the likes of Mark Richardson and Hosking without taking a bat to their respective heads.Side note if you work on a show that calls Taika Waititi a traitor for saying New Zealand is still racist then I expect the same level of outrage when Richardson says he doesn’t like that New Zealand is a country full of snitches because people are reporting others for breaking quarantine. Fuck you. Anyway, this isn’t an article completely full of praise. The fact is that this government dropped the ball on this budget because they went out of their way to believe their own hype. This was, if Grant Robertson was to be believed, the big re-think of how we were going to do things in this country. And it should have been. It could have started a green new deal or re-established Michael Joseph Savage’s welfare state. Instead, it screamed please let us be a government next year. If you are going to do something then you should at least do it. Former Obama mastermind and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuel said “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that is an opportunity to do things that you think you could not do before.” On that standard alone this government fucked up. Luckily Student Media has had a few weeks to kill so we reimagined how we would fix the 2020 Budget. Now we can sit back and wait for Robertson to appoint us economic advisors. Here are ten ways Nexus Fixes the Covid Recovery.

1. Universal Basic Income Ok, we kinda get that this has been something we have mentioned before but starting everyone on $250 a week isn’t socialism as much as it is compassionate capitalism. No one is saying you can’t go out there and be the CEO of a company that makes millions. Instead, we are suggesting that giving everyone a base rate from which to calculate earnings as a bare minimum is a good start. Are there going to be some people that just live off that and go surfing? Yeah. But if they are still spending money and stimulating the economy then who gives a shit. Add to that the way you could restructure pensions, and how it would eliminate red tape from student allowances, artists, and help have a constructive debate about homeownership and the positives far outweigh the negatives. 2. Forgive all student debt If you have the opportunity to spend, then how about you start by calling off the hounds on a few generations of student loans. This instant frees up the earning potential and vocational re-training options of hundreds of thousands. 3. Reimagine Education If Covid has shown us anything it is that our entire educational system can be nimble enough to change when circumstances dictate it. So how about we open the floodgates a little and raise the salaries of educators. We make our teachers some of the highest paid in the world then we will (possibly) get rewarded with better-educated students. Let’s also get rid of private schools and anyone who wants to teach religious instruction that contradicts scientific principles. The Caveat being that these well-paid teachers need to work a little harder to get into these programmes so that education isn’t the third career option of that C+ first XV kid we all went to school with. If you want to get paid like a lawyer you should put your time in. 4. Make Jacinda the country’s landlord The wage subsidy is a half measure. Ask any business owner and they will tell you that around 15% of costs during lockdown came from wages. A lot more came from Landlords. Interest-free loans were nice but to get businesses going in the recovery the government should pay 70% of all fees to landlords during the period where businesses couldn’t trade and continue paying to level one. Now that is socialism and it fucking works. 5. It’s not just about where we are going… It’s about how we are getting there. This government loves trains. But they haven’t nearly gone far enough. Put a cap on all non-hybrid cars, get a Julius Vogel style public works scheme to build

an electrified network of rail, light rail and charging stations. Subsidise the cost of full-electric cars, invest in battery technology. Make the country Elon Musk’s masturbation fantasy islands if we must but let’s create a workforce and live up to the clean green marketing slogans. 6. Fuck the banks 2% mortgages, the lifetime of the loan. Let’s see what that does for a new housing boom. Oh ASB and Westpac don’t like it? Then we will have fewer banks and more local ownership. 7. Nationalise strategic resources Nationalise the power company and fibre internet provision. Create a scheme with fixed price power and fibre contingent on every home having an on-grid solar system and then train and build an industry to make it happen. Job creation and the environmental revolution we need. 8. Weed! Do you want more job creation? Legalise weed and create a brand new industry. Outlaw nicotine that isn’t grown and manufactured right here in New Zealand. That’s two for the price of one with a lot of upsides and reducing the impact on our health system. 9. No one gives a fuck about MediaWorks or Sky We can’t be the only ones that don’t give a shit if Media Works goes under right. Don’t get us wrong, there are hardworking journalists and people behind the scenes but if the recent Stuff ownership changes have taught us anything it’s that media can still work in this country. That is why we should be doubling down on free access television, radio, and film. Make a national broadcaster that wants to get aggressively digital in sports rights, local drama, local content, diverse voices and television and then ring-fence it so state-owned media doesn’t become state-owned propaganda. If Sky and TV3 can’t compete then Disney, HBO Max and Netflix will. Your business model is dying. It is time to change the game. We know this, we print a magazine. 10. Local Tourism Before you say it we know this is a weird one but what if for the next 2 years the government said you can give them a thousand dollars worth of receipts for designated local tourism and they will take it off your tax bill? Thousand Dollar a year holiday on the government provided you are spending it to rebuild our economy?

NEXUS MAGAZINE / ISSUE 10

Drugs. Match-fixing, not living up to his father’s expectations. This is either the greatest sporting tale in New Zealand History or how Umbers spent his lockdown.

A lightening road during the Women’s world cup. An anti-trump, LGBT advocate who became a little bigger than the game even though she was immensely talented. Wonder what her teammates thought.

EDDIE IRVINE

MEGAN RAPINOE CHRIS CAIRNS

The Last Dance Treatment

LARRY BIRD

8 Athletes Who Deserve

The quarantine will be remembered for two Netflix series. Both had inbuilt audiences, both had charismatic leading men, both also had the media alleging some weird assassination plot. However, given this is a sports piece we can’t really write on Tiger King because everyone knows the only acceptable answer is Mike Tyson. Instead here are some athletes that could be given the Jordan / Last Dance treatment.

Doing a documentary on Schumacher would be weird and anyone who would criticise him would be a monster, so we chose the self-proclaimed secondbest driver in the world.

Bird was the prototype for MJ. The Trash talking alone is the stuff of legend. Besides everyone loves a prequel.

The one thing missing from the Last Dance was a protagonist who was a complete fucking moron. John Terry isn’t Football’s Jordan but he is a guy that fucked his teammates’ wife and got stripped up just to hold a trophy in a game he didn’t even play in.

ELIZA MCCARTNEY MATTHEW RIDGE

IRENE VAN DYKE JOHN TERRY

Leaving one country to start playing for another nation. The story would ALMOST make listening to a bunch of South African accents worth it.

Sitting out his ARL contract with the Sea Eagles to move to to the Warriors, alleged wife swapping, falling in love on treasure Island and having a relationship with the third most memorable part of True Bliss. It would be honest.

Another entry falling into the “opposite” of last dance. Eliza McCartney is a national treasure and pretty wellliked. Imagine how captivating it is going to be if we learn she has a dark side. It’s like punching a unicorn. NEXUS MAGAZINE / ISSUE 10

REO TAUIRA Let’s talk about ‘leadership’ Kyla Campbell-Kamariera

“E toa ai a Whiro, me noho puku noa a kou tangata”. All that is necessary for evil to succeed is for good people to do nothing – Te Wharehuia Milroy. Leadership can be perplexing. Narrowly, we either are leaders or we’re followers. At the end of the day it doen’t matter because individually we contribute so much by our activation at whatever end of the spectrum. We have our common leaders. The ones who take on high profile roles to represent something significant. We have leaders who quietly go about their business in the background that enables great impact. And we have leaders who in some settings are usually seen to be doing the ground work while someone else does the talking. The fact of the matter is that we all have a part to play. In every moment there is an opportunity no matter the task at hand. If something needs to be said or done, that warrants actions. People think leadership is telling people what to do. But leadership is really using your influence or power, casting your visions, having self-awareness (highly important!), having integrity, having empathy, listening first and speaking last, all while sometimes not receiving praise – but giving it out. Many a time we question our own leadership, others’ and how things can be done better. It isn’t easy nor is it difficult. But all that is necessary for evil to succeed is for good people to do nothing. Lately, social media has been saturated with content riddled with nuances of current and future leadership. That is great in 16

terms of arming our people with the tools to achieve all that we desire. But are we understanding through thought, experience and the senses? Or the burning need to create content for social media. If we appear to be leaders, we must be leaders, right? So let’s not just talk about leadership in these some 600 words. Let’s talk about leadership on a daily basis and dismantle the hierarchies that cease to serve our purpose. Let’s cast new nets and see what we can find when our people are naturally having these conversations and are employed in the practices of seeking and protecting mana motuhake and tino rangatiratanga. In our current environment leadership and having followers is profoundly romanticised and glorified. But in reality our people are hard-wired to filter through the bullshit. You have got to have done the mahi to reap any benefits you so wish to desire and yet you never will until the hard yards are done. It takes great courage to identify ourselves as leaders. Because as soon as that happens, people believe that they are entitled to know everything about your life. It’s a double-edged sword in reality. But it’s nothing to be afraid of. As children we’re lead to believe that one day we’ll change the world. But as an actual fact it’s how we contribute to our whānau, friends, communities, hapū and iwi that’s the gamechanger. Ko tēnei – he mahi Māori! Gain the world and you’ll lose your soul. Ko tēnei – he mahi neoliberal. Kai ā te kurī! Set your sights on what sets your soul on fire and you’ll find your purpose. Be the change you want to see in...... your iwi. And don’t forget the top tikanga of the all – tea-towel-tanga. All that is necessary for evil to succeed is for good people to do nothing. Wash the dishes and you have the potential to feed your people another round.

FAREWELL TO ICARUS As the legend goes Icarus, gifted with wings from his father experienced flight like only the gods before him. It all came to an end when he flew too close to the sun. Thus a popular expression used by old white men was born. The wings burst into flame and the titular hero fell to his death. Everybody focuses on the fall and no one realises how great Icarus had it for a while. It is something the staff of Nexus has recently become all too familiar with. You see we experienced what it was like to be within touching distance of the Gods and like Icarus are in free fall. In our case, it was a special experience for University of Waikato students we called Friday’s at the Hilly. It was a moment suspended in time where the drinks from three to five matched the prices of the hour. It was at its very core a power we were never meant to have, and now it is gone. Let us be clear here. This is not an article meant to in any way demonise the Hillcrest Tavern for finally making the decision to switch to the reasonably priced “Friday Fives” where for the same period the beers are five dollars. Instead it is a moment to express our gratitude for the people who allowed us to come so close to basking in the reflective glory of an unattainable sun.

The H Block Friday unified a community of students and tradies as well as law students who would soon become tradies. We were together, alone, in our escapist problem drinking. Except for former WSU President Nathan Rahui who was in the pokies waiting to go to karaoke. We broke bread together, enjoyed free sausages, laughed at the rookies who ordered in Hells Pizza. We were a family. And we feel a sense of loss. We won’t abandon H-Block or drinking on a Friday but like a fresher going to their first flat party we will never experience the same high in our life and we will forever mourn it. Covid-19 has taken a lot from us and nearly all of it is more important than this, but you took this too and we won’t forgive you for it. So fuck you social distancing, you may be necessary at the moment but you have made us a lot less social and a lot more distant. And to the staff of the Hilly, thank you. You gave us our Icarus moment. We will be back shortly for our usual table out the back with the smokers, feeling inferior and judging those in the group that choose to vape or drink bourbon.

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WhoIsFaber, or just Faber, is one of the names fans of underground trap might think about when someone mentions the New Zealand scene of up and coming rap music. Releasing a body of work that draws from the Soundcloud scene and places itself amongst the greats across the world, Faber has done exceedingly well for himself as a small time, Wellington based artist.

Fans of the electronic music scene in New Zealand probably have at least heard the name of BASSMENT, the collective that a heavy chunk of the artists guest DJing at clubs and keeping the music going at a couple of the festivals in recent years. While things aren’t going off in town, Level 3/Level 4 is a perfect opportunity to get online and see the offerings from the artists available to stream, so this week, Nexus are talking to the man behind the powerhouse, KATANA, and seeing what BASSMENT is really all about. Tell me who you are, and what Bassment is all about: My name is KATANA, DJ/Producer/Creative based in Auckland. I’m originally from Japan and moved to New Zealand 21 years ago. I started working as a DJ about 18 years ago and I’ve been in this industry since. Bassment is my music community brand/conceptual platform that I started about 4 years ago. I’ve always wanted to give back to the community I grew up in, which is NZ music/art/creative scene. Back when I started in the local creative scene, people around me were very supportive and welcoming, so I’ve been trying to build the same platform for new generations. How do you go about finding the artists you want to bring into the collective? Is there a certain sound or aesthetic that helps define Bassment? To me, personality is a really important part of finding an artist because we support people more than their music. One of the core ideas that I have for Bassment was to build an inclusive community for the people who feel like they don’t have a place to fit in within the club music industry. The idea of exclusivity has become the norm these days, making nothing exclusive anymore. I believe that exclusivity kills culture. My idea was to totally go against that concept of exclusivity and welcome anyone who has a good heart and is passionate about music. In terms of the music style, I use the broad term ‘Bass Music’ to describe our sounds, but our sounds could be anything. Bassment is focusing on supporting artist creativity more than the growth of the music business. Authenticity is something I personally care about the most. I want to be open-minded, listen to people in the community and communicate with the scene to understand where the community is heading. Our job is to let them be who they want to be, free to express their creativity in music. Genre-less, gender-less, age-less, race-less community is the goal of Bassment. I want to make Bassment a ‘sustainable/ supportive’ brand than ‘Cool’. We do not only do shows but other activities like Beats Sessions, Radio submissions, Sample packs, Beat Cypher, etc that everyone can easily access and get involved in. I’m opening doors to help everyone be a part of the culture, and in turn, that helps me access undiscovered local talents as well. In 2018, Bassment artists went to RnV, and then this last

summer you went up to Northern Bass. What was it like to help push artists forward and to help them get these opportunities? It’s awesome to see all the Bassment family & friends on the big festival lineup. Bassment didn’t give them a direct opportunity to perform at those festivals as such, we just grew up together as a community and it was simply each person’s hard work paying off to get to that point. I have noticed each year I saw more people wearing Bassment merch and I feel very grateful that Bassment became the brand that represents the local bass music scene. Where do you guys pull inspiration for the sorta edgy merch Bassment has bringing out the last couple of years? Frankly, I have just been making stuff that is important to me. While I was studying Art & Design at University back in 2005, I use to design T-shirts and sell them at a few stores. That kinda opened the way to get into the streetwear industry. In my creative process, I’ve been using my conceptual art experience and I believe that helped me create strong products. My inspiration comes from my life experience, I just research a lot, make an effort to go to see people and talk. I stay away from fashion blogs, instead, I prefer to analyze and learn the history of good design. This is my creative outlet, and I design most of the merch and designs, except for my collaboration with GUCCIMAZE. Most importantly, I don’t make things that don’t have any message behind the product or don’t align with the Bassment values. Following the release of a free-to-download sample pack recently, it just continues to show that everyone at Bassment are really keen on helping would-be and up-and-coming artists find their feet in the music world. Do you have any advice for those who want to get into producing themselves? Just do it! There are tons of resources out there to learn music production and we have many amazing local artists to look up to. There are no rules, so be creative and have fun! We will keep doing stuff that will encourage people to create so hopefully we can stay in touch! What can listeners expect to see or hear coming soon from Bassment while they’re home during the lockdown? We’ve done our first ever online beats session last week and it went really well. I’m just amazed by the number of quality submissions! We are planning to do a few more projects during the lockdown so keep checking out our social media. Also, we are going to drop new merch as soon as the alert level is lowered so stay tuned. KATANA and the BASSMENT crew have new music coming out all the time on SoundCloud, check out KATANA’s latest below, as well as a selection of BASSMENT’s fat ass tunes on Spotify: Interview by Dylan Todd NEXUS MAGAZINE / ISSUE 10

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Diminutive post TOP 10

Sports we miss

10. Rowing - Kidding.

World Health Organisation Quarantines Student Area New Zealandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s uphill battle with COVID-19 is

looking to end relatively soon should vigilance remain. However, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has recognised the â&#x20AC;&#x153;cesspool of STDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, rodents and durry munchersâ&#x20AC;?, that currently occupy Hamiltonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s student area, as a potential threat. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What New Zealand was able to do with that COVID-19 thing worked out wellâ&#x20AC;? says WHO director Tedros Adhanom. However, Nexus has discovered that COVID-19 is no longer the biggest issue facing New Zealand, and that we pose â&#x20AC;&#x153;the greatest threat to human health (The WHO) have ever seenâ&#x20AC;?. Apparently, the rancid conditions of the Hamilton student area makes the Wuhan wetmarkets, the birthplace of corona-virus, look â&#x20AC;&#x153;cleaner than Ross Taylorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mittsâ&#x20AC;?. It is expected that the amount of uncleanliness and germ-sharing within the area is likely to create a global super-virus which only the most battle hardened breathers and breathettes will survive.

Netball - Silver ferns were looking strong.

Lawn bowls - I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss it but grandma needs to get out

Football - the feet kind, not the concussion kind.

Sex - I have seen many flats with a â&#x20AC;&#x153;fresher tallyâ&#x20AC;? lets not kid ourselves here.

Basketball - We missed the playoffs and LeBron is getting old.

Rugby - beers x footy = happy.

Beer pong - I miss this almost as much as I miss the cups.

Darts - MVG 17 perfect darts. That is all.

We missed half of the Sun, cricket and day drinking season and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m mad

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WHATS HOT COVID-19 Getting More Frustrated As Gathering Size Rules Loosen With the size limit on gatherings being

raised to 100 today, COVID-19 grows ever more frustrated as they now have to wait for 101 people to gather in a room before they can start infecting people. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Honestly Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just counting on those stupid fucking students to throw a party with over 100 people, then itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s go time for me and the boys. No holding back this timeâ&#x20AC;? exclaimed a lone COVID-19 cell that we ran into on the street. It followed up with â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s absolute horseshit that we still have to wait for people to break gathering rules before we steam ahead, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a solid 2 months with no actionâ&#x20AC;?. The Cellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pent up frustration was evident so we directed him towards Brian Tamakiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s church service and told him that he wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to wait around long for that gronk to break the rules.

WHATS NOT

100 person gathering rule words cannot describe

The mainstream media Fuck Stuff

No more COVID-19 patients in hospital in New Zealand - thanks to the ladies in the kitchen

My flatmates cum sock itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s starting to stink bro :/

The speed to which I am coming into the sesh on Saturday - absolutely blazing hot Friction - The DJ, or however you want to take that ;)

My flatmates dead sex life - miserable prick America?? Nothing new here Unburnt couches you know what to do this weekend

The team of editors for this section came out of last weekend minus one TV, chair, and TV table. Yeah, things got weird. Your average Joes turned into absolute wounders/heroes (take your pick on this one). I’ve honestly missed having a normal pissup, but for some genius to come out of the woodwork every now and then and just break something gives me those endorphins that I thrive off. The best part about it is that the battler who broke the stuff claimed that he didn’t even remember doing it therefore it cannot be his fault. Yeah bro, we believe you, your defense is as safe as seatbelts. I have a feeling that this weekend is going to be even better, I’m tingling just thinking about it. Remember to sesh safely, be careful with your drugs & alcohol, and have that blue powerade in the fridge the night before you’re dusty.

BRIEFING RED CARD IDEA The Lock In Race

This red card involves a locked room, a bunch of breathers ready to throw their dignity out the window, and necessary buckets. Participants must get a 12 box of their choice, something of at least 7% strength, a communal box of piss, then gather in a room of the leader’s choice. Once the clock starts, you must start drinking and race to finish your box. However, you must apply the rules of howzat! This is when you open a drink and say “not out” before someone says “howzat”, otherwise you down your entire vessel. But you cannot call “not out” in this red card, so if someone gets you with howzat, you must down your drink on the spot. BUT, you cannot call howzat unless you have an empty vessel yourself. It will be carnage, vomiting incurs a 5 minute time penalty, taking a piss earns a 7 minute time penalty, and you get to nominate someone to have an extra drink from the communal box if you shit yourself. Loser gets the vomit bucket poured on them.

SESH WARS DRINK OF THE WEEK Jameson’s Whiskey

Remarkably enough, this absolute poison of a liquid reminds me of rather good times. Fuck knows how much it costs, Fairbrother just rocked up to kickons at mine after his gig here with a bottle of it because it was on his rider. The man had put a decent dent in it by himself, and we sipped away at it a bit. It then served as hydration fluid for the following kickons. How good. It has a taste that will leave a grimace on your face, but will make your Irish ancestors proud while looking like an absolute weapon of a sesh gremlin.

EPISODE 10:

Rewinding back to crate day 2017, I thought I would host since my parents were in Christchurch for the weekend. The day started off innocent enough but as the evening rolled around my memory became hazy, all I remember is my undies going over the neighbour’s fence and me running round naked telling people I was a Greek god. By 10pm I was passed out on the floor of the spare room, so this is what I woke up to. I was naked and in a foetal position on the white carpet upstairs, white carpet which was now stained with vivid because the boys had apparently played a few rounds of Pictionary on my naked corpse. I was inked up to the point that even the inside of foreskin had doodles in it, looking like Michael Scofield. I went downstairs to assess the damage. Bottles, food and furniture lay everywhere, front door wide open but fortunately the dog had decided to stay. I went over to my mum’s week old dining room set and upon a closer look saw a box of my prescribed epilepsy pills sitting on the table, next to my student ID card. Roughly 6 or 7 pills were missing, and I could see some crushed up residue on the table top. I checked the group chat and yup the boys had been railing lines of pills made to stop seizures. To top it off, red cruisers had been spilt on the white carpet downstairs and after an $800 insurance claim my parents got brand new carpet for the whole house, so you’re welcome guys. NEXUS MAGAZINE / ISSUE 10

Mullet of the Week - Andrew Nelson Cooper

(Razor buzzes in background) Nexus: Okay, we’re on the record now. Can you please introduce yourself? Andrew: Whats up. I’m Andrew and I’m from the United States. Nexus: Um, can you describe the scene right now? Andrew: Crazy. It’s like paparazzi right now. Nexus: Where are we and what’s happening? Andrew: We’re here on the green of Orchard Park, surrounded by orange trees and mullets. Getting this mullet cut. Nexus: It’s almost poetic, isn’t it? Um, how have you prepared yourself for this moment. Andrew: I spent about two hours, laying in my hammock, reading, prior mullets of the week. And uh, trying to find some pictures on google. Nexus: How do you expect the journey ahead to go? Andrew: I can’t wait to see the reactions of people. Jordan and Nelson were my inspiration so hopefully like that. Nexus: Do you see many mullets where you come from? 28

Andrew: Hell no. No. When I came to New Zealand I laughed my ass off, cause I saw people with mullets. Nexus: Oh, so you’ve seen a few mullets here in New Zealand? Andrew: Yeah a few. Nexus: What kind of mullets have you seen? Andrew: Some mean as mullets, choice as. Nexus: Do you have any words of advice for people considering mullets? Andrew: Just fucking do it. I don’t know, just do it. It’s hair. It grows back in like two weeks anyway. Nexus: Excellent. What are your hair plans once you get the mullet? Andrew: I’m gonna put some sick silver ferns on the sides. That’s it, let it grow. Can;’t wait for my parents to see it. Nexus: Anyone you’d like to thank. Andrew: Just Jordan, Nelson. The Warehouse for the clippers.

NEXUS CREATIVE SPACE

In Impermanence I sat for 10 days As I sat for 10 thousand years I watched as the hairs on my head Turned grey and in then brown again I watched as the oceans rose Swallowed islands whole Bit at the low hanging fruit of the continents Before the ice caps froze And the seas dropped until I could walk From Melbourne to Vladivostok As the glaciers devoured the land Bit stone into dust and wiped the fingerprints of humanity From her glistening surfaces I watched the great migrations to the belt of the earth To grow stone fruits and brassicas On the tundras below the permafrost I watched massacres in the name of existentialism And saw the ice retreat again A broken humanity find its feet again As the great boreal forest reclaimed its birthright And we moved as we once had Beneath the extant giants of the canopy I saw as one thing moved to next Then fell and rose as breath does In infinite impermanence And the words of the ancients rose from the silence Anicca Anicca This too will changeâ&#x20AC;Ś

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I’ve heard it said that chicks who look like Barbie and act like Annabelle attract guys like honey to the bee. It’s the same with an alluring guy. Complain all you like about the ‘craziness’ and the ‘drama’, but the unpredictable ones are a favourite subject of lust and love. Just look at pop culture. Silent treatments, banging doors, crying on the kitchen floor, an expectation for mind-reading, and a general ‘fix me; save me; validate my existence’ mentality are played out as romantic. Case in point, that stupid sequel for To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before that had me tearing hair from skull. Or Chuck and Blair on Gossip Girl. Even One direction singing about girls who ‘don’t know they’re beautiful’ translates to revering girls that undervalue themselves.

It’s Fucked Up, Therefore It’s Romantic Even the mother of all hangovers isn’t capable of pain as acute and enduring as toxic love. This is an opinion piece. It’s an over-generalisation. But I’d stake money on the fact that most of us have - at some point or another - felt an undescribable pull for the people that, to put it politely, treat us like shit. There’s something twisted about human nature that leads us to covertly fetishise it. From the age of toddlers playing with toys, we’ve always wanted whatever doesn’t belong to us. And nothing is more exquisitely painful than the thought of someone that is, or was, almost yours. I’ve written this before. To hit the emotional Esc button from the mundanity of reality, we’ll indulge in an imaginary version of what they could be, and forget to remember that the version we make of someone in our mind isn’t their responsibility (and vice versa). The problem with that chase is that it’s so easy to crash. We’ve heard about the guys who call a girl a psycho one day and beg them to come cuddle the next; girls who block their ex on all social media yet call them in tears at midnight; the couples that break up and make up on the daily. Given the chance, people can obsess over their object of infatuation to a point of quasi-psychosis. We’ll tell our mates we hate the craziness; the confusion; the anxiety. But lust has a funny way of outpacing logic. If the object of your desire comes back offering the affection they withdrew, we’re ready to give in and rack up for another hit, every time. But why would we romanticise the obsession we feel for the ones who we let destroy us? Why complain about the craziness and yet unequivocally allow it to enter our lives? Is idolising fucked-upedness just a sign of immaturity?

There’s this tumblr-esque view on hot-and-cold lovin’ that makes it seem quirky. Maybe being tormented by heartbreak, unspoken thoughts, and people that wreck you like a hurricane is simply more poetic. Maybe that kind of high and low passion is romance, and I’m being jaded. Maybe they’re the one the quotes tell us to wait for because they’ll “ache for your soul.” (Like, no. Your “soulmate” is probably passed out drunk in some dingy flat with pingas up their arse right now, not dreaming about the colour of your eyes or whatever sentimental Rupi Kaur type bullshit the kids are saying these days.) We’ve been raised on this self-indulgent belief that someone was made specifically for you. But we forget two things. The first is that if the concept of your other half even carries any validity - again, I’m a skeptic - your person should be a safe place. Not the pretty girl who returns your vulnerability with a hardened heart. Not some charming boy who keeps cheating. Not the one who wavers on you and pierces your insecurities. Love shouldn’t be chaos. The second is that people belong to themselves; we are responsible for ourselves, and that’s it. Whatever happens in your life, whether you end up happily married with a family of fifteen or not. you’re born alone, and you will die alone. So you’ve got to look out for yourself. Toxic people that come repeatedly in and out of your life don’t really miss YOU, they miss the validation you give them. Self-respect means security; confidence; not needing to seek validation. Respect tastes sweeter than a brief window of attention. But hey, I could be wrong. Maybe luxuriating in drama and sadness is the way to live. The peak of romance might indeed be chaos, confusion, and la douleur exquise. The dramatisation of dragging on your tenth cigarette, binging on sad indie rock, waiting by the phone and festering on your sadness could well be the ultimate goal. Heartbreak and painful crushes are as relevant for uni students in Hamilton as it is for the leading subjects of a Woody Allen film, after all. It’s our life and we need to live the length and breadth of it, so who am I to tell you how to act? Maybe playing with fire isn’t such a bad thing. Just don’t let it swallow you (...or do. If you know what I mean).

AQUARIUS JAN 20 - FEB 18

LEO JUL 23 - AUG 22

There seems to be some confusion about where you come from this week. Pull out your family tree to discover who your true descendants are. It will save you the online bullying and lifelong memes.

The assignments have taken a toll on your body and have left you in a state of despair. Pull out the whiskey your cousin brought from duty-free last year because no future looks promising after this week.

PISCES FEB 19 - MAR 20

VIRGO AUG 23 - SEP 22

There is a new moon approaching, so what’s better than requesting a better future cause the last couple of readings have been a fucking mess.

Your financial situation is starting to look like the Kmart shelves. Empty. It’s time to figure out what’s more important, Aniko products or the white clouds? Desperate times call for desperate measures.

ARIES MAR 21 - APR 19

LIBRA SEP 23 - OCT 22

Karen, take a break. We are on level 2 for another month. No one is listening, so what’s the fucking point? Think about your self worth you will thank yourself in the long run.

Baby fever is in the air, and those weird cravings are starting to make you think you caught the bug. Don’t worry, young grasshopper Countdown has extended their shopping hours, you still have time to stock up on pregnancy tests.

TAURUS APR 20 - MAY 20

SCORPIO OCT 23 - NOV 21

Your week is looking very promising that match you have been hoping for is about to swipe right on you, and with the gatherings rising to 100, this couldn’t have come at a better place to celebrate the cause.

The cold weather has you feeling a little emotional, and you can’t help but second guess your love life. Sorry to say, but the notebook will be the closest thing you have to any romantic connection. Hang in there.

GEMINI MAY 21 - JUN 20

SAGITTARIUS NOV 22 - DEC 21

Sticks and stones break bones and names do hurt, look after yourself, take some time out and watch reruns of friends to make up for the friendships you are lacking. Hang in there.

Protein shakes, gym memberships, and activewear have been replaced for baking goods, walking in the park, and trackies. This week is a testament to how versatile you have become. Lap it up. You are going places.

CANCER JUN 21 - JUL 22

CAPRICORN DEC 22 - JAN 19

Today is a good day to bring out the kiwipong cups that are stuck together from the last bender. The gatherings have increased, and you are in a giving mood. Please take advantage of this feeling; it will pay off.

Your employment status is not looking promising this week; now is the time to bring your kiwi ingenuity out and get creating. What do you have to lose? Keep your head up. There is light at the end of the tunnel. NEXUS MAGAZINE / ISSUE 10

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250g malt biscuits 190g eskimo style lollies 100g butter, melted 1/2 can of sweetened condensed milk ½ – 3/4 cup desiccated coconut

Method: Crush or process the biscuits to fine crumbs and place in a mixing bowl. Cut the Eskimo lollies into thirds and add to the bowl, along with the melted butter and condensed milk. Mix as best you can, then turn onto a clean board or sheet of baking paper and form into a log. Roll the log in coconut, and refrigerate for several hours until firm. Serve in slices.

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Chocolate Mousse Ingredients: 500ml whipping cream

French Toast

250g good quality dark chocolate, roughly chopped 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Method: Heat the cream in a medium saucepan, over medium-high heat until bubbles begin to form around the edges. Add in the chocolate, and stir with a wire whisk until all of the chocolate is melted and the mixture is smooth and well combined. Stir in vanilla.

Ingredients: 2 eggs 2 cups milk 1 tsp vanilla essence 1 Tbsp sugar

Taste the mixture, and if the chocolate is a little too bitter you can add caster or icing sugar until it’s as sweet as you want it.

½ French loaf, sliced on an angle

Pour mix into a large heatproof bowl or jug, and leave to cool to room temperature. Refrigerate until very well chilled.

2 bananas, sliced

Whip the chocolate cream with an electric hand mixer until stiff peaks form. It won’t take very long. Pipe or spoon into glasses or small bowls. You can serve it immediately or store in the fridge for several days. For best results, use a good quality chocolate with 50% – 60% cocoa solids. It’s easy to split the mix – the first is overwhipping. If you whip the mixture for too long, the same thing will happen that would happen if you whipped plain cream for ages – you’ll make butter. So make sure you just whip the mixture until peaks form. The other thing that causes the dreaded splitting – not chilling the mixture long enough.

4 rashers bacon Maple syrup

Method: Whisk eggs, milk, vanilla essence and sugar in a shallow container big enough to dip the bread in. Heat a frying pan with a little butter or oil. Dip slices of bread into milk mixture, giving them a few minutes to absorb the egg without going soggy. Quickly remove from mixture and drain off any excess. Place in the frying pan and cook on each side until golden. Keep warm. Fry or grill the bacon and bananas on high heat until cooked and golden. Serve French toast topped with bacon, banana and maple syrup.

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WAIKAT BUNKERS

Schmeg Manor Home to a psych major, a law major, a PE teacher, a waiter and a nutritional scientist, the humble Schmeg Manor houses a variety of different occupational flavours. Known for their semi-extravagant family dinners and their work-hard-play-hard attitude, the humans of Schmeg Manor really are your archetypal university students. One look around the place told me all I needed to know about their social lives. With their love of garden gnomes, Jimi Hendrix and hoarding empty bottles the flat really lived up to the sesh-pectations of Greensboro street. As their street sign-trophies cling to the wall and a flat-trip to the recycling centre looking unlikely, the antics of Schmeg Manor are set to continue into the future. And thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s OK with us.

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5 6 2 6 7 9 2 3 9 1 4 3 3 4 5 5 9 6 5 7 8 2 5 2 8 6 6 4

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5 8 2 8 8 7 4 3 9 3 3 2 2 4 3 4 6 5 2 7 8 2 1 3 5 1 7 1 9 7 9 3 6 EASY

7 1 8 1 4 9 3 2 7

2 8

4 6 1 2 3 8 9 5 6 7 7 3 9 4 6 1 7 4 2

2 6 1 1 7 8 6 6 3 2 4 1 2 1 8 1 9 9 6 8 1 7 8 7 1 6 6 3 5 8 2 9 9 6 MEDIUM

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9 1

3 3

5 8

6 9 2

3 4 2

LABYRINTH

4 1

7 9 7 2 3 8 6 8 7 4 5 4 2

4 8 1 6 8 2

n° 211444 - Level Medium http://1sudoku.com n° 114529 - Level Easyhttp://1sudoku.com

9 5

8 8

9 7

4 3 7 6 7 1 3

3 8

7 4

4 8 3

3 4 1

9 1 7

1 2 7

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4 6

n° 39844 - Level Hard

9 6

5 8 1

n° 227967 n° 37164 - Level Hard - Level Medium

4 2

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7 2 8 5 7

1 5 2 2 8 1 1 9 2 6 4 2 7 7 9 7 8 2 5 1 9 6 8 2 7 3 5 7 sta4nce 7 9 5 4 5 3 4 7 6 4 2 8 2 9 4 8 3 1 9 5 5 8 7 7 8 5 4 7 9 1 1 4 2 7 5 1 3 4 3 6 7 8 6 1 9 5 8 9 7 1 6 Issue 9 answer: ‘THE THE’ 7 2 9 6 4 5 3 9 2 1 1 6 7 6 3 9 3 6 9 5 8 7 4 2 6 3 9

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7 2

n° 29900 n° 326364 - Level Hard - Level Medium

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6 5 7 TEASER 4 9 2 BRAIN 5 8 6 7

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4 5

2 8

9 3 7 8 5 3 1 2 3 7 5 1 6 3 2 5 6 9 4 7 5 1 8

n° 228814 n° 32039 - Level Hard - Level Medium

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n° 39010 - Level Hard

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