Debate | Issue 1 | O'Week

debate ISSUE 01 | MARCH 2015

W E E K

illustration by Nadeesha Godamunne

CONTENTS

CREDITS EDITOR Chloe King chlking@aut.ac.nz SUB-EDITORS Laurien Barks Kelsey-rae Taylor

4: Editorial

32: Katchafire

DESIGNER Ramina Rai rrai@aut.ac.nz

6: Cool Shit

34: Freerunning In The Pursuit of Your Dreams

CONTRIBUTORS Amelia Petrovich - Hala Nasr Matthew Cattin - Julie Cleaver

8: The Earth Is Fucked, So What Are You Gonna Do About It?

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38: Sports Profile : Ben Matulino

14: Riwayya: A Space For Collision

40: My Anaconda Might

16: Seeking Shelter From The Storm

42: Recipes

20: Drawing The Humans Of New York

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24: The Black Seeds

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28: AuSM O'Week Timetable

52: Puzzles

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Kia ora Welcome to the first issue of debate magazine for the year, my name is Chloe King. I am the new editor for 2015 and words cannot capture my excitement at being able to hold a position that allows me the privilege to connect with students on a daily basis. I attended AUT for half a decade, graduating in 2009 with a postgrad dip in art and design and my heart never really left the city campus. AUT is where my passion for politics and protest was ignited and inspired my commitment to defending workers, student, women’s and indigenous rights for the past 10 years. After leaving AUT I trained at the University of Auckland as a secondary teacher – since I was very young I had always wanted to work in a profession that allowed me to pass on knowledge and foster young talent.

EDITORS LETTER A word from Chloe King

In the last two years I have moved into political blogging – and finally I felt I had found my vocation after years of trying out different careers, including nine years of bartending to support my love of art-making and visual culture. I believe words can be transformative and can connect whole communities. They can inspire people to rise up against injustice and unfairness.

We have made some big changes to debate magazine in a very short space of time, from the content we feature to the aesthetic of the magazine; we want to create a publication that captures the diversity of AUT and the successes and struggles of our attending and graduated students. I am committed to making debate a platform that amplifies the voices of students and makes visible your hopes, dreams and anxieties for the future, and discusses the wider personal and social issues our local and global communities are facing today.

In this O-Week issue we have included your timetable for all the events and exciting activities that are going on during the first week of university.

We will be expanding debate throughout the year, adding new positions and sections, expanding old ones and building our team of writers, photographers and other creative thinkers who are dedicated to transforming debate magazine into a high-quality publication.

This said the debate team is currently looking for writers who want to contribute to up and coming issues, as well as photographers and artists who want to collaborate with us email me at: chlking@aut.ac.nz

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THE EARTH IS FUCKED, SO WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? THE REVOLUTIONARY POWER OF CLIMATE CHANGE

This feature piece was a co-lab between Chloe King (Editor of Debate) and Christopher Smith who is a microbiologist and a recent graduate of Auckland University.

Last year, Russell Brand infamously edited the political magazine the New Statesman, in which he called for a spiritual rebirth, a radical dismantling of our current political system and, yes, he controversially told people to stop voting. After all, as Brand pointed out, so many politicians aren’t listening to the voices of the people: the poor young and disenfranchised; and the indigenous and black and brown communities. Why should we continue to participate in a parliamentary system that is often apathetic to the needs of its own citizenry, serves only a few and ignores so many of us?

For all the lasting controversy that Brand caused with his declaration that he doesn’t vote and that you shouldn’t either, what should have sparked the most controversy and concern was Naomi Klein’s essay Science Says Revolt, in Brand’s edition of the New Statesman.

photos by Vernon Rive (environmental lawyer amd senior lecturer in Law at AUT)

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Klein’s essay is a carion call to join the climatechange movement and take direct action against corporations. It demands we take action against those who sit safely behind their platinum titles and lazy self-serving politicians who deny the existence of climate change. Klein directly calls upon us, the citizens of this world, to sabotage a capitalist system that is careening out of control. This all sounds pretty heavy, especially if you have never engaged in activism or demanded social change before – or if you have never really thought about how our political systems in Aotearoa do not serve the political underclass, namely the growing poor and working class. But these are just some of the necessary life-saving actions, as Klein pointed out in her essay and more recently in her book, This Changes Everything, that need to be taken if we want to survive as a species.

I have been an activist for over 10 years, fought for women’s and workers’ rights and moved in solidarity with indigenous movements – I am dedicated to social change. But the devastating impacts of climate change and global warming is something I had kept my

eyes firmly closed too. Increasingly, though, loud, resounding alarm bells have been going off in my head – and the sound is now deafening. It was Klein’s essay that first kicked me into gear over climate change.

As an activist who is committed to moving in solidarity with indigenous rights and eliminating inequality, I had to wake up to the reality that climate change will affect the poor and indigenous first, and far more acutely and brutally (at least to begin with), than the wealthy, affluent and those living in higher socio-economic areas in wealthy countries.

Our world is rapidly shifting into a dystopian one: Aotearoa has never been so unequal. Recently The Guardian reported that the richest 10% of Kiwis control more wealth than the remaining 90% of us. Globally, it is worse – much worse.

Oxfam reported that a busload of people carrying 85 of the richest people in the world would hold more wealth than the collective assets of half the world’s population. Climatechange-triggered disasters, which have and will continue to devastate whole communities

and countries, will only serve to expand this massive divide.

Sea levels are rising.

The Pacific Island nation Kiribati is the world’s lowest-lying country, and in the next century the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) predicts the ocean will swallow Kiribati completely. Reuters reported that some locals are ominously calling their homeland “the next Atlantis”.

Last year Ioane Teitiota, who moved from Kiribati to Aotearoa in 2007, applied to become the world’s first legal climate-change refugee on the grounds that there is very real danger if he and his family return to his homeland. Before Kiribati disappears below the sea line, the ocean creep will make the island almost uninhabitable. When I spoke to indigenous journalist Morgan Godfery, who is dedicated to bringing attention to the very real plight of climate change refugees he said:: “We are already seeing the human effects in places like Kiribati, where ocean creep is starting to contaminate the fresh

water table. Now the people in Kiribati do not have a reliable source of fresh water.”

Overwhelmingly, it is industrialised western countries such as Aotearoa that have significantly contributed to climate change through our agricultural practices and the burning of fossil fuels, turning living ecosystems into “natural resources” to be exploited. So don’t we, in our privileged homelands, have a moral duty to grant refugee status to people such as Ioane and his family who have been affected by climate change? Instead, we turned Ioane and his family away. Our New Zealand media barely covered it. Ioane, his family and others seeking refuge because of the impacts of climate change are not a social burden to Aotearoa, they are our social responsibility – they are human beings.

Compassion before bullshit bureaucracy.

People are not expendable.

Aotearoa’s biggest industry is its agriculture, which provides food for the nation and other countries but also produces an enormous output of greenhouse gases. These gases, such as methane and carbon dioxide, prevent heat from escaping through our atmosphere, instead trapping it here on earth. Because of this extra heat being trapped, the polar caps are melting, resulting in dramatically rising sea levels.

Greenhouse gases are also causing an untold amount of other potentially catastrophic effects, including ocean acidification. The large quantities of carbon dioxide being released eventually have to go somewhere, and aside from the atmosphere, one of the recognised locations for this is the ocean. As the ocean acts as a sponge for the expelled carbon, it is gradually becoming more and more acidic, a process which endangers many of the living creatures within it.

Increasingly, I expect we will see wealthier nations turn away those seeking refuge from the coming storm: rising sea levels and climate-change-affected catastrophes. Naomi Klein wrote in This Changes Everything that “in our wealthier nations, we will protect our major cities with costly seawalls and storm barriers, while leaving vast areas of coastline that are inhabited by poor and indigenous people to the ravages of storms and rising seas.”

Apocalyptic young-adult books like The

Hunger Games and Divergent, and films like Snowpiercer, will no longer be the spectre of the imaginations of sciencefiction writers. They will be our realities; our fractured, demarcated communities and countries in one shape or another, if we choose to do nothing in this lifetime.

In times of austerity, growing inequality and looming climate change, half-hearted actions just aren’t going to cut it anymore: switching to energy-efficient light bulbs is woefully insufficient. We need deep change. We need to challenge our current system, which puts profit before people, corporations before community and the extraction of natural resources before the planet. “Our whole entire economic paradigm is a threat to ecological stability,” wrote Klein.

Russell Brand may have gotten the backs up of thousands worldwide when he told people to stop voting, but he had a point – it is not enough to just vote.

You need to be a citizen also.

A troubling and local example of this is the decline and imminent extinction of the world’s rarest dolphin, Maui’s dolphin, due to New Zealand’s economic practices. This endemic and beautiful cetacean is found only on the west coast of the North Island.

In recent surveys, it has been indicated that there are only 55 individuals left alive. What was once a unique species that could be found close to shore along the west coast has now been reduced to a miniscule fraction of its population due to New Zealand’s fishing practices and habits. Recently, the International Whaling Commission called for greater protection of this species, a request our government has chosen to ignore. If we want to save the Maui’s dolphins, and, indeed, stymie the growing threat of climate change, we need to make a deep and lasting change within ourselves.

Where there is life, there is hope: Russell Brand may have gotten the backs up of thousands worldwide when he told people to stop voting, but he had a point – it is not enough to just vote. You need to be a citizen also.

I know this all probably sounds pretty fucking depressing. I know I avoided the issue of climate change because it just seemed too big for me to comprehend.

But there is hope – and hope is everything.

Sometimes it is all we have.

In Klein’s essay for the New Statesman she brought our attention to a complexsystems researcher named Brad Werner.

Werner delivered a session titled Is the World Fucked? at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union in 2013.

Put simply, his answer to the question his session asked was “more or less”. There was one dynamic in the model, however, that offered some hope. Werner termed it “resistance” – movements of people or groups of people who Werner said “adopt a certain set of dynamics that does not fit within the capitalist culture”, including “environmental direct action, [and] resistance taken from outside the dominant culture, as in protests, blockades and sabotage by indigenous peoples, workers, anarchists and other activist groups.”

Mass uprisings, political protest, and direct actions along the lines of Occupy Wall Street, the Civil Rights movement and the Abolitionist Movement “represent the likeliest forms of friction to slow down an economic machine that is careening out of control,” wrote Klein.

Two days before the scheduled UN Climate Summit of world leaders meet in New York last year, the People’s Climate March saw the culmination of the biggest global action for climate change the world has ever witnessed. It was, as the organisers said, “a chance for people to change everything”. From Aotearoa to America, millions of people around the world in over 2,500 cities unfurled their banners, picked up their placards and took to the streets with their fists pumping and voices rising. Over 400,000 people protested in the streets of New York and hundreds gathered in Auckland to march down Queen Street demanding action on climate change.

And some of the strongest concerns about climate change are coming from young people. When I spoke with Maddie Little, who was one of the many New Zealand youth delegates who went to Lima to attend the UN Climate Change talks last year, she said to me: “It’s time for us in New Zealand and other privileged 11

camp-ins and lock-ons. By speaking out.

For anyone who has ever said protest and activism never changed anything, you are wrong.

There is no time left except for now: Relying on self-serving, neoliberal, moneyhungry politicians who are morally bankrupt to make change for the good of the people is obviously futile. Our National government continues to support and promote dangerously unregulated and unsafe practices, such as fracking, to extract natural resources from the planet.

Our world leaders have so much to answer for.

countries to step up and take responsibility for the carbon footprint we are making. We need to stand in solidarity with victims of climate change consequences.”

We are the first generation to feel the impacts of climate change, and we are the last who can do anything about it. If that is not a cause to hit the streets and make trouble, then, fuck, I do not know what is.

We are the first generation to feel the impacts of climate change,

Canada's tar sands down to Nebraska. The pipeline has been questioned and critiqued on many fronts, from the possibility of leaks along the line that could potentially pollute sites that provide water to millions, to the almost certain destruction of habitats, historical sites and locations of importance to indigenous peoples. It is also not surprising that many opponents argue it will impact climate change. On April 22 last year the Cowboy Indian Alliance stood together with one message for Obama: stop the Keystone XL pipeline.

Everywhere there are examples of disparate people and communities coming together to fight big businesses and self-serving governments on issues concerning climate change – and winning.

“Every generation at every point throughout history is asked to do something great. We are asked to stand for justice, peace, and for the health, wellbeing and welfare of humanity . . . There was a time when cowboys, Indians and ranchers fought. That time is behind us.

Today we stand hand in hand, united. And like our civil rights leaders before us, we are standing up for what is right.”

The Cowboy Indian Alliance, a group of ranchers, farmers and tribal communities, have come together in America to protest the Keystone XL pipeline, which will carry 830,000 barrels of crude oil per day from

Thousands of activists and the Cowboy Indian Alliance have so far managed to deter and delay Obama from signing off on this controversial pipeline for five and a half years, by engaging in direct actions, protests,

and we are the last who can do anything about it.

Recently the US Senate voted on whether or not climate change even existed. You couldn’t make this shit up. We need to hold accountable our world leaders, who continue to make weak deals at UN Climate Change summits and dirty deals with the mega-rich and fossil fuel companies who profit off the destruction of our planet as if we have a “planet B” to fly off to. Newsflash: we don’t.

This earth is all and everything we have, and I think it is worth fighting for, don’t you?

Most of all we need to look inside ourselves and change everything about the way we relate to and treat our earth and each other – we cannot change society if we do not change ourselves. The mantra for the massive People’s Climate March movement is that “to change everything, you need to change everyone”.

We need to find common ground with one another. The climate change movement offers us a powerful opportunity to locate this common ground – because it is going to affect every last person on this planet, and rich or poor, money will hold no value if there is no food or clean water to buy.

“Resistance is beginning to boil,” wrote Klein.

“In these existing and nascent movements we now have a clear glimpse of the kind of dedication and imagination demanded of everyone who is alive and breathing during climate change’s decade zero.”

World leaders are sleepwalking us into one of the biggest failures of human history: climate change is the defining crisis of our lifetime.

But everywhere people are starting to wake up. The question is, will you allow our world leaders to lead you into this nightmare? Or will you join the millions of people around the world who are already waking up and rising up, and take our world back?

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Mitch Williams-Wright, Riwayya's Graphic Content Manager (who is an ex-AUT student)

“As a Palestinian, I have spent the entirety of my life seeing human suffering through the lens of politics. Riwayya is my way of escaping that bubble and allowing myself to become more intertwined with poetry, literature, and art�

A S PA C E F O R C O L L I S I O N Set to launch in March 2015, Riwayya is the newest up-and-coming online literary and art platform that aims to showcase the diversity of written and visual works by artists from all around the world. The team at Debate sat down with the founders behind the vision, Yasir Tineh, Hala Nasr, Nour Salman and Talal Alyan, who are all young writers, graduate students and self-starters, to have a chat about what Riwayya is all about.

“It’s quite simple,” Nour explained. “Riwayya is the Arabic word for novel or story.” Talal describes it as all-encompassing; a platform for storytelling in whatever incarnation it presents itself. For them, narratives are often chained to the political, but it is their belief they are not exclusively born out of that despair.

But the trauma and despair of being born in countries that are torn by war, imperialism and brutal military occupations is clear from their answers.

“As a Palestinian, I have spent the entirety of my life seeing human suffering through the lens of politics.

Riwayya is my way of escaping that bubble and allowing myself to become more intertwined with poetry, literature, and art,” Yasir said.

Evidently, Riwayya was not only brought about by an inspiration to create, but also a desire to destroy – a desire to destroy cliches, metaphors, and stereotypes. This makes all the more sense when considering the backgrounds of the co-founders: Yasir, a Palestinian living in exile in Kuwait; Hala, a homegrown Kiwi-Egyptian; Talal, a Palestinian based in Brooklyn and Nour, an Australian-Palestinian.

Their Arab heritage isn’t exactly “in vogue” these days.

Hala explains: “It was about moving beyond the cliches and metaphors of ‘being Arab’, particularly when you’ve grown up in the diaspora and end up with this messed-up romanticisation of your ‘homeland’. What is it to belong? This is probably how most second-gen immigrants feel. This platform makes the statement that it doesn’t matter where you belong. Riwayya – and art by extension – is all about carving your truth, unapologetically.”

And unapologetic they are. These four individuals are notorious for their dangerous truths and powerful reflections, but even in this day and age of technological innovations, artists often find exposing their work to the world an intimidating process. Riwayya aims to circumvent this anxiety and create a space that encourages, respects and fosters the creativity of young people to grow into all sorts of beauty and destruction.

“We wanted to create a virtual space for artists, especially the youth who are often excluded and disenfranchised from ‘formal’ art ventures, to exchange their narratives and ultimately create a collective community through artistic expression,” said Nour.

The three sections are poetry, prose and pathos. This encompasses a myriad of artistic expression through poetry, short stories, literature, photography, dance, film, contemporary art and design. They aren’t imposing any limitations on the scope of their artistic movement, but do encourage artists of marginalised and indigenous backgrounds to contribute. No picture is ever complete without Riwayya’s contributors.

If this sounds like an initiative you can get behind, you can send your submissions to riwayya@gmail.com or check out the Facebook page: facebook.com/riwayya

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Photo by United Nations Photo | flickr.com/un_photo

'The climate change movement is dominated by the left, but it is not necessarily a left or right wing issue. It is a human issue.'

SEEKING SHELTER FROM THE STORM Chloe King, editor of Debate, talks with indigenous journalist Morgan Godfery about Aotearoa’s moral and ethical obligations to protect and offer shelter to climate change refugees.

In Aotearoa last year we could have been the first country in the world to grant residency to climate change refugee Loane Teitota , a 37-year-old man who moved here in 2007 from Kiribati, the lowest lying Island in the world. But he and his family were denied this status. What went wrong?

Well, the Court of Appeal applied the orthodox law, which isn’t equipped to deal with climate change displacement. Modern refugee laws are a product of the 20th century, so they were developed to deal with displacement from wars, conflicts and from other political persecutions. The law just wasn’t designed for displacement by natural disaster, but that doesn’t mean the law couldn’t be extended. The court actually missed an opportunity to develop the law in a way that suits the 21st century.

Do you feel that as a country we had an ethical, moral and political duty to welcome climate change refugees into our country?

Yes. I think it is a humanitarian imperative that our government implement a refugee displacement scheme. We know that within the next century thousands of islands will be swallowed by the sea in the Pacific or will become uninhabitable. And that is true even if we manage to contain global warming within two degrees Celsius, so surely out of humanitarian concerns Aotearoa has to develop climate change refugee schemes.

We shouldn’t forget that New Zealand has special obligations to a lot of Pacific countries as well. If you take Tokelau, which is a territory of Aotearoa, and other Pacific countries such as Niue and the Cook Islands, we have a special obligation to those countries to really investigate displacement schemes for when they are most needed.

What types of “displacement schemes” do we need to demand our government implement?

Well, I think the first thing we need to do is demand that the government acknowledge that climate change emigration is a problem that is happening now. It is not a problem we can vaguely frame as something that will happen “within the next century”.

What’s also crucial is that any displacement scheme is negotiated with the consent of those affected. If we were to just dump thousands of climate change refugees in Auckland, that would compound the humanitarian disaster. The refugee placement and support schemes currently in place may provide a tentative model for what is possible.

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Climate change could be a unifying force for my generation.

Do you agree with that?

'We have 350 Aotearoa, which is the New Zealand arm of the international climate movement, but they are really small, niche group and we do not have something that covers a cross-section of society.'

In your article for The Guardian on climate change displacement you talked about how people need to come together and put pressure on their governments to deal with the issue. What would this “pressure” need to look like for it to have an impact?

Yeah. The climate change movement is dominated by the left, but it is not necessarily a left or right wing issue. It is a human issue.

We are already seeing the human effects in places like Kiribati, where ocean creep is starting to contaminate the fresh water table. So now the people in Kiribati do not have a reliable source of fresh water. They have to rely on rainwater and desalination plants, which are usually diesel powered, so they are contributing to climate change even further. And I think when people start realising that these things are happening in our lifetime, then it is not just a future concern anymore. I think if the climate change movement can make it clear that this is happening now, it is happening to us and this is happening to people we care about; people we have obligations to – I think that would be enough to make something click, rather than framing it as the left trying to save the world. We need to humanise this issue.

What are your thoughts around political imagination and how can we rapidly alter the sense of what people think is possible?

It is really difficult to imagine an alternative when we have been reliant on these fossil fuel economies since the industrial revolution.

Even the word utopia has connotations of the impossible rather than the practical. Perhaps if we move away from the word utopia, the connotations become more realistic for people. I don’t have the answers, but that is the ultimate question, really.

That is a really good question. I don’t think the climate change movement has really built the infrastructure that a mass movement needs. We have 350 Aotearoa, which is the New Zealand arm of the international climate movement, but they are really small, niche group and we do not have something that covers a cross-section of society. 350 Aotearoa have not brought in, say, Maori groups or trade unions. I don’t want to call it a bourgeois movement, but in a way the climate change movement is only really emerging out of universities, and they haven’t brought in the allies they need to create something that is sustainable. I think we are years behind in the climate change debate in this country. It is something our politicians do not want to talk about – unlike in other countries, where it is at the top of the political agenda. It is dominating the debate in countries like America, but in New Zealand we seem to be tentative about it.

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DRAWING THE HUMANS OF NEW YORK

by Chloe King

“People who are doing fashion illustration in New York really hustle, I wanted to be a part of that. I wanted to know if I could make it in New York.”

Nadeesha illustrating the rooftops of New York.

Street-style photography has exploded in the last decade; from Pinterest to Intragram to fashion blogs, the internet is saturated with snap-shots of what people are wearing. But, lately street-style has gotten a bad rap. Observers pointing out that the candid and authentic approach to street-style is “becoming less a documentation of actual street fashion and more about the lengths people will go to in order to be photographed,” wrote Fashion Editor Morwenna Ferrier. In our celebrity-saturated millennial culture, where being facebook-famous is actually a thing, this is hardly surprising.

What is interesting is a handful of artists are walking away from the Instagram-ready, street-style photography in favour of something entirely different – illustrated street style.

Up and coming New York based artist Nadeesha’s Goldamunne, a graduate of AUT’s Fashion design school, is part of this new generation of artists. From her home in Brooklyn where she is currently working for Ralph Lauren as a colourist and illustrator, I spoke to Nadeesha to discuss her new street-style illustration blog, and what it takes to make it in The Big Apple.

When Nadeesha picks up her skype, she apologies for how long it took to talk; between colouring hundreds of illustrations for Ralph Lauren a week, developing her new blog and the timezone difference, “it was hard to catch each other,” she laughs. I tell her; no matter how long it took I would have waited.

Nadeesha’s project is largely inspired by the massive viral photographic project Humans of New York. Her blog is a montage of illustrations, depicting a strong sense of character, identity and the diversity of cultures and ethnicities in this vibrant city. It sits in stark contrast to the vacuous and gaunt gaze of the airbrushed models we are often presented with in glossy magazines that are trying to sell us all manner of shit we don’t need. She draws on the diversity of what New York City has to offer; “Getting to know the people I draw and their stories is what is so intriguing and special for me. You hear their stories; where they come from – you can connect with people,” says Nadeesha.

Fashion and street-style illustration is a relatively limited career path in New Zealand, so Nadeesha made the decision to risk it all and move to New York, where the community is still small but thriving. “People who are doing fashion illustration in New York really hustle, I wanted to be a part of that. I wanted to know if I could make it in New York.”

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There exists a romanticised notion that artists work in tortured isolation producing their life’s work. But now, more than ever, artists are banding together in their creative communities to support each other.

Ironically, considering her current paid work with a major fashion house, Nadeesha is drawn to people who have no interest in following the latest trends from the fashion week runways. Her project New Eyes - New York is focused on drawing what is right in front of her; people sitting on the subway, families walking down the street, and people just going about their daily business who happen to look incredible while doing it. “I feel like my drawing style has got a lot looser since coming here, because people are always on the go in New York. The characters here are so whimsical. They are crazy; they will wear the craziest shit. How could you not want to draw them as a fashion illustrator?” she said laughing.

There is incredible power in Nadeesha’s work because she isn’t interested in glamour models and perfect bodies and immaculate make-up – she never has been. Instead she seems far more interested in the imperfections of everyday life, the hustle and bustle of getting from one place to the next and captivating people as they do these seemingly mundane everyday activities. She is capturing through pencil, ink, paper and paint the unknown people and the street-styles of New York in the most beautiful and humble way. facebook.com/MokshiniNYC?ref=hl instagram.com/MOKSHINI www.mokshini.com

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The Black Seeds and their blended sound of soul, dub, funk and reggae have played as the soundtrack to many a summer holiday in the sun since their debut album in 2001. As permanent fixtures on the New Zealand summer festival circuit they’re never far from their next gig: we talked to lead singer Barnaby Weir to find out what has been going on since the release of their last album, and why their music is good all year round. interviewed by Kelsey-Rae Taylor

To someone not familiar with The Black Seeds, how would you describe your journey so far?

I think you’d say we’re part of that classic experimental dub and reggae sound that’s accrued over the years.

We’re a bunch of guys from Wellington, got together end of ’98 and we’re on to our sixth studio album now.

Some of our charm is that we’ve got our own sound and we’ve managed to build on that over the years; no one really sounds like us, and we’re part of New Zealand’s musical DNA now I guess.

Your last album Dust and Dirt was released in 2012.

Can you tell me a bit about what’s been going on since then?

Well, we toured Dust and Dirt for probably a couple of years – there’s a lot of touring in the first year after you release an album, and so we went to Europe three times over 2012 and 2013 and of course NZ and Australia. We also started working on our new album, which we’re still doing, so we’re looking forward to releasing that around September this year.

Some might say your song One by One’s feature in Breaking Bad is something of a pop culture pinnacle. Has there been a noticeable before and after in terms of your fan base since then?

I think there has been – it’s definitely been one of the bigger soundtracks to be on and I’m a big fan of the show. It sort of gave us a bit of a push years after the song had been released, so we’re happy about that.

I think that we’ve become a little bit more popular in America, and the people that still hated us back in New Zealand maybe found a little bit of respect for us.

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For some reason they really like us in Germany and have really accepted us. There have been a couple of festivals around Germany that I can’t even remember the names of – little outdoor free events – and all of a sudden there’s 2000 people watching you, and you’re just thinking, wow, here we are in the middle of nowhere, never been to this town, and you’ve got thousands of people in the town square just loving what they’re seeing. And for me that gives me a big kick. You never know what to expect, and often it’s those small towns that come and check you out and we just ram it; they have a huge experience with you and you have a huge experience with them and then you leave.

So talking festivals in general, what’s your best festival memory to date?

I don’t think I have just one, but there are certainly times when you kick yourself and just go, shit, this is amazing, we’re so lucky. I saw some footage the other day of a free concert we did in 2006 in Wellington, and I was looking back at that, just going “that was a mean fucking 10 years ago” – the band has changed, but also the band hasn’t changed in a lot of ways, and you just kick yourself and think, wow, that was an amazing time then, and we’ve done so much since that time.

Do you ever feel pulled to other musical styles/ genres when you’re writing? How do you deal with that?

We’re open to all ideas. But if I brought a really heavy metal riff to the band, you have to wonder how, if we’re gonna go there, do we pull it off with integrity? Having said that the band doesn’t necessarily stick to a certain style, even though we have our own flavour. But we’re open to other stylistic movements within our music, we’re just careful as to if we‘re going to go there we have to go there fully. You don’t want to be half-arsed because it’s a fashion thing or whatever. We just go to what feels good and hope our fans think it sounds good too.

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K ATC H I N G U P W I T H K ATC H A F I R E Katchafire is an iconic Kiwi reggae band who have been blessing our ears for the past fifteen years with sweet summer anthems. Originally from Hamilton, the six lads have taken their music all around the globe.

Julie Cleaver lucky enough to chat with the Logan Bell, the lead singer of Katchafire: I noticed Katchafire has just been touring the USA. Can you tell us about your experience there?

This time we did a support tour for a band called Rebelution.

It’s the first time we have toured the States in winter and we’ve been enjoying some great success, selling out iconic and big venues so we’re doing really, really well at the moment.

It kind of put us in front of a whole new crowd. We’ve got a lot of Polynesians, reggae lovers, expat New Zealanders and Aussies coming to our shows, but we’re crossing over a bit more these days.

It was a great tour. We played a lot of new venues and towns that we’ve never been to like New Orleans, North Carolina, and the south-east. It was probably one of the best tours we’ve ever done in America so far.

How did Americans receive your music, as it has quite a distinctive Kiwi flavor and also references to Maori culture?

I think that’s kinda’ why a lot of our fans over there are Polynesian and expats, but with Hawaii at the back door our music does have lots of local support.

Reggae is probably the most played music genre so we get plenty of airtime on Hawaiian radio. Lots of Americans have heard us on holiday so we’ve had a real underground swell of support over the last six or seven years.

I think for the main part we’ve got some pretty loyal fan bases there now and it’s just about growing this. The USA is one of the toughest music markets in the world. You’re totally up against it with a much bigger level of artistry, so I think for the main part we’re doing quite well.

When did you first become interested in reggae music?

I heard it playing a lot growing up. My older sister and her friends used to jam it but I guess I first started hearing it when I was about eight or nine played by the older generations.

Then when I was in intermediate I picked up the guitar and was

musically drawn to learning a lot of reggae music, especially Bob Marley. I guess I would say I first got into it just before I became a teenager.

What type of connection do you share with the boys in Katchafire?

We’re all bros from another mo, you know? I have a full brother and my father that help out with the band and who support us. My dad is also our lead guitarist so the band has always been a family. The other brothers were kinda’ like older uncles or bros who just gravitated to the music scene. That’s how I’d describe the boys; family.

What has your musical journey been like? Were there times when you wanted to give up?

I think musicians are lying when they say it’s easy and that they’ve never thought about chucking it all in. I think definitely the hardest thing has been staying together for all of these years and the fact that we have, is probably a testament to our family dynamic. Where individuals would take challenges on alone, we face them as a family and a unit. The ride’s been amazing. We’ve always done this for the love of it. It’s evolved into this amazing lifestyle - this beast we call Katchafire.

'Where individuals would take challenges on alone, we face them as a family and a unit.'

The lifestyle really is amazing. We get to do what we love, travel around the world and take our messages to the four continents of the globe.

What is Katchafire’s creative process for writing new music?

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It’s evolved over the years. We write as individuals, which can be complicated for other artists and creative units but we know where everyone is heading or wants to head. So in that aspect we’re a lot more productive than other units, like we could be writing five songs at once. Then when it’s time to pick the songs we lock ourselves in a room and that’s when you show the band your ideas and your songs and we just select the strongest ideas together. It can get a little bit egotistical, but I think the family dynamic helps.

Whoever’s idea gets chosen is kind of the boss of that song and the other guys know each other well enough to musically compliment each others ideas.

What advice would you give to young people who are following their dreams?

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WELCOME TO THE CONCRETE JUNGLE freerunning in pursuit of your dreams

by Chloe King

Imagine existing in a world where you could express yourself without physical limitations, where concrete walls designed to keep people out was an invitation to break in. Imagine a world where solid barriers did not abstract or slow you down in your journey, but was like a math equation to be overcome and solved. Imagine if death defying drops off great buildings did not evoke fear or trepidation but excitement in anticipation of achieving the impossible.

Kyle Apanui and his friends Matt Quinlan, Isaac McFarlane and Mark Tee are not just imagining a world where there are no physical boundaries, they are creating it. These young men are all practitioners of the growing martial arts discipline called freerunning that has exploded all over the globe in the last decade. Freerunning, also known as parkour, originated in France and has slowly been catching on in Aotearoa. Freerunners - also known as traceurs hone their skills by navigating the urban environment by jumping over and off and moving under and past urban space without stopping.

We meet up on a sweltering-hot day recently to discuss not only freerunning but a new clothing label, Concrete Culture Apanui is developing. A recent AUT graphic design graduate, his new fashion label is directly linked to his love of expressing himself in an urban environment and his passion for graphics. Unlike skateboarding or surfing there is no aesthetic or brand linked to freerunning like Billabong or Huffer. Apanui wants to change this. “There is no visual aesthetic to the movement and I think clothing helps to build identity,” he says.

Apanui told me he wanted to create clothing for his freerunning friends to wear. This sense of community, of helping each other out, is a core philosophy of the sport both in Aotearoa and abroad. “The parkour community worldwide is a surprisingly close-knit group” the guardian reported last year.

“Freerunning is more about self-progression. It’s not really competitive; it is about getting more people into it and helping each other out,” added McFarlane.

There is something incredibly moving about sitting with these young men and hearing them talk so passionately about the importance of community and connection.

Especially given young people are frequently stereotyped as apathetic and so often we are told, that we do not care

about wider issues – even if this generalisation holds true for some millennials perhaps it could be more a reflection and failure of our wider culture than individual people.

The sport has led many young practitioners to become interested in urban development; in Australia young tracuers are concerned about the handing over of public parkland near the Sydney Harbour Bridge to private investors. Freerunning has also become popular with young people living in war torn countries. In occupied territories of the Gaza Strip young men have embraced the sport as a way to escape and distract themselves from the grinding poverty and horrors of war, Al Jazeera reported in 2011. The Facebook page Gaza Parkour and Freerunning has over 19,000 likes.

In Aotearoa, unlike Australia and Europe, there are no real training gyms with instructors for freerunners but this has not stopped Apanui. They all told me it is incredibly important to them that they foster young talent and teach the next generation of freerunners how to perform the sometimes dangerous moves and jumps in safe, controlled ways.

“We are always trying to get more people into it and helping others out. Freerunning is about working together, not against each other. We don’t have coaches in New Zealand, so we teach each other,” Apanui said.

Since graduating from AUT, like a lot of recent graduates who are struggling to pay back their massive student loans, Apanui has found it hard to find meaningful wellpaid work. To support himself, his clothing label and graphic design practice, he has been working a minimumwage job at a petrol station six days a week. Those everincreasing rental prices in Auckland don’t pay themselves but no one ever said being in the creative fields and working towards doing what you love for a living was going to be easy.

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The job market is not kind either and rarely values the skill sets of sculptures, painters, drawers and printmakers. Although industries such as graphics and fashion can be more easily commoditized, in the current job market young creatures such as Apanui are finding it harder and harder to get funding to make money from what they love doing.

In a capitalist system that values profit over people a bunch of young community focused freerunners are supporting their mate in his dream to launch a clothing label (even if it is as simple as telling other freerunners about Concrete Culture).

ALMOST ALL CREATIVE ACTIVITY IS DONE FOR THE LOVE OF IT FREERUNNING INCLUDED. The freerunning movement promotes self-progression over competition. Most creative activity is done for the love of it, freerunning included. I asked Apanui and his friends what keeps them so motivated to pursue their passions and interests. It was Isaac who jumped in saying, “I personally feel like I have grown up on fairy tales and messages that were fictitious, but I believed them so now I believe I can make the impossible become reality.

Working hard is not enough, you need to support your mates to make it anywhere.”

Apanui and his friends are fostering a culture that is about the collective, not the individual; they are not pitting themselves against one another but promoting and supporting each other’s talents in any way they can. These young guys are a powerful example of millennials who are unafraid of jumping into the unknown and coming together for something bigger than themselves – helping to build a freerunning community in Aotearoa. So often, young people are told they are lazy or selfish or, worse, labelled as narcissistic. Apanui, his friends and the global Freerunning movement that is dominated by young people, are all concrete proof that this could not be further from the truth.

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BEN MATULINO Photos by Ra Pomare | www.warriors.kiwi Front rower Ben Matulino has given the Vodafone Warriors’ 2015 NRL campaign a huge boost by re-committing to the club on a new two-year contract which will keep him at Mount Smart Stadium until the end of the 2017 season.

The deal will enable the 26-year-old Wellingtonian to join the select group of players who have represented the Vodafone Warriors across 10 NRL seasons. About to begin his eighth campaign, Matulino last year became only the 10th player to have appeared in 150 NRL games for the club; Sam Rapira (169) is the only front rower ahead of him.

Matulino, the club’s 2012 player of the year, is excited about staying in Auckland for at least another two years.

“I was really pleased to have my future sorted out before the season started,” he said.

“There was interest from other clubs but this is where I want to be.

“The Vodafone Warriors have done so much for me and I owe them for the support.

“I really like the culture Cappy (head coach Andrew McFadden) is building and feel our future is looking good. That’s something I want to be a part of.

“This is also a great group of players to be around, the ones who have been there all the way along like Simon (Mannering), Manu (Vatuvei) and Sam (Rapira) as well as the young players coming through.”

McFadden said extending Matulino’s time with the club was critical to building the squad.

“Ben has great standing as one of the best front rowers in the game today,” he said.

“He’s also a fantastic advertisement for our development system and for the NYC (National Youth Competition), the way he has come through to achieve so much at both NRL and international level.

“It was really important for us to extend Ben’s time with us. He has so much more to offer and is a real key to our future.”

Matulino has been a trailblazer for the NRL, a foundation player in the inaugural NYC (under-20) season in 2008 who was quickly promoted to the NRL. He made his debut as a 19-year-old and has gone on to create history as the first graduate from the NYC to play his 100th NRL game (in 2012) and also the first to reach 150 appearances, which he did against the Roosters last year.

After playing his junior football for the Te Aroha Eels in the Wellington club competition, Matulino has also gone on to play 19 Tests for the Kiwis. He helped the Kiwis to their win over the Kangaroos in the 2010 Four Nations final in Brisbane but was ruled out of last year’s successful campaign.

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MY ANACONDA MIGHT

by Amelia Petrovich Having a social conscience is pretty trendy nowadays, right? More and more celebrities and pop stars are speaking out, and stepping up - and I am not just talking about Saint Bono.

Last year Queen Bey wrote a flawless essay for the Shriver Report, “Gender Equality Is a Myth" where she notes that "women make up half of the U.S. workforce, but the average working woman earns only 77% of what the average working man makes," sing it Bey! It wasn’t only the Queen of pop who was standing up for women’s rights. Talyor Swift after years of saying otherwise, confided in The Guardian that she was a feminist all along.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt spent a lot of time last year talking about why he was a feminist and why he believes gender equality is good for everyone: "What [feminism] means to me is that you don't let your gender define who you are — you can be who you want to be," he declared to the world. Angelinia Jolie gave us another reason to adore her when she gave a searing speech at the world's first Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict, and took a strong and fearless stand against rape in warzones.

But not all celebrities and pop-stars are embracing feminism is such positive and affirming ways. Some of the biggest Anthems of 2014 have missed the feminist mark even if the artists tried hard to land a bull-eye in the heart of the patriarchy.

I’m talking about Nicki Minaj’s ass-shaking Anaconda and Meghan Trainor’s sassy All About That Bass – two songs that have polarized public opinion and seen me cycle through various stages of guilt, confusion and analysis in an attempt to figure out how I feel about them.

I’ve decided that I’m going to be a pain and disagree with just about everybody, proposing that the “body-positive” All About That Bass isn’t quite as straightforward as it would appear and that Anaconda, if viewed in a certain light could either be a feminist anthem on par with Beyonce’s “Blow” (a song that talks about how much Bey loves being eaten out).

All About That Bass – Meghan Trainor Meghan Tainor’s addictive pop-ode was pitched as an empowering anthem for curvy women: “No, I won’t be no stick-figure, silicone Barbie doll” and “I’m bringing booty back / Go ahead and tell them skinny bitches that”. We need more muscians who portray diverse body sizes, like Trainor and of course Adele, but dragging down other women’s bodies by skinny shaming them then calling us slender ladies “bitches” promotes competition and perpetuates an ideal body size. Therefore it isn’t the best, but to play devil’s advocate, larger women are so frequently marginalized and treated negatively it’s also not the worst – it becomes a subversion of this marginalization rather than a continuation.

What troubles me the most is the line about what men prefer: “My momma, she told me don’t worry about your size / She says boys like a little more booty to hold at night”. Nobody should police the preferences of others when it comes to what they do or do not like . I mean, isn’t including male opinion in what could be an empowering, girl-power tune somewhat counterproductive and pretty heteronormative? All in all, this assertion of Trainor’s that a body is only beautiful if others deem it so is problematic and I would like to put straight back on the “Nope” train to “Fuck That-ville”.

Anaconda – Nicki Minaj Minaj is hailed as an unlikely and outspoken feminist recently she took a brave stand for a women’s right to

choice and told Rollingstone she had had an abortion when she was in her Teens. There isn’t much Nicki want talk about. Het controversial music video Anaconda last year caused a lot of controversy. Scantily clad and jiggling her bits Nicki sings about her glorious rear end and brags about fucking who she wants.

Anaconda is that Nicki Minaj and her dancers are always equal. The very first shot shows her and four other mixed-race women posing on a bridge in the jungle. Sure, they’re somewhat lacking in clothes, but the point is that they are all lacking in clothes, even Minaj herself. Throughout the whole video, if Minaj’s dancers are shaking their groove thangs then so is she, presenting a visual picture of female solidarity rather than individual importance.

'...nobody should give a crap about the preferences of others when it comes to their own body' The other kind of awesome thing about Anaconda is that it explores women owning their own sexuality and completely takes the piss out of men, which, if I’m honest, is a bit of a laugh and a half. This is absolutely blatant too – at one point in the video Minaj even unpeels a banana (definite phallic symbolism), looks at it and then bites it in half, cuts it into pieces and throws it over her shoulder.

Minaj then concludes the song by taunting “he looooooooves this fat ass” and laughs hysterically as she gives famous rapper Drake a killer lap dance, and walks confidently out of the frame without allowing him so much as a feel. Because you see, Nicki’s alluring confidence isn’t for him but for her.

Also hearing a female rapper brag about her own sexual escapades is really refreshing and the line “he tossed my salad like his name Romaine” is possibly the best euphemism for sex I have ever heard.

So it would seem that pop music, a genre often maligned and criticized as shallow or vapid, can in fact offer multiple messages and prompt pretty damn interesting analysis. I urge you to embrace catchy pop music, guys: embrace it, engage with it and, for God’s sake, do not take my opinion as fact. Give Nicki and Megan a bit of a jam this week and suss it all out for yourself – feminist anthems or ill-thought-out radio clutter? Judge and decide, lovelies!

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GOOD GREEN SPAGHETTI SERVES: 4 PREP TIME: 10 MINUTES COOKING TIME: 15 MINUTES

This is a simple, very tasty way to cram an entire bag of spinach into one delicious meal (even non-spinach eaters will like this, I promise). And it’s such a great colour, I put it on the cover! To beef it up, you could stir through cooked chicken or seafood.

INGREDIENTS

½ cup pine nuts 25g butter 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 3 shallots, finely chopped 4 cloves garlic, chopped 400g spinach 1 bunch fresh basil leaves, plus extra for serving ¼ cup olive oil zest of 1 lemon 1 tbsp lemon juice ¾ cup freshly grated Parmesan, plus extra for serving Spaghetti squeeze of lemon

Toast the pine nuts in a dry frying pan over a medium heat for a few minutes until golden.

Heat the butter with the extra virgin olive oil in a small frying pan over a fairly low heat. Add the shallots and garlic, and cook, stirring, for 10–15 minutes until very soft, sticky and a lovely golden colour. Set aside.

Pick the leaves from the spinach, discarding the stems, and chop. Bring about 1 cup water to a rapid simmer in a large saucepan. Add the spinach, cover and cook for a minute or until wilted and soft. Drain, then squeeze out the excess moisture (you’ll be left with a ball of spinach).

Place the warm spinach in a food processor (or mortar and pestle, or blender) along with the cooked shallots and garlic, basil, oil, lemon zest and juice, Parmesan and half the pine nuts. Blend to form a chunky paste.

Cook the pasta according to the packet directions until al dente. Dip into the pan and take out 2–3 tablespoons of the cooking water and reserve.

Drain the pasta and add straight back into the pan. Add the reserved pasta water to the spinach mixture. Add to the pasta with the remaining pine nuts, and mix well to combine.

Serve the pasta in bowls with extra Parmesan, fresh basil and a squeeze of lemon.

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PEANUT & MARSHMALLOW SQUARES MAKES 12 SLICES PREP TIME: 30 MINUTES COOKING TIME: 15 MINUTES PLUS SETTING TIME Making marshmallow is fun! You do need to use an electric beater to get enough air in to make it light and fluffy, though. The peanut base of this slice is so tasty, it could almost be a slice by itself!

If you want to make it extra decadent, add a layer of caramel between the base and the marshmallow (canned or make your own — I have a recipe on my website, www.chelseawinter.co.nz).

BASE 200g butter, at room temperature, cubed ½ cup caster sugar 1 free-range egg 1¼ cups plain flour ½ cup peanut butter

MARSHMALLOW 2 cups water 2 tbsp powdered gelatine 1 cup caster sugar 2 tsp vanilla essence or paste 2 tbsp cornflour

TOPPING 150g good-quality dark eating chocolate (at least 50% cocoa solids) 75ml cream ¾ cup icing sugar

Preheat the oven to 190°C. Line a slice tin with baking paper.

Pour the mixture over the base and refrigerate until set — about 1 hour.

To make the base, cream the butter and sugar together (I use a food processor for this and scrape down the sides every now and then). Beat in the egg, then add the flour and peanut butter and mix until combined.

Spread in an even layer in the tin using a spatula and clean moistened fingers.

To make the topping, melt the broken-up chocolate and cream in a heatproof bowl over a pan of simmering water (make sure the bowl doesn’t touch the water). Mix well, then sift in the icing sugar and mix to combine.

Cool slightly and pour over the slice.

Refrigerate, then when set (30 minutes), cut into pieces.

Bake in the centre of the oven for 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool in the tin.

Keeps in an airtight container in the fridge for a week.

To make the marshmallow, bring the water to a boil in a large saucepan. Add the gelatine and whisk briskly until dissolved. Add the sugar and whisk until dissolved.

Bring to a steady, rolling boil over a medium heat and leave for 10 minutes without stirring.

Remove from the heat and cool down to warm. Add the vanilla essence or paste, and beat the mixture with an electric beater (or in a cake mixer with whisk attachment) until very thick and almost doubled in volume — about 10 minutes. Beat in the cornflour.

Recipes extracted from Everyday Delicious by Chelsea Winter, published

by Random House; RRP: $49.99.

Photography by Tamara West.

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TRAVEL

In The Shadow of Mt Aubrey

by Matthew Cattin

All my life I’ve considered the Whangarei Heads to be the inviting beacon of summer, the first sight to greet my eager north-bound eyes on the sunny side of the Brynderwyn’s.

It wasn’t until last year, however, that I thoroughly explored its bleached beaches and primordial peaks, spending an unforgettable Labour Weekend nestled safely in the shadow of Mount Aubrey.

Just over two hours north of my Whangaparaoa abode, the absolute pearl of a place is – in the grand scheme of things – only a few short steps from the bottom of my driveway.

I’ve been through Whangarei dozens of times in my life, but always on the way to some far north destination, Whananaki, Bay of Islands or Cape Reinga. It’s a comfort to have finally discovered such a beautiful, and relatively untouched place so close to home.

Like North Head of the Kaipara Harbour, Whangarei Heads reaches down like a tooth at the entrance of an open mouth. The seaward side is all white sands and rolling surf, and the inward side is, for the most part, a bit muddy and estuarine, yet very picturesque nonetheless. We stayed on the harbour side in a small bach at Reotahi Bay, overlooking Marsden Point oil refinery. The industrial spectacle isn’t the most charming of vistas, but it has a certain grungy appeal if you’re into that sort of thing. I can only imagine what a breath-taking sight it would have been in the days before the refinery butchered the landscape.

'If you’re one to hastily label Whangarei “a hole”, I hate to shit on your dreams, but you’re dead wrong.'

Luckily, Whangarei Heads has thus far evaded the destructive hand of industrialism and at the tip of the tooth lies Bream Head Scenic Reserve. Covered in native forest and sealed in by beautiful coastline, the reserve is home to a heap of critters. You’re bound to encounter kereru, tui and kaka if you’re game for a hike and if you head out at night, there’s a chance you might stumble upon kiwi too, as they have been reintroduced to the reserve. We had no such luck with the kiwi, but by torchlight, we found an alarming number of huge bush spiders, weta the size of my thumb and, for my first time ever in the NZ outdoors, a gecko. Ka pai.

The jewel of the area’s crown has got to be Ocean Beach, a spot so perfect, I have to pinch myself on every visit. White sands and steep dunes are trapped between crystal waters and native forest. There is a sprinkle of baches, a small carpark, a toilet, and that’s it – no Four Square in sight. If I had to compare it to a local beach, I’d say Tawharanui, but with a touch more rugged beauty, and a heap less visitors. It’s heavenly, and in the right conditions, the surf is a dreamboat. If you’re after even more privacy however, take the 15 minute walk over the headlands to the sheltered Smugglers Bay. Alternatively, you can hike two hours through native bush and stay the night at Peach Cove Hut amongst the kereru, kiwis and kaka.

To see the heads as the birds do, we scrambled up the Mt Manaia and the Mt Aubrey walking tracks, both of which yield some of the best coastal views I’ve ever seen. If you’ve ever driven to Whangarei, you will have seen the rocky spires that stretch like finger tips from the peak of Mt Manaia – it’s classic Whangarei. From now on, I will look upon them as conquered peaks. At 403 metres, Manaia is the taller of the two, taking about two hours to conquer and providing 360 views of the coastline and harbour. However, despite being only half the size, Mt Aubrey certainly gives Manaia a run for its money. With multiple rocky outcrops to scramble up, your bravery and rock climbing skills are rewarded with breath-taking vistas of the harbour to one side, and the majestic Mt Manaia to the other. Clinging to the rocks above the forest and the sweeping kereru, it’s difficult to explain how overwhelming the views really were. The sheer drops surrounding the viewpoints create a sense of floating, as when you look out at the view, you cannot see any more ground before your feet. It’s enough to bring on a bout of vertigo and a whoop of exhilaration.

And then, of course, there is the magic Pataua, just 15 minutes away from Reotahi. Spliced in two by a pristine estuary, a footbridge connects Pataua North and South.

Both beaches are definitely worth a visit if you have the time, but what really gives the place its charm is its glassy estuary. From the bridge, you can spy fish skirting the weeds and stingrays gliding like slow motion Frisbees. As the earth rolled over at the day’s end, we climbed to the top of Pataua hill (quite the scramble) and watched the estuary become a silver ribbon in the fading sunlight – magic.

If you’re one to hastily label Whangarei “a hole”, I hate to shit on your dreams, but you’re dead wrong. The city might not be the nicest in the country, but my lordy it’s just a goldmine of beaches up there. If you’ve never explored the area, it’s a mere two and a half hours from the CBD. Head up for a weekend, have a look around - I guarantee you’ll be planning the next trip before you leave.

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TOP 5 BEACHES TO 'Get your tan on while sipping margaritas, join the bronzed bodies playing beach volleyball or go snorkelling in the exotic reefs of the Caribbean Sea.'

#1 Mykonos, Greece Classic whitewashed buildings against the clear blue sky – it really is exactly like those photos we drool over! Mykonos is famous for its beautiful architecture and blissful beaches (and don’t forget the bronzed beach babes). But what it’s MOST famous for is the epic party scene, whether it’s undies, undies, togs on the bar or in the sand. The party starts midday on Paradise Beach and just goes on... And when you’re not hitting the beach clubs you can get out and explore the island’s history, mix and mingle with the friendly locals, relax on the hot white sand beaches or swim in the crystal clear waters.

Although we love Mykonos, if you’re going to the Greek Islands it’s going to be a hard choice to choose just one! We suggest visiting two, or three, or five (we would say all, but there are 6,000 islands all up!). A great way to get in some sightseeing is to take a tour around the islands; this will show you the beautiful scenery, natural wonders, the ancient ruins and of course guide you to the best parties on the island.

Alternatively jump on a hop-on, hop-off Greek Island Flexi-Hopper with Busabout to take in the sights independent-style.

If your idea of fun is relaxing on a yacht and exploring the islands by boat, then jump on our sailing tours. This means you can take snaps, soak up the atmosphere and get bronzed without getting lost as you’ll have a guide to show the local hot spots of the unforgettable Greek Islands.

#2 Maldives Coming in at number two on our as-voted-by-you list are the turquoise reefs and white sandy beaches of the famous Maldives. No wonder this island paradise is high on the beach bucket list – this is the place to relax, unwind and tone it done a notch from your YOLO lives. Never mind staying at some of the coolest accommodation on earth, where these stilted structures perch above the water. Get your cruise on with our traditional Dhoni trip where you can swim, snorkel, meet the locals and relax while also exploring the surrounding islands.

VISIT BEFORE YOU DIE #3 Cancun, Mexico From the relaxing Maldives straight over to partycentral, Cancun, where a Mexican paradise awaits.

Say ‘hola!’ to over 22 kilometres of pristine white beaches, clear warm waters and all year tropical weather. Get your tan on while sipping margaritas, join the bronzed bodies playing beach volleyball or go snorkelling in the exotic reefs of the Caribbean Sea. Once you feel like you’ve soaked up enough sun, start the adventure with a trip around Mexico.

Visit historic hand-built temples and architectural ruins, walk the cobbled stone streets of San Cristóbal de las Casas and swim in the naturally hot waterfalls.

#4 Saint Tropez, France Hitting number four on the list is the star-studded St Tropez (pronounced Tro-pay daaaarling). The epic Pampelonne Beach has fuelled St Tropez’s fame for over 60 years and for a good reason – it is simply B-E-A-U-tiful. Stroll through the narrow village streets passing terrace cafes, fashion boutiques and luxury super yachts sitting in the still waters of the canals. Keep an eye out for Leo or Beyonce! Indulge in French pastries, buy some fancy goodies, and hit some of the best clubs in Europe after the sun goes down (Tip: Start early as the queues to get into these top spots stretch endlessly!). Ask us about hitting St Tropez on your next European adventure.

#5 Koh Samui, Thailand The tropical shores of Koh Samui, Thailand, round out our top five and offer stunning beaches. Adjust to island time by relaxing and getting your dose of vitamin D while enjoying your daily oil massage. Stay in beautiful villas, visit the waterfalls, hit the markets or go scuba diving with the tropical fish. If you feel like giving back on your trip why not become a volunteer and teach English to the locals? You’ll gain life experience, incredible work skills and lifelong friends.

No Koh Samui blog would be complete without mention of the Full Moon Party. If you’d prefer a bit more of an up-tempo holiday (a.k.a. 30,000 revellers dancing their jandals off ‘til the wee hours) then put down the tanning oil because the ultimate beach party is only a boat ride away. You can stay at Koh Samui’s party beach, Chaweng, and then party all night on the sands of Koh Phangan. Check out our Koh Samui accommodation or ask us about Full Moon Party packages and volunteer projects.

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Kia ora, my name is April Pokino and I am proud to be your Student President for 2015. It is my honour and pleasure to represent you the students of AUT University. I am dedicated and passionate about the student voice and I am greatly looking forward to meeting as many of you as I can throughout the year.

Kia ora and Welcome!

Before undertaking my current position, I was the president for TKT (Titahi Ki Tua), a student association that is dedicated to encouraging Maori culture through academic study at AUT. I undertook the student presidency because I am committed to making a difference and improving the quality of the student experience, as well as representing all students to the best of my ability.

So a little bit about myself in regards to AUT – I started my journey here in 2012, and last year I graduated with a degree in Maori development, majoring in media, from the faculty Te Ara Poutama. I was located at the city campus for my last three years. This year I look forward to starting something new with my next step, within the faculty of business studying a graduate diploma. I look forward to sitting beside some of you as we learn together.

I am based at the city campus studying a Bachelor of Communications Studies. AUT feels like home to me, and I want to continue to create a sense of whanau and whakawhanautanga for the students who are already studying here and our new cohort for the year. AuSM and AUT have a great reputation for supporting their students and I want to create even stronger and more visible platforms for our students who come from diverse backgrounds and cultures to stand on and have their voices heard.

This is now my third year being a part of AuSM! In 2013 I was the Maori Affairs officer and in 2014, the Vice President. I joined AuSM to give back, as in my first year of university they did so much for me. AuSM not only fed me with the free feeds or put on so many mean gigs, they made me feel welcomed and a part of so much more. AuSM is now a big part of me and will continue to be.

It is the beginning of another full-on year at AuSM so I vow that I will do the best that I can to support you, the students.

The student voice is at a critical stage where we need your help – you can do your bit by attending student forums throughout the year, voicing your concerns in debate magazine or talking to student representatives.

Remember AuSM is always here to help with the number of services they provide so my advice would be to USE them as much as you can.

If you have any questions, comments or you just need someone to talk to, please visit me to say hi or book an appointment with me by sending me an email to: april.pokino@aut.ac.nz April Pokino

My name is Urshula Ansell and I am very honoured to be your student Vice President for 2015! It’s a new year filled with new opportunities and I look forward to serving as your Vice President.

A big congratulations is in order to all who have made the next step in their journey of being a student at AUT. You will not regret it – I surely don’t! To those who continue to return, well done and keep it up: the finish line is close. You know what is out there and you know how to play the game, so play it well and may the odds be ever in your favour.

Now, the reason we are all here is for the study. During your time here you will find what works best for you. Everyone is different; different methods work for different people. So don’t get down if something isn’t working for you: just try something new. Something that helps me is doing it in bits e.g. study for 1 hour, do something else for 30mins, then study again for an hour, and so on and so on. Oh, I also like to use highlighters to make it more fun.

If you see me around campus, at events or free feeds please don’t be shy to say hi or let me know what’s up. If you are too shy or busy please feel free to contact me on urshula.ansell@ aut.ac.nz , or feel free to come to my office at WC inside the student lounge – I’ll be there waiting.

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.” Dr Seuss Urshula

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