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GRAF ARTISTS TELL US WHY THEY DO IT TEARAWAY GOES DIGITAL, APRIL FOOLS, PARACHUTE, BDO, RAGGAMUFFIN PIX THE FEELERS, STUDENT EXCHANGES, POETRY & ART COMPS, MORE! OUTDOORS * VOLUNTEERING * CAREERS * MOVIES * CDS * DVDS * GAMES

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CONTENTS Face the wilds: 30

Superlicious summer of sweat! 20

April Fool’s: 37

Words of art? 6

Art awards: 29 SPECIAL FEATURES

AFTER DECIDING TO LEAVE TEARAWAY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, I’VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THE EXCITEMENT OF THE UNKNOWN AS I GET SET TO TRAVEL WITH THE WIND TO THE PLACES THAT TICKLE MY FANCY‌

The tropical beaches of Okinawa. The ocean, city and mountains of Sydney. The adventure packed hills of Whakatane. The hippy-ďŹ lled desert of Nevada. The slums of Nairobi.

Who knows how many places I’ll actually get to tick off the list (and how many might be added), but all I can say is an interesting adventure lies ahead.

However, as I sign off as editor for the last time, I can’t help but think back to the good times I have had over the past couple of years‌ From my pocket bike adventures of pure joy as I raced over the black sands of Castlecliff beach with the salt spray rushing through my shaven head, through to the countless music festivals, each packed with a lifetime of random moments that still make me laugh.

Most importantly though, I’ve met so many awesome people who have helped us all to explore what it truly means to be ‘NZ youth’, with countless articles that have been a unique mix of the fun, interesting and insightful – from the ups and downs of drugs, sex and a bit of rock’n’roll, through to the issues of depression, eating disorders, religion, politics, relationships and more.

By sharing through Tearaway, hopefully we have all come to understand these big issues in our lives a little bit better, so that we can each strive for a more positive and constructive lifestyle that we can both enjoy and be proud of.

Just as important have been the many stories about the journeys people have taken to make the absolute best of their lives, whether it be a teenage Olympian or a victim of abuse standing up for themselves and turning their life around.

Stories like these show us how we all have something inspiring within our reach.

Of course, my time as editor has involved a lot of hard work, involving many late nights, thrown in with a few obscure Tearaway-themed dreams – but at the end of it all it has deďŹ nitely been worthwhile and incredibly rewarding as I learnt more about you guys and a lot about myself in the process.

Before I say my ďŹ nal “chur churâ€?, I thought I’d better let you know that there are going to be some pretty cool issues covered over the next few months, from gangs through to computer game addiction. So I look forward to continuing to read the many great stories that the Tearaway team will be bringing to you both in the magazine and on the web.

As always, if you have any ideas yourself, be sure to send an email to editor@tearaway.co.nz.

Chur chur, ALEX CLARK, Editor PS: If you want to say a quick bye (or hi), feel free to ick me an email: alex@tearaway.co.nz

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Tearaway goes DIGITAL! ‘Flick the pages’ online

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GrafďŹ ti – words of art? Special feature with history, opinions, graf art and more

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IHC: you could be a volunteer!

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Global Focus: from tyres to ecosandals

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EF: feel like a life swap?

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Outward Bound: face the wilds – and yourself

MUSIC 16

Kiwi music news with Kiwi FM

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Interview with the feelers

COMPETITIONS 19

NZ Post Poetry Awards

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Youthline Art comp

POSTERS 20

Superlicious summer of sweat! Big Day Out, Parachute, RaggamufďŹ n pics!

REVIEWS, PREVIEWS AND GIVEAWAYS 22

CDs

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DVDs

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Games

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Movies

CHOICES AND CAREERS 32

Graphic design

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Hotel management

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ChefďŹ ng

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News quiz

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Horoscopes

Publisher and Executive Director: John Francis CEO: Josh Kosmala (josh@tearaway.co.nz) Editor: Alex Clark (alex@tearaway.co.nz) Sub-editor: Jonquil Brooks Assistant Editor: Eva-Maria Salikhova Operations Manager: Anita Smart (anita@tearaway.co.nz) Digital and Online Manager: Josh Kosmala (josh@tearaway.co.nz) Designer: Leo Francis CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS ISSUE: Scott Allen, Joanna Alpe, Matt Alpe, Ben Ashby, Askew One, Gemma Baldock, Adele Barlow, Fiona Beals, Berst. GBAK TMD, Analyse Caldwell, Jack Callister, Ceaper TS. DTR, Rhys Coneybeer, Covet BH. OTP, Meredith Davis, Alexander Donohue, Erase, Jack Farrell, Fluro, David Osten Gifford, Eva Grove, Valerie Guo, Fleur Jack, Kay “Adore1� James, Kerb 1, Billy da Kid, Elia Kim, Rebekah Little, Anna Love, Phil Luke, Tamara Mapper, Jono Perkins, Doug Peters, Kate Russell, Briony Sowden, James Sullivan, Sara Tamati (Spexone), Chris Traill, Rachel Ward-Allen, Bonnie Wroe, Erin Young.

Media: 99.99% of what happens is not on the news – Loesje

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PAGE TAG NEWS QUIZ CUT YOUR MEDIA TEETH ON JONO PERKINS’ CURRENT EVENTS QUIZ

YO. IT’S MARCH AND BY NOW YOU SHOULD BE OVER THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS AND BACK INTO THE SWING OF YOUR DAILY ROUTINE – WHICH, OF COURSE, INVOLVES KEEPING UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST CURRENT EVENTS! SO GRAB A PEN AND SEE IF THIS NEWS QUIZ IS NEWS TO YOU!

1. Which Australian city has recently endured weeks of sizzling temperatures – reaching 47 degrees Celsius – causing major bush ďŹ res, ruining power lines and buckling railways? a) Brisbane b) Perth c) Melbourne 2. Prime Minister John Key gave a speech at a Chinese New Year festival and as his ďŹ nale he decided to fall down the stairs of the stage.

Which part of his body did he break, leaving him in a cast for weeks (which was later auctioned on TradeMe for charity)? a) Arm b) Leg c) Nose 3. Barack Obama is now the president of the USA – but it wasn’t too smooth getting there.

What didn’t go according to plan as Obama was pledging his oath at the inauguration? a) George W Bush decided to get up and sing a tribute to his own time spent as president b) Obama got the words a bit wrong c) Only ďŹ ve people showed up to watch it, three of whom were Obama’s own family 4. Workers at a downtown San Diego construction site have dug up the remains of a prehistoric animal. What kind of primitive creature was this? a) Mammoth b) Tyrannosaurus Rex c) Unicorn 5. A South Korean woman just can’t seem to get it right when she tries to sit her learner licence test – she has failed a lot! But just how many times has she attempted and failed the test? a) 34 b) 56 c) 771 6. Waitangi Day seems to always be a hard time for NZ political leaders. Helen Clark was brought to tears one year, while Don Brash had a clump of mud thrown in his face. What was exciting for John Key on the day before Waitangi Day this year? a) His car was tipped over as he drove onto the marae b) Two men grabbed him as he went in for a hongi c) Nothing – he stayed at home and watched telly

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7. A long car chase and incident with Auckland man Stephen McDonald, ended in the accidental police shooting of courier driver Halatau Naitoko. However, to put a little bit of light at the end of the saga, Halatau’s mother later gave birth to a baby boy. What was the name of this boy? a) Halatau Junior b) Matthew c) James 8. Antonie Dixon was found dead in his prison cell last month, the night before he was due for sentencing. Dixon had been found guilty of severing the hands of two women (one was his ex-girlfriend) with a samurai sword, murdering a man and holding another hostage. What got a huge amount of the blame for all the things Antonie Dixon has done? a) Peer pressure b) Television c) ‘P’ 9. Olympic dominator Michael Phelps has been given a three month ban by USA Swimming and has also been dropped by his sponsor Kelloggs. What on earth did he do to deserve all this?! a) He swam too fast and broke the end of the pool, costing over $56k that the pool owners don’t have due to the recession b) He ate too much breakfast at the hotel buffet because he is such a unit and was considered so rude that the hotel manager ordered this action to be taken c) A British newspaper published a photo of Phelps allegedly smoking marijuana at a university party 10. What major sporting event took place in Auckland over the month of February? a) World Indoor Bowls Championship b) Louis Vuitton PaciďŹ c Series c) World Snail-racing Finals

Are you a news raptor?

So, how did you score? Are you a media creature who feeds off current events and is respected and feared by all others? Or are you kinda cute and harmless in the news world? (Answers at bottom of page 38).

0-1: you’re so cute and harmless it new raptor media teeth, but makes us weep you can still only nip ankles 3-4: you’re a blip on the 7-8: yup, gettin’ scary. Thought of news screen – we need a a muzzle yet? magnifying glass to see you 9-10: we’re too scared to tell you – 5-6: OK – so you’re cutting some you eat journos for breakfast All I know is what I read in the papers – Will Rogers

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“I CAN’T GET MY HANDS ON A COPY OF TEARAWAY.�

YES YOU CAN, ANY TIME, ANYWHERE BECAUSE‌

Now you can read us in print and online! You get the full magazine, just as you are reading it now, and you even get to â€˜ďŹ‚ick the pages’‌ You’ll also ďŹ nd MORE to read!

More music and games articles More stuff to get you thinking More stuff to entertain you ‌ and it’s there whenever you want to come back to it!

Tearaway Digital ‌ online now

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A = ALTERED REALITY A = ANGRY, ARROGANT AND ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR A = ACTIONS WE WAKE UP TO REGRET A = ALCOHOL A ALSO STANDS FOR ALTERNATIVES April (hey, another ‘A’ word) we look at how we can put alcohol in its proper place in our own lives, as well as with our mates.

WE WANT YOUR personal stories and tips. (We’re especially keen to hear about good times you’ve had without the ‘A’ stuff!)

EMAIL: editor@tearaway.co.nz or take part in our online forum on alcohol at www.tearaway.co.nz The internet is just a world passing around notes in a classroom – Jon Stewart

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GRAFFITI

GRAFFITI...TAGGING...GRAF ART...

TO MANY PEOPLE, THESE WORDS CONJURE UP ARTISTIC EXPRESSION, POLITICISATION, INDEPENDENCE, CREATIVITY. FOR OTHERS THEY MEAN VANDALISM, UGLINESS, EXPENSIVE CLEANING JOBS

SPEXONE TELLS US HOW GRAFFITI STARTED AND

AND CRIME.

WHY IT HAS EXPLODED INTO A WORLDWIDE AND UNSTOPPABLE MOVEMENT

Stop War: Askew and Saves

OVER THE NEXT FIVE PAGES, TEARAWAY UNPACKS THE PHENOMENON OF GRAFFITI – ITS HISTORY, TERMS USED, PROFILES OF LOCAL ARTISTS, OPINIONS AND EXAMPLES

DID YOU KNOW THAT

OF THIS HOTLY DEBATED ART FORM.

IN AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND

AT TEARAWAY WE DO NOT CONDONE

WE HAVE SEEN TAGGING AS A

BREAKING THE LAW.

BIG PROBLEM? MOSTLY THROUGH

WE DO NOT SUPPORT THE DEFACEMENT OF PRIVATE OR PUBLIC PROPERTY. WE DO THOUGH ENCOURAGE LOCAL

MAINSTREAM MEDIA, IT IS NORMALLY (AND SOMETIMES UNFAIRLY) LINKED

THE BEGINNINGS

TO CRIME, DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE,

GrafďŹ ti has long been used for political statements or gang marks of territory and has been linked by some to the wall writings of Egyptian hieroglyphics.

However, in the form we know today, grafďŹ ti began in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA in the late 1960s, as a tag style.

It was thought that two artists, Cornbread and Cool Earl, started it. Their idea was to get their name all over the city, and their writing gained attention from the community and the media.

It is still unknown whether there is any clear connection between scenes in Philadelphia and New York City. Some New York writers claim to have been writing since the late 60s, while others maintain writing didn’t start until the early 70s.

What is clear is that by the mid-70s New York became the epicentre for the relatively new underground movement of writing.

GANG AFFILIATION AND INCARCERATION.

COMMUNITIES TO PROVIDE THE WIDEST RANGE OF VENUES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES THROUGH GRAFFITI ART. AND WE DO WANT TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY. EMAIL YOUR THOUGHTS ON GRAFFITI TO EDITOR@TEARAWAY.CO.NZ OR HAVE YOUR SAY ON TEARAWAY’S ONLINE FORUMS AT WWW.TEARAWAY.CO.NZ

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The media also stereotypes graf writers as PaciďŹ c Island and Mäori. But that’s not the whole story.

Advertising companies have even used this genre to target and brand to young people and they have made quite a lot of money in doing so.

But we still know very little about the form of tagging or its original historical basis in the underground movement of writing.

Only the truth is revolutionary – street art, NZ

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Ikarus DTR

GETTING UP AND GETTING SEEN Washington Heights and Brooklyn were well known as areas that helped pioneer the form with local heroes such as Taki 183 (real name Demetrius) and Julio 204.

Taki 183 came to fame in 1971 with an article in the New York Times. Julio 204 and Taki 183’s style was founded on a basic form called tagging.

It was an idea of ‘getting up and getting seen’ (pretty much what advertising aims to do today with branding).

It was (and still is) about getting your name up as much as possible.

Writing was mainly seen on New York’s public transport.Young people used it to competitively communicate with others across the city.

It was an ‘expression of the longing to be someone in a world that is always reminding you that you are not’ and ‘a voice of many of the voiceless youth in the inner city of New York’.

It was also described by many as fun!!

THROW-UP In the mid to late 70s, America was in the midst of a ďŹ scal crisis. New York was broke.

This led to a lack of maintenance of the transit system and the most bombed trains in history.

This period saw the still popular form of the throw-up (a quick style derived from the bubble letter) being created. If you look around you, you will see it is still used today.

The 70s and 80s was the era of the style wars.

Many crews and individuals took up the trade of the innovative pioneers, deďŹ ning the style and continuing the evolution of writing.

CRACK DOWN The 1980s saw many factors decrease the action of the writers.

On one hand there was the introduction of crack cocaine into the inner city. On the other, the reactions to grafďŹ ti became harsher.

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Laws restricted selling paint to minors and required paint to be locked away. Penalties on artists became harsher and an increase in ďŹ nance led to faster ways of removing the paint from the trains.

The public transport authorities also became more aggressive towards grafďŹ ti, encouraging strength in numbers amongst the writers.

STYLE The 80s to 90s saw the science of the letter becoming a language for youth worldwide. This information has spread around the world through art galleries, movies like Wild Style and Style Wars, magazines, books and music.

Writing became the visual backdrop of the global phenomenon of hip-hop culture. Kids all over the world were not only painting trains but also walls, clothes, canvas and anything left to the imagination of the writer.

In Aotearoa New Zealand, pioneering crew from Auckland, Smooth Crew, brought our country into the world grafďŹ ti movement through the essential book Spraycan Art as early as 1985.

In Wellington, old-school heads remember seeing the movie Style Wars as early as 1985, encouraging them to ‘get up and get seen’.

Crew – a group of friends or people with similar interests Getting up – putting in a lot of writing work GrafďŹ ti – markings on a surface King – a master of styles Piece/masterpiece – a fully ďŹ lled, multicoloured (sometimes complex) large stylised signature Sketch book – a book of sketches or drawings which writers will carry with them Style – a particular kind, sort or type, as with reference to form, appearance or character Tag – a simple stylised self-elected name or signature written in public Throw-up – a scarcely ďŹ lled or quick bubble derived style

WHY GRAFFITI IS MEANINGFUL, CREATIVE AND PRODUCTIVE GRAFFITI IS EVERYWHERE – BUSES, TRAINS, WALLS. ANYWHERE THERE ARE LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE WALKING THE STREET THERE IS GRAFFITI.

Large amounts of grafďŹ ti also appear constantly in places where not many people walk. Places like back alleys where grafďŹ ti writers can complete their work without encountering law enforcement.

Often people see the writers as petty vandals who write their alias not as an art form, or a form of self-expression, but just to ruin the city.

They couldn’t be more wrong.

The ďŹ rst misconception about grafďŹ ti is that the tag, throw-up or piece is meaningless. It is an act of random vandalism that has no purpose.

When a grafďŹ ti writer puts their work on a surface they are trying to put as much style and skill into it because this is what they will be judged on by the rest of the grafďŹ ti community.

Depending on their skill and how much of their work can be seen around the city they will be seen either as a toy (which is the lowest form of writer) or a writer that deserves respect.

Toys will have their work gone over by other writers and a respected writer will have their work left alone until it is buffed by the grafďŹ ti removal workers.

Writers who want to get extra fame will do their work in harder-to-reach or dangerous spots such as billboards or on the top of buildings.

GrafďŹ ti is deďŹ nitely a time-consuming hobby with most writers thinking of grafďŹ ti 24/7.

As writers progress from a single tag they begin producing pieces of graf that are seen as art by basically everyone.

We need to redirect the grafďŹ ti that is annoying people into more productive places.

The city needs places where a graf writer can go and look at grafďŹ ti as well as do it, without it being too controlled. Places like the water towers and Left Bank (in Wellington).

GrafďŹ ti brings out a proactive creative side of kids.

GrafďŹ ti is productive but just needs to be redirected.

Toy – a newbie to the scene or a less talented writer Writer – a person who is a participator in the art form of writing Writing – the name for the underground movement consisting of ‘getting up and getting seen’ with your name (or alias). The act of writing grafďŹ ti using marks, paint pens or spray paint.

Your lucky number is 6478389077163. Watch for it everywhere – street grafďŹ ti, USA

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LOTS OF PEOPLE ON THE OUTSIDE OF GRAFFITI HAVE OPINIONS

GRAFFITI

ABOUT IT. BUT WHAT DOES GRAFFITI LOOK LIKE FROM THE INSIDE – THROUGH THE EYES OF GRAF ARTISTS THEMSELVES? OVER THE NEXT FEW PAGES, EIGHT GRAF ARTISTS SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS ON THEIR ART AND THEIR MESSAGES PLUS THE IMPACT GRAFFITI HAS ON THE WORLD.

Kerb 1, 37 GRAF ARTIST FOR 26 YEARS I was originally introduced to writing through the early days of hip-hop as a B boy around ‘83. My older brother (Swerv1) was a pioneering B boy and I used to follow him around to jams where the B boys used to get together and battle for fun!

Eventually I got down with my brother’s crew but I wasn’t the greatest dancer – my strength was in grafďŹ ti. I did my ďŹ rst piece solo when I was 11.

Style is my message – bring quality burners to the public eye so when they see it they change their perceptions about graf and its negative image in the media!!

On top of that our crew has also produced message walls regarding different issues internationally and locally.

Kay “Adore1� James, 21

Berst. GBAK TMD, 23

GRAF ARTIST FOR THREE YEARS

GRAF ARTIST FOR SEVEN YEARS

I was always fascinated with letters and how writers would portray their sense of identity through style. The real introduction started from watching Beatstreet, Wildstyle and Style Wars when I was very young.

There are those who take the art form and sub-culture seriously; and hiphop isn’t always about the usual sex, drugs and alcohol as the media portrays most of the time.

My friends at high school were into tagging and I thought it was quite stupid but I eventually got myself a name. I believe that I have pushed further than just tagging now.

I pretty much try to do grafďŹ ti that really makes people stop and stare – things such as huge rollers or just big pieces or really colourful pieces. Basically trying to touch base on things that some writers in New Zealand aren’t doing.

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GRAFFITI

It speaks to the youth. It’s a medium in which the opportunity is there to voice something.

You learn patience, integrity, dignity, self-conďŹ dence, self-reliance, the ethic of hard work, to up the ante of your game and what it means to be yourself and how to endure with that being – ADORE1

Ceaper TS. DTR, 26 GRAF ARTIST FOR SIX YEARS I got into graf art through mates at intermediate school, then a few years later being into hip-hop and skateboarding at Chaffers Park. It was all in your face there – tags, throw-ups and mean productions. I felt I had to be a part of it, so I started my grafďŹ ti career.

I don’t really have a message to get across in my work. I just paint because I enjoy it.

IN FEBRUARY THIS YEAR, BRUCE EMERY WAS SENTENCED TO FOUR YEARS IN JAIL FOR THE MANSLAUGHTER OF 15-YEAR-OLD PIHEMA CAMERON.

Emery fatally stabbed Cameron after ďŹ nding the teenager tagging his property last year.

Here are some comments from graf artists on this tragic incident: It was a very unfortunate situation turned bad – ADORE1 For starters, he was a 15-year-old child not a ‘tagger’ as the media has labelled him for all eternity. He wasn’t a serious writer, he was a kid doing what kids do – testing the boundaries, smoking and drinking a little and dropping a few tags with his mate.

He paid the ultimate cost, his young life, because we live in a capitalist society that ďŹ xates on material possessions and values objects more than life – ASKEW ONE

Writing is what you make of it. For me it has created mostly positives but that’s not everyone’s story.

I don’t want to burst anyone’s bubble or sound negative because yes, if you get good enough you can exhibit in galleries, you can travel the world and make many great friendships with people of all walks of life.

Honestly though, I don’t know anyone that has bought a house from this or manages to support their children off it without working some type of normal job – ASKEW ONE GrafďŹ ti isn’t just tagging as most of the public assume that it is. Some of the best grafďŹ ti in the world comes from New Zealand – BERST. GBAK TMD The feeling of accomplishment is great, whether it’s a spot you got or a dope piece you paint. Always having something to do.

Meeting lots of different people – CEAPER TS. DTR The one I think deserves the most attention is the most obvious – grafďŹ ti is usually born in the rough neighbourhoods where the gangs and drugs and family violence are.

Would you rather these kids sold drugs or joined gangs or did serious crime? I’d rather they did grafďŹ ti – COVET BH. OTP You can get money from selling grafďŹ ti; you can meet some cool people; you learn usefull skills – ERASE GrafďŹ ti adds a lot to the urban environment. It’s an artistic or at least personal touch to a lot of grey and boring places in the city.

It opens your mind up and gives you a different perspective on the world; it gives you a voice, a means of self-expression. It gives you a focus; you can learn the values of discipline, dedication and hard work – FLURO Anything you have to really put your mind into – let alone time, energy and resources – is a positive thing because to take graf seriously you need to learn a lot of different processes. You also need to learn the history along with techniques and be able to work out designs and match colours well! – KERB1

Really disappointed and disgusted that you can get away with that kind of vigilante justice‌..If you’re a tagger you’re still a human being but none of that seemed to matter – CEAPER TS. DTR Understandably, no one wants the fence of their house tagged on, but I have no idea how someone could even begin to justify stabbing someone for it.

I couldn’t believe what Barry Corbett said: “If I was on the jury, I’d let him get away with it, but that’s just me.�

What the?! I hope that’s just him, because the actions of the man who stabbed Pihema and comments like that are completely wrong! – FLURO If you saw the actual tag it was barely noticeable on the fence and was only a few inches across. Not worth a young life!

If it was a 15-year-old pakeha kid who was stabbed by a 50-year-old Mäori male the result would have been a sentence for murder! – KERB1 10 Tearaway March 2009

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Fluro, 23 GRAF ARTIST FOR TWO YEARS I used to sketch at school. I didn’t really know anything about grafďŹ ti, I just used to write words and draw characters of my teachers.

We used to kick it with some B boys in Christchurch and they said I should start writing grafďŹ ti, so I did.

Since I’m pretty new to the game, my aim has really been to get the basics down. I think style should always be part of the message; I love colour and try to keep it fresh and fun.

The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection – Michelangelo

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Askew One, 29 GRAF ARTIST FOR 16 YEARS I grew up in a neighbourhood where a lot of the early Auckland writers used to paint and was exposed to their work at a young age.

When I started high school, I started to drop my little tags here and there.

It was partly peer pressure but it was also an important part of ďŹ nding my voice in this world.

It varies on the circumstances or what I feel needs to be said at a given time. If time restricts me, I may opt for doing a quick ‘name’ piece.

Sometimes I feel frustrated with the world and want to comment on current events. Sometimes I also just want to engage the average person in other ways, perhaps with humour or commentary on the environment in which I place my work.

Exhibitions are always good as they are a formal showcase of grafďŹ ti within a different context, i.e. canvas work, blackbook sketches, customised clothing – ADORE1 I really don’t care about society as a whole embracing writing. Some people still don’t understand many forms of modern art or deem anything other than a portrait or a landscape as art.

I’m equally uninterested in the opinions of local and general government or anyone else who wants to try and restrict this movement into something they can control by giving sanctioned areas or commissioning public-pleasing murals etc.

These things don’t provide answers to why people feel so frustrated and voiceless in the ďŹ rst place – ASKEW ONE Things such as workshops are deďŹ nitely helpful as people who generally get into grafďŹ ti will most likely always start tagging. It all comes down to how you can help these people further their skills [so they are] able to do a piece then a mural – BERST. GBAK TMD The easiest way for society to embrace grafďŹ ti is to stop looking at grafďŹ ti as scribble and take in the artistic properties – COVET BH. OTP It would be great if people could be a bit more open-minded and maybe look at the world with a slightly different perspective – FLURO Legal walls are important because they act as a place where young writers can develop their skills openly without fear of arrest or vigilante assaults – KERB1

ERASE/QUEW1, 13 GRAF ARTIST FOR ONE YEAR I got into graf art through my mate.

GrafďŹ ti can be a good thing if it’s done well.

Your views wanted!

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF GRAFFITI AND TAGGING? HERE ARE SOME RANDOM THOUGHTS TO GET YOUR JUICES FLOWING:

Covet BH. OTP, 26 GRAF ARTIST FOR 16 YEARS I saw a lot of hits up along the walls at Kaiwharawhara by Tank and others, but Tank’s work was deďŹ nitely my inspiration.

The only message I put across in my graf is that I’m up and I’m never gonna stop!

Grace must ďŹ nd expression in life. Otherwise it’s not grace – Karl Barth

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tagging is an art form. We support publicly-approved places for tagging

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tagging over timetables, posters and other important public information is malicious

Send us your opinions, your paintings, your writing! Email editor@tearaway.co.nz or post on Tearaway’s forums at www.tearaway.co.nz

GO TO THE NEW DIGITAL TEARAWAY AT WWW.TEARAWAY.CO.NZ/DIGITAL FOR MORE WORDS AND IMAGES FROM THESE AND OTHER GRAF ARTISTS!

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VOLUNTEERING

MEREDITH DAVIS, 21, FROM PALMERSTON NORTH, HAS BEEN A YOUTH VOLUNTEER WITH IHC FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. SHE TELLS US A LITTLE ABOUT WHAT VOLUNTEERING HAS TAUGHT HER – AND THE FUN SHE’S HAD SO FAR.

Best experience so far?

The hydro slides at the swimming pool. Most of my friends won’t go on them anymore because there are too many little kids around, so it’s great fun doing this with someone else.

How did you become interested in volunteering?

I’m a student and saw a poster in the university library advertising it. So I thought, “Why not?!� and went from there.

You have an interview with the coordinator in your area, where they get to know you a bit.

They look at all the things you like to do, and then they look for someone who has requested a volunteer that matches your proďŹ le. They then get you together to meet up, and if it goes well then the process begins.

What has your experience in volunteering led to?

The volunteer coordinator from my area went on maternity leave recently, so she asked me if I wanted to ďŹ ll in for a few months.

It’s a great opportunity and it’s changed the work I thought I’d get into after uni. Now I see myself doing something more hands-on and community based.

It’s great seeing how IHC works and looks good on my CV too.

What does volunteering involve?

It’s being one-on-one out in the community. You usually do two hours a week, but it can be more or less depending on what you’re doing.

You pretty much hang out and do what you’d normally do but include someone with an intellectual disability.

Lisa (the person I was matched with) and I go to netball, get coffee – stuff I would do with my other friends. Lisa’s 22 so we are close in age and enjoy doing the same things so it all ďŹ ts well.

THE IHC YOUTH VOLUNTEERING PROGRAMME IS A FUN WAY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO HELP OTHERS IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND FEEL GOOD DOING IT.

Anyone aged 17 and above can apply.

Volunteers spend around two hours a week including someone with an intellectual disability in whatever they’d normally get up to, whether it’s hanging out in town, going to the cinema, going to the beach, or whatever.

It’s entirely up to the two of you to decide what you do and when you do it.

You can make a huge difference in the life of another person.

Volunteering means you help people

What have you learnt by becoming a volunteer?

It’s a lot of fun, you make new friends and it looks really good on your CV. It can lead to a lot of other opportunities. You are making a difference in someone’s life and becoming a better person for it.

It’s also cool because sometimes you end up doing stuff you normally wouldn’t. Your new friend introduces you to things that they like to do.

For example, recently we went and made some [clay] mugs and got them ďŹ red.

with an intellectual disability get out more into the community, enriching their lives while you both have fun. And you get to feel good about yourself while you’re at it!

Another volunteer, Erica, with Alan. Alan is most commonly known as Hot Dog, and loves coffee, so Erica and Alan go to different cafes rating the coffees

So why not get out there, meet someone new, help your community and do something different?

Contact IHC on 0800 442 442 or online at www.ihc.org.nz

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PAGE P PA GLOBAL AGE A AG G TAG FOCUS

OVER THE SUMMER BREAK, MOST OF US GAVE OUR FEET ROOM TO BREATHE ON PADS OF SPONGY RUBBER JOINED TO OUR FEET BY STRAPS. THESE SANDALS AND JANDALS LIVE IN OUR WARDROBES, AND ON OUR LAWNS AND DOORSTEPS. HOWEVER, SANDALS AND JANDALS ARE MORE THAN JUST A FASHION ICON â&#x20AC;&#x201C; OVER THE WORLD, COMMUNITIES LIKE KOROGOCHO IN KENYA ARE USING THE SANDAL AS A WAY TO MOVE PEOPLE OUT OF POVERTY.

POVERTY â&#x20AC;&#x201C; ITâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S REAL AND ITâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S OUT THERE Did you know that in Aotearoa New Zealand 12 percent of us live in poverty? This means someone you know may not have enough money for food and warm, dry accommodation.

And poverty is not just a local problem; in the city of Nairobi (in Kenya) 30 percent of the population live in extreme poverty.

And, when we say extreme, we mean extreme.

There is a slum area in Nairobi called Korogocho which literally means â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;hopelessâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. Here, families as large as 10 members live in onebedroom shacks. They donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have access to toilets, fresh water or electricity.

If you were to walk the streets you would see street children, violence and piles of garbage and, in all of this, you would smell urine.

These people are forced into living off other peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rubbish. And itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no surprise that disease runs rampant.

So, within Korogocho, you would expect that people would give up â&#x20AC;&#x201C; after all, it does have the name â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;hopelessâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but a number of people are taking action including one group of 30 young people and adults who are transforming Korogocho tyre by tyre.

The streets of Korogocho and the power of the internet have given these people the opportunity to change their own worlds.

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Matthew Sandal-makers beading (Photo:

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Sandal-makers George, Keegan and Marko (Photo: Matthew Meyer)

RUBBISH HEAPS TO DOT-COM Back in 1995, a ďŹ rst year university student from the United States, Matthew Meyer, visited Kenya and, with his Kenyan friend Benson Wikyo, came up with the Ecosandals concept.

They used the tyres, piling up in heaps around Korogocho, to make sandals and sell them.

The project originally worked with young people living off the streets. It gave them a job and an education.

Now the project works with young people and young mothers and has moved from physically selling the products to selling them over the internet.

Ecosandals is now a dot-com website and the site developed to sell the sandals is led by students.

This means it has become a type of informal education; people who once lacked the money to pay for schooling are educated practically through their computer use and sandal production.

Furthermore, these young people can further their education in an evening school offered through the project.

Be good, and all will come â&#x20AC;&#x201C; proverb

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FIONA BEALS FROM THE GLOBAL EDUCATION CENTRE LOOKS AT ECOSANDALS â&#x20AC;&#x201C; A KENYAN PROJECT MAKING A DIFFERENCE

Take action

IN A NAIROBI SLUM.

way and Global This Global Focus feature is a Teara e was funded by articl This ct. proje Education Centre helping out with ion nisat orga nt rnme NZAID â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a gove . The purpose aid and development around the world people with a of Global Focus is to provide young issues. For more l forum and information about globa nz. .org. information, visit www.globaled

The disposal of products such as rubber tyres is not just a problem in the majority world but also in our country. Every year, we dispose of four million tyres and 75 percent of these go into our landďŹ lls. Next time you or your family replace a tyre ask about the shop recycling programmes.

Alternatively, you could lobby local government to enforce tyre disposal regulations.

Go onto the Just Focus website (www.justfocus.org.nz) and download the Take Action Guide on Poverty.

Challenge and change youth culture â&#x20AC;&#x201C; with your friends make recycled sandals your fashion item of choice. In the near future, Ecosandals may be coming to New Zealand â&#x20AC;&#x201C; assert your

individuality and buy a pair. You may even want to buy a pair now though the Ecosandals website (www.ecosandals.com).

Make contact with Ecosandals â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the young people there would love to hear from you â&#x20AC;&#x201C; info@ecosandals.com

FIND OUT MORE www.ecosandals.com (the ofďŹ cial site) www.grist.org/comments/ dispatches/2002/01/14/matthew/index. html â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Matthew Meyerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s blog http://current.com/items/76352342/ sandals_that_save.htm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Al Goreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Current TV video on Ecosandals

Ecosandal Design (Photo: ecosandals.com)

Joel: sandal maker MY NAME IS JOEL CHEGE KARIUKI. I CAME TO NAIROBI FROM THE RURAL COUNTRYSIDE OF MURANGâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;A, KENYA AT THE AGE OF FIVE WITH MY MOTHER, FATHER AND YOUNGER BROTHER.

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RIPPLE EFFECT And itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not just making a difference in the lives of people.

Ecosandals is making a difference to the ways people interact with the environment in which they live.

The project gives people the opportunity to participate in waste reduction as well as showing them the importance of protecting the environment.

Things like disease, premature death and even a pride in oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s community can all be affected by the environment you live in.

Understanding this relationship between health, pride and the environment is one step towards creating a sustainable world. And, as these young people show, it begins with our own actions.

A simple thing such as thinking about how to reuse the things we consume can have ripple effects on the environment, poverty reduction and our lives.

My parents brought us here seeking a better life, where jobs are more plentiful than on the farm. The reality of this place hit us hard, however, as my parents struggled to make ends meet.

We landed in the place known as Korogocho, with barely enough money and food to survive from day to day.

In 1999, my parents left and I had to care for my younger brother by myself. I joined Ecosandals.

My work at Ecosandals combines my love of arts and crafts with hard work. So far I have done well here. I make a decent salary and am even a ďŹ ve percent owner of the entire Akala Designs business [which makes Ecosandals].

With the proceeds from my work, I have started a separate business of my own. Taking advantage of the need for plastic bags in the local markets, I employ my idle brother to recycle used plastic bags and resell them.

The bags are appropriated from huge trash heaps in the middle of Korogocho, where young boys scavenge to ďŹ nd recyclable items.

I hope to make enough money from my recycled bag business to open up a convenience store.

It isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the mountain ahead that wears you out. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the grain in your shoe â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Rodan of Alexandria

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Ecosandal Design (Photo: ecosandals.com)

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GO INTO THE DRAW TO WIN A PAIR OF GENUINE ECOSANDALS.

Answer the following quick questions and, along with your name, email your answers to ďŹ ona@globaled.org 1. What percentage of people in Nairobi live in extreme poverty?

2. Who were the founders of Ecosandals?

3. What percentage of used tyres end up in our landďŹ lls in Aotearoa New Zealand?

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LOCAL MUSIC ROUND-UP

MUSIC PAGE AG TAG

WITH KIWI FMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S FLEUR JACK

GIG â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; KAI 7ANNA CATCH A LIVE GIG BUT DON T WANT TO LEAVE THE HOUSE #HECK OUT 'UESS 7HO S 3INGING &OR $INNER EVERY 4UESDAY NIGHT PM "URGER &UEL PUTS ON SOME FOOD A BAND COMES IN TO PLAY THREE LIVE SONGS AND HAVE A CHAT ABOUT LIFE ON )NDIE !LT .EW WITH &LEUR *ACK h) WANTED TO HAVE A BAND ON MY SHOW EVERY WEEK AND ) THOUGHT WHAT BETTER WAY THAN TO LURE THEM IN WITH THE PROMISE OF A DARN TASTY KAIv n &LEUR *ACK 4HANX "URGER &UEL MONDAYS Mellow Mondays w/ The Good News Diary TUESDAYS Guess Whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Singing For Dinner?

WEDNESDAYS The Rock Factory Musicians Helpline THURSDAYS Indie Album of the Week Interview FRIDAYS Party Rock Night

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Music is what feelings sound like â&#x20AC;&#x201C; anonymous

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LUGER BOA ARE AN AUCKLAND BAND WHO HAVE JUST RELEASED THEIR DEBUT ALBUM MUTATE OR DIE WHICH IS PACKED FULL OF CLEVER CATCHY TUNES.

Having Jimmy Christmas (ex D4) as front man and also Beaver (ex D4) on drums, you expect that big rock â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; roll sound that is impossible not to headbang to.

They arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just well recorded, they rock live too.

I caught their set at the Big Day Out and stood in awe as Jimmy jumped around the stage on top of ampliďŹ ers and the drum kit, even taking the time to sing whilst strangling the drummer.

Check them out at www.myspace.com/ lugerboa

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THEYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;VE RELEASED AN ALBUM CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF ROCKDOM, THEIR DRUMMER ENDED UP NAKED ON STAGE IN FRONT OF 8,000 FANS AND THEY PLAY PĂ&#x2030;TANQUE. IT MUST BE KIWI BAND THE FEELERS. BRIONY SOWDEN WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO CHAT TO DRUMMER HAMISH GEE.

I WAS A BIT NERVOUS AT FIRST SEEING AS I HAD GROWN UP LISTENING TO THEIR MUSIC AND I DIDNâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.

However, my nerves soon faded as I started chatting to Hamish. He was awesome â&#x20AC;&#x201C; full of energy, laughs and so passionate and inspiring.

How did it feel releasing a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;best ofâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; album celebrating a decade of your music?

It just feels great â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and it has only really kicked in lately because we have been on tour and before that we were in London. We have been so busy!

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve now realised the whole â&#x20AC;&#x153;oh yeah, we are doing that thing with that â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;best ofâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; thing, and hellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s teeth, it really has been that long â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 10 years!â&#x20AC;?

Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the coolest thing about releasing the feelers: The Best â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;98-â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;08?

That we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to do any work! Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all done!

But we had to do a little â&#x20AC;&#x201C; we put in two new tracks.

Our theory of best hits is that people think you are throwing in the towel, but that wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the case â&#x20AC;&#x201C; we just wanted to celebrate 10 years, from being a teeny band to seeing our teenage fans grow into 30-year-olds.

Do you think Smokefreerockquest is a good way to break into the industry?

DeďŹ nitely. All four members of the feelers have been in a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;rockquest and everyone I know that has made it has been in a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;rockquest.

We were the judging band when Anika Moa played and my manager and me were both saying, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yeah sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pretty good!â&#x20AC;? And two weeks later she had the biggest record deal any New Zealander has ever had internationally.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about meeting the right people. The â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;rockquest gives you a foot in the door and a leg up.

Did you always dream big?

We were probably completely deluded but we always dreamed big.

We always set goals and, luckily for us, it worked!

When we released our ďŹ rst albums, the public just went berserk for us. Our tours were in really big venues like Westpac Arena in Christchurch.

We never realised we would be that big even though we dreamed big. Dreaming big is a good ideaâ&#x20AC;Śsometimes it works!!

Have you been able to lead lives away from the band?

We do, but we spend a lot of time together â&#x20AC;&#x201C; we got on really well.

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doing the gardening. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d think weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be more rock â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; roll!

It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel like work, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just fun all the time.

Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s it like playing gigs with the antismoking laws?

We have always played in a lot of pubs and we really noticed the difference when we toured in Germany because the room was full of Germans chain-smoking and it was horrible.

I thought: did we used to be able to do this?

Imagine how much second-hand smoke we were inhaling.

We couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wait to get home after that!

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so much better playing in closed venues when people arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t allowed to smoke. You can breathe and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s useful to be able to breathe when you have to run around, hit drums and play guitars and sing.

Breathing is essential at those times!

What was your weirdest moment on stage?

When I realised I was playing completely nude in front of 8,000 people at an Edgefest.

I was dared and after every song I had to take off an item of clothing. And yeah, I got to the last song and took the last item off...

It was like a dream. I did not realise the magnitude of what I was doing, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when I looked side-stage and saw the copsâ&#x20AC;Ś

Fav politican? Barack Obama.

If you were a superhero duo, who would you be? Andy and me would be Batman and Robin â&#x20AC;&#x201C; we do everything on tour together.

When we walk in the room, everyone says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hey, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Batman and Robin!!â&#x20AC;?

Best band (other than the feelers...)?

Big fan of Shihad.

We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing so â&#x20AC;&#x201C; B. B. King

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NEW ZEALAND POST NATIONAL SCHOOLS POETRY AWARDS

All poems submitted to the Poetry Awards competition will be judged under two categories: best poem and best lyric. There will be six ďŹ nalists in each category from which two lucky winners will be judged.

The winner of the best poem will receive $500 cash and a weekend for two at the New Zealand Post Writers and Readers Week in March 2010.

The winner of the best lyric will win $500 cash and be ďŹ&#x201A;own to Auckland to spend two days working on the song in a professional recording studio with Jason Kerrison.

The song will be sent out nationwide to radio stations and will also be available on www.loop. co.nz for free download.

Previous years have seen young poets having an unforgettable time, collaborating with Barnaby Weir (The Black Seeds) and Samuel Flynn Scott

CALLING ALL YEAR 11, 12 AND 13 STUDENTS! GET YOUR PENS READY BECAUSE THE NEW ZEALAND POST NATIONAL SCHOOLS POETRY AWARDS ARE HERE FOR 2009 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; AND YOU COULD BE WRITING YOUR WAY TO A RADIO HIT WITH OPSHOPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S LEAD SINGER/GUITARIST JASON KERRISON!

(Phoenix Foundation), transforming their poem into music.

Last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s winner Sonya Clark said the experience was â&#x20AC;&#x153;a really cool opportunity. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not very musical â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but it was awesome to see how words can come alive when put to music.â&#x20AC;?

Jason Kerrison is really excited about the competition and to see what gets submitted from his personal lyric-writing point of view. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In my own writing I ďŹ nd the hard work begins after Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve managed to trap the muse by

pen or some type of recorder. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where the editing and re-editing starts. And although itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the hair-pulling phase, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also the most satisfying and fulďŹ lling moment when the sweat pays off and the lyric breathes life and speaks truth.â&#x20AC;?

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ANTAGONIST A.D. WE ARE THE DEAD

L.A. MITCHELL LIVE AT THE MATTERHORN RN

I hate long albums, so when I saw that Auckland metalcore act Antagonist A.D. had only 10 songs on their latest release, they were immediately in my good books.

Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re brutally heavy, no nonsense and clearly a band that understands the beneďŹ ts of keeping things to the point.

Ainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a trace of fat on this lean thoroughbred, thanks to the average song length of two and a half minutes and a lack of self indulgence.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an accomplished sound from a highly competent group of musicians. I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t let down by it once.

Antagonist also differ from most bands of their ilk by going beyond whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s expected intellectually from a metal act.

I know it sounds wanky â&#x20AC;&#x201C; we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t exactly listen to Slayer or Origin to gain new perspectives on the theory of relativity or anything â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but here we have lyrics and subject matter of a weight and wit that propels the anger and passion to impressive levels. Far, far away from the generic and mindless metal clichĂŠs which stop the genre from being taken seriously.

Top notch metal and worth checking out â&#x20AC;&#x201C; even if only to read the awesome commentary notes for each song â&#x20AC;&#x201C; RHYS CONEYBEER

Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sweet, sexy and oh so brilliant, bringing something different to the table of New Zealand la female singer/songwriters.

Her debut was recorded all on one evening in April 2008 and I am certainly impressed.

Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be the next Hollie Smith, with a voice so soothing and yet warm and mature itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll knock your socks off.

Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a rising talent in home-grown music and will impress pr even vee those ose who arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t quite in on the soul/dub scene â&#x20AC;&#x201C; RACHEL WARD-ALLEN

COBRA KHAN HELGORITHMS Helgorithms is the much anticipated second release from Kiwi outďŹ t Cobra Khan.

Consisting of ex-members from Sommerset, Balance and Day One, they have bravely shaken off the somewhat mainstream sound of their 2006 album Sleepless Lions.

The new tracks are not exactly radio friendly but I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think this will deter the loyal punters.

Industrial metal is the main vibe throughout the album which is blended with layers of synth, mean riffs and ďŹ&#x201A;awless production.

I was dubious at ďŹ rst but, to be honest, I was hooked after just a few listens.

Standout tracks have got to be the opening song Helgorithms and the very catchy Searchlights, which I have seen them play live on several occasions.

I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wait to see the rest of the new material live so letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hope a New Zealand tour is on the cards in 2009 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; KATE RUSSELL

BEYONCĂ&#x2030; I AMâ&#x20AC;Ś SASHA FIERCE Only 10 tracks make up BeyoncĂŠâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new album, but quality is better than quantity, right?

Once again BeyoncĂŠ doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fail to disappoint.

A two-CD album, the ďŹ rst CD is titled I Am, featuring six tracks, while the second CD is titled Sasha Fierce, featuring four tracks.

For the ďŹ rst time, BeyoncĂŠ unleashes her stage persona Sasha Fierce onto the world with this album taking on a somewhat split personality.

I Am features more ballad tunes showcasing BeyoncĂŠâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s incredible vocal range, while Sasha Fierce is more upbeat and cr-cr-crazy.

BeyoncĂŠ fans will lap this album up, and critics will be silenced by BeyoncĂŠâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s incredible ability to whip up contemporary but classic songs yet again.

This woman is the real deal, and she proves that time after time.

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SIA SOME PEOPLE HAVE REAL PROBLEMS A strange, strange, strange woman.

If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen the video Buttons on YouTube, where she ties her face up with string and cellophane for three minutes, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll know what to expect of Sia. Mainstream-sounding songs with strange meanings and themes performed by an over-thetop artist, she has you buzzing along like some overzealous spiritual leader at a river festival.

Alternating between soft crooner songs to psychopathic jumpers, she knows how to keep you on your toes.

A deep soulful voice in between pop choruses and rhythms... she is a decidedly acquired taste. But after three or four tracks of â&#x20AC;&#x153;huh?â&#x20AC;? she might just be your new favourite artist â&#x20AC;&#x201C; DAVID OSTEN GIFFORD

TRAVIS ODE TO J SMITH Travis are mostly known for their quietly melodic middle-of-the-road songs â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the type of songs likely to be played on â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;adult contemporaryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; radio stations. Gentle and unassuming.

With their sixth studio album, they continue on down the mild middle of the road, while trying a few new approaches.

Recorded within two weeks and released on the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own label, the album is rockier than what you would expect from a Travis record â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a bit rougher in parts, not quite so polished.

They genuinely rock out in several of the songs (OK, slightly), and even bust out an electric guitar solo in Something Anything.

The parts that are well done are pretty enjoyable â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just not sure about the use of the choir on the title song.

The album highlight for me was the sweetly lyrical Song to Self, which along with the more up-tempo songs, made this album a pleasant enough listen.

The rest? Nice background music â&#x20AC;&#x201C; EVA GROVE

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EAGLE EYE Everyday technology takes a frightening turn in this cyber-thriller from director DJ Caruso and executive producer Steven Spielberg.

Shia La Boeuf plays slacker Jerry Shaw, whose brother has just been killed, and Michelle Monaghan stars as Rachel Holloman, whose son is in danger.

Our two heroes are then manipulated by a female voice who calls them on the telephone with instructions â&#x20AC;&#x201C; if they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t obey, there will be â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;consequencesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. Oooooohâ&#x20AC;Ś But who is the mystery caller and what is motivating her? And whose side is she really on?

BURN AFTER READING The Coen brothers are back with this spy spoof about an ousted CIA agent who is writing his memoir and loses the disc containing his only manuscript.

Said disc then accidentally falls into the hands of two clueless gym employees: Frances McDormand, who wants enough money to buy plastic surgery to get rid of those â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;hamsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;; and Brad Pitt who does a classic airhead ADD gym instructor (his attempts at â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;menacingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; are must-sees).

They team up to try and outwit the CIA, the Russians and seasoned counter-spies â&#x20AC;&#x201C; with typically Coen consequences.

Oh, and Tilda Swinton does cold behatch wife and lover chillingly well â&#x20AC;&#x201C; brrrrr.

PINEAPPLE EXPRESS Remember Superbad?

Well, the writing team behind that movie, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, reunite with comedy producer Judd Apatow for this typically outrageous action/ buddy/comedy.

Slacker Dale Denton

(Seth Rogen) witnesses a cop killing someone. But, in his rush to escape, Dale leaves incriminating â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;evidenceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; behindâ&#x20AC;Ś some samples of the rare Pineapple Express.

With the baddies hot on their heels, Dale and his buddy Saul Silver (James Franco) decide to run for their lives â&#x20AC;&#x201C; slacker style.

If you liked Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back and Road Trip, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll love this movie.

EARTH From the makers of Deep Blue and hit TV series Planet Earth comes this stunning feature ďŹ lm about our home, earth.

Highlighting the fragile beauty of our planet, Earth delivers a strong environmental message as it follows the lives of three animal families â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the humpback whale, the polar bear and the elephant.

Narrated by Patrick Stewart, Earth was ďŹ ve years in the making and was ďŹ lmed in 21 countries, using the most advanced ďŹ lm-making methods ever developed.

A stunning visual treat and a majestic tour of our home as weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never seen it before.

KYLE XY: REVELATIONS A Seattle family takes in an amnesiac teen, Kyle (Matt Dallas) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; who, amongst other weird stuff, has no belly buttonâ&#x20AC;Ś They eventually learn that Kyle has mysterious powers and psychic abilities, the result of a secret human cloning experiment conducted years earlier.

The family helps teach Kyle human behaviours such as anger, joy and love, and guards him against forces that seek to use Kyle for their own nefarious purposes.

I have a DVD player and I have DVDs, and I have no time to watch any of them â&#x20AC;&#x201C; David Morse

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MAKE IT HAPPEN From the writer of Step Up and Save the Last Dance comes this dance ďŹ lm starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead.

Lauryn (Winstead), a young woman from a small town in Indiana, moves to Chicago with dreams of entering the Chicago School of Music and Dance.

When she auditions, the judge stops her half way through and rejects her dancing (mostly hiphop) as not â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;sensuous and feminineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; enough.

And if thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not bad enough, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s raining and her car gets towed.

Not wanting to go home and admit defeat, she gets a job as a bookkeeper at a burlesque club â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and starts a journey of self-discovery and conďŹ&#x201A;ict that may just be another path to her dreamâ&#x20AC;Ś

THE ROCKER Robert â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Fishâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Fishman (Rainn Wilson), was the drummer for 80s hair band Vesuvius. Just before the band went on to become famous, Fish was kicked out and replaced with another drummer.

Angry and disillusioned, Fish vows never to drum again.

Twenty years after his rock star fantasies are destroyed, and his life is taking a downward spiral, opportunity knocks â&#x20AC;&#x201C; his nephewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s high school rock band A.D.D. has to ďŹ nd a new drummer, fast.

In desperation, they agree to give Fish a go.

Finally, his chance to reclaim the rock-God throne!

Prom night will never be the same againâ&#x20AC;Ś

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TEARAWAY GAMES GREYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ANATOMY A VIDEO GAME? SENTIENT MUSHROOMS BATTLING FOR SUPREMACY? MARK HAMILL BETTER THAN HEATH LEDGER?! ALEXANDER DONOHUE HAS SOME SERIOUS EXPLAINING TO DOâ&#x20AC;Ś

VELVET ASSASSIN

SHIN MEGAMI TENSEI: PERSONA 4

DEVELOPED BY: Replay Studios AVAILABLE ON: XBOX 360, PC

DEVELOPED BY: Atlus AVAILABLE ON: PS2

Apparently, more cowboys have been portrayed in western movies than ever actually existed in the historical Wild West.

Similarly, the number of virtual Nazis killed to date in what seems to be a never-ending stream of World War II video games would probably have depopulated the actual Third Reich 10 times over.

Still, Velvet Assassin looks to be different from other World War II titles, with a striking visual style and gameplay based on careful stealth and inďŹ ltration rather than outright action.

The female lead character â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a spy based on real-life agent Violette Szabo â&#x20AC;&#x201C; is also a refreshing change from the square-jawed soldiers who have become rather too ubiquitous in games recently.

The once towering PlayStation 2 is now pretty much dead as a system, with nearly all of the new games coming out for it being low-quality shovelware or boring movie tie-ins.

There is, however, one PS2 game worth holding out for: Persona 4, the latest entry in the RPG series that blends deep turn-based combat and character development with philosophical storylines (the gameâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plot appears to revolve heavily around our relationship with television).

The titleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s graphics are squarely last-gen, but the gameplay has been widely praised, suggesting that Persona 4 is a worthy send-off for the PS2, which can probably boast more quality RPGs in its library than any other console.

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ALPHA PROTOCOL

GREYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ANATOMY: THE VIDEO GAME

DEVELOPED BY: Obsidian Entertainment AVAILABLE ON: PS3, Xbox 360, PC

DEVELOPED BY: Ubisoft AVAILABLE ON: PC, Wii, Nintendo DS

I must admit, I am not conďŹ dent Greyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Anatomy: The Video Game will turn out to be enjoyable.

In particular, I am sceptical about whether the showâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s appeal will successfully translate into a video game.

Why would you want to actually play as one of the seriesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; characters?

I thought the whole appeal of the series lay in detachedly watching these shallow doctors and nurses emotionally cripple each other from a safe distance.

Still, let it not be said that I am narrow-minded; I have not yet discounted the possibility that Greyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Anatomy: The Video Game may turn out to be the best work of art ever made.

BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM

Everybody loves plots involving secret agents, probably because the excitement and exoticism they dish up helps add spice to our boring lives.

To be fair, Obsidian Entertainment does seem to be going for a fairly realistic tone with action-RPG Alpha Protocol.

The plot â&#x20AC;&#x201C; following CIA guy Michael Thorton as he attempts to uncover the conspiracy behind the theft of a high-tech US missile â&#x20AC;&#x201C; is inďŹ&#x201A;uenced by modern politics, and the action looks pretty grounded and low-tech.

I refuse to believe, however, that a game that allows you to mimic James Bondâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s suave attitude when talking to people is not wish fulďŹ lment on some level.

DEVELOPED BY: Rocksteady Studios

MUSHROOM MEN: THE SPORE WARS

AVAILABLE ON: PS3, Xbox 360, PC

DEVELOPED BY: Red Fly Studio

Lego Batman may have been cute and quirky, but it lacked the dark and gritty tone that â&#x20AC;&#x201C; judging by the mind-blowing success of The Dark Knight â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the public demand from any piece of media featuring the Caped Crusader.

Enter Arkham Asylum, a third person stealther that looks like it will deliver a supremely atmospheric experience.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also great to learn that the voice actors from the superb Batman: The Animated Series will be reprising their roles for the game.

Forget Heath Ledger; Mark Hamillâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gleefully evil voicing of The Joker remains, to me, the deďŹ nitive portrayal of the character.

AVAILABLE ON: Wii

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m very fond of mushrooms, although I prefer them fried on toast rather than as the lead characters of my video games.

Still, The Spore Wars looks interesting. It has a neat art style inspired by B-grade sci-ďŹ movies, and the premise â&#x20AC;&#x201C; warring tribes of fungi, given sentience by a strange meteor, battle for supremacy â&#x20AC;&#x201C; sounds appealingly whacked-out.

The gameplay appears to be based on traditional third-person platforming, with the construction of bizarre weapons from found objects being an important element of combat.

A companion game, Mushroom Men: Rise of the Fungi, is due to come out for the DS at around the same time.

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MOVIES OLD AND NEW FROM RESIDENT FILM BUFF MATT ALPE

WATCHMEN

UNDERWORLD: RISE OF THE LYCANS

Hype! Hype! Hype!

Go online and it is easy to see A LOT of fans eagerly awaiting this new superhero ďŹ lm. But this is not just any superhero ďŹ lm!

Based on Alan Mooreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s graphic novel and directed by Zach Snyder (300, Dawn of the Dead), Watchmen is based in an alternate 1985 America in which superheroes have been outlawed and the nuclear tension between the US and Russia is like a ticking time bomb.

When a former superhero is murdered, his retired ex-associates uncover the plot to kill all past and present superheroes.

Judging by the trailer, inďŹ&#x201A;uences from 300 are very evident and the special effects look very special.

There are no big names to carry this ďŹ lm, but it seems like that will not matter as it will prove to be one of the yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest movies.

Here comes the inevitable third instalment in the Underworld series!

Much like The Mummy franchise with Scorpion King, this ďŹ lm is a prequel set centuries before the ďŹ rst two ďŹ lms.

If you are a huge Underworld fan you have reason to worry, with no Kate Beckinsale (Selene) and a debut director (although he actually did work on special effects for the previous ďŹ lms).

Michael Sheen returns to the franchise after a break from the sequel and plays Lucian, the leader of the Lycan clan, who revolts against their captor, the vampire leader Viktor, played by Bill Nighy (Love, Actually).

As you would assume, lead characters Selene and Michael Corvin are out, and Sonja, played by Rhona Mitra (Shooter, Boston Legal), is in.

The newcomer provides a new interest and a fresh focus for a movie franchise needing a kick-start.

BIG STAN From the comic genius Rob Schneider... Hold on, let me start again. From the guy you see in way too many Adam Sandler comedies comes Big Stan.

This ďŹ lm plays on the whole â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t drop the soap in prison!â&#x20AC;&#x2122; concept, with real estate fraud Stan (Schneider) learning he has been caught in his illegal dealings and is heading to jail for three years.

His lawyer manages to negotiate a six month hall pass, and Stan hires a martial arts expert to turn him into one bad man you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to mess with.

This ďŹ lm contains a juicy sit-com plot full of plenty of gags in between.

Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t expect anything award winning, but come along to laugh the night away at stuff like a heterosexual being forced into things he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to do, behind bars.

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NOTORIOUS In the early to mid 90s, rap was exploding in exposure, popularity and mainstream news.

The east coast versus west coast battle meant storylines, more â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;beefâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and, consequently, more deaths.

Notorious centres on the man himself, Christopher â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Biggieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Wallace (Jamal Woolard), and charts his upbringing as a crack dealer in Brooklyn to a rap superstar who was shot dead in Los Angeles in 1997.

This ďŹ lm portrays some notable characters in Lilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Kim, P Diddy (who also produced Notorious), Tupac and Suge Knight.

The ďŹ lm fails to go deep into the relationship between Biggie and Tupac, which is what many fans of the rappers would like to see. But, apart from that, the performances are very watchable and give justice to the real-life stars.

You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need to be a fan or be familiar with the characters portrayed, as George Tillman Jr has directed an entertaining and insightful biopic into the life of Biggie.

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LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU (2004) The fourth ďŹ lm by Wes Anderson, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou is about an ocean and wildlife explorer who, much like Andersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s other ďŹ lms, is engaged in a manic family crisis.

While he makes a new documentary, Zissouâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (Bill Murray) best friend gets eaten by a mysterious jaguar shark. Zissou then embarks on a mission to ďŹ nd it and destroy it.

With a stellar cast including Owen Wilson, Cate Blanchett, Anjelica Huston, Jeff Goldblum and Willem Dafoe, Life Aquatic seamlessly ďŹ&#x201A;oats along with an amazing soundtrack, set design and typical Wes Anderson quirks of dialogue.

There is something very likeable about Murrayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Steve Zissou. He is a helpless, bumbling man who has his back against the wall, but strives to overcome obstacles through the help of his friends and co-workers.

While quite offbeat, this comedy is very entertaining and comes highly recommended from critics and fans alike.

THE FOUNTAIN (2006) Written and directed by New York genius Darren Aronofsky, The Fountain is a story of a man searching for a way to keep his love alive.

Hugh Jackman plays Tom Creo, a scientist who is working on a cure for a fatal tumour. Rachel Weisz plays Izzi, his wife, who is gradually getting worse from the tumour.

With an amazing haunting score by Clint Mansell, Kronos Quartet and Mogwai, and quite unusual but incredibly effective special effects portraying a different environment for outer space, The Fountain is not your typical love story.

This ďŹ lm originally had Brad Pitt attached to the lead role, and almost got shut down due to budget constraints and concerns over the script.

The similarities in structure between The Fountain and Aronofskyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s previous ďŹ lm Requiem for a Dream are evident, as both are multilayered and extremely emotional.

With his latest ďŹ lm The Wrestler receiving critical acclaim, Aronofsky has cemented his reputation as one of the best directors out there.

LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (LA VITA Ă&#x2030; BELLA, 1997)

THE BEAST IN THE HEART (LA BESTIA NEL COURE, 2005)

This instant classic from the 90s was the darling of critics and ďŹ lm lovers all over the world.

Directed and co-written by the comic genius Roberto Benigni, this ďŹ lm is set in the horriďŹ c period of WWII and the Jewish holocaust in Europe.

Starring Benigni and his onscreen and real-life wife Nicoletta Braschi, we follow their journey from carefree Tuscany to the Nazi death camps where they struggle to keep themselves and their son alive and content without losing hope.

The way Guido (Benigni) courts his love by planned coincidences, and how he entertains his son, make this movie stand out amongst other ďŹ lms set during the war.

Life Is Beautiful has an almost fairytale feel and will make you laugh and cry many a time.

If you havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seen this ďŹ lm, you simply must!

This ďŹ lm, based upon the best-selling novel by Cristina Comencini, is a well constructed Italian drama which deals with the trauma of sexual abuse and the tragic ramiďŹ cations that result.

Sabinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life seems to be fantastic. She has a great boyfriend, a fun job and amazing friends who love her. But despite all this, she canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t escape the ugly past and the scars of her childhood.

She begins a journey to confront this horriďŹ c reality together with her distant brother who is also battling his own demons, for hers is a secret even her closest friends could not know.

The Oscar-nomination for best foreign language ďŹ lm (2006) proves valid with a superb supporting cast featuring Hugh Jackmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Italian clone Alessio Boni, a cold, eerie soundtrack and an oh so thick plot.

Would it be the best choice of ďŹ lm when out with a hot date for the ďŹ rst time? Maybe not, because laughs are few and far between.

But if you want a ďŹ lm that moves you emotionally and is unafraid of tackling sensitive issues then I would recommend it without crossing my ďŹ ngers.

Everything makes me nervous â&#x20AC;&#x201C; except making ďŹ lms â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Elizabeth Taylor

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STUDENT EXCHANGE SPENDING PART OF YOUR SCHOOL LIFE IN ANOTHER COUNTRY CAN OPEN UP THE WORLD FOR YOU IN SO MANY WAYS. CHECK OUT THESE AWESOME STORIES FROM PEOPLE WHO TRAVELLED THROUGH THE EF EXCHANGE PROGRAMMES.

REBEKAH LITTLE EXCHANGE STUDENT IN: MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN, USA

Anna (2nd from left) with her host

family

ANNA LOVE EXCHANGE STUDENT IN: FROIDECONCHE, FRANCE

How do you begin to describe the best two months of your life?

My host family in Froideconche was absolutely lovely from the word go (Mum, Dad and two host sisters aged 15 and 16).

For the ďŹ rst couple of days there was a lot of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sorry, could you please repeat that?â&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Could you speak a little bit slower?â&#x20AC;? on my part but we bumbled through with lots of expressive gestures and a little bit of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;franglaisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.

School life was very different. There was no uniform and the dress code was extremely relaxed with radical hairstyles, jewellery and designer stubble making regular additions to coats and scarves.

The school hours in France were from 8am until 5.30pm which was a bit of a shock to the system. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t you even think about complaining about long school days ever again!

If you ever get the opportunity to go on an exchange, even if you are a bit shy or unsure, grab it with both hands and live it to the max â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the rewards you get are absolutely priceless.

I now have friends for life in France â&#x20AC;&#x201C; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like I have a second family over there.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to make my story straight to the point.

Take a risk and do an exchange because it is an amazing experience.

I had trouble leaving my family and friends, and my boyfriend who I am still with to this day, but it is totally worth it.

I was greeted at Muskegon airport by my whole host family and half of what was to become my volleyball team. They were holding signs with my name on them and were all very excited to see me.

At school people wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t listen to what I was saying to them, they were just listening to my accent. After a while they got used to it but at ďŹ rst I got asked to just talk and talk which made me laugh.

I thought I would be just an exchange student to everyone but I have made lifelong friends with a lot of people.

EF matched me with the perfect family who made me feel so comfortable and I love my host sister like a real sister.

Time ďŹ&#x201A;ies when you go on an exchange.

Just remember, nothing much will change in your home town and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be blessed with the experience for the rest of your life.

Rebekah (Minnie Mouse) and friends â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Halloween.

JACK FARRELL EXCHANGE STUDENT IN: ARKANSAS, USA

After a 13 hour ďŹ&#x201A;ight we ďŹ nally landed in Los Angeles and I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe it â&#x20AC;&#x201C; I had ďŹ nally reached my dream of travelling to the United States.

For the next four days, a group of exchange students from both NZ and Australia stayed at a camp where we learnt about money, tipping, school and advice for living with our host families.

We also went sightseeing and saw places such as the Walk of Fame, Disneyland, Beverly Hills, Venice Beach and Universal Studios.

After California we all went our separate ways to our host families. I was placed in Arkansas (pronounced Ark-in-saw) where I lived in a very small town near the capital.

Being in a southern state everything was so different. Kids at my school wore cowboy boots and a lot of camouďŹ&#x201A;age. I heard country music every day.

American schools are not always what you see in the stereotype movies, but I did get to go to two proms and a homecoming.

I made so many friends and have so many memories that will last forever. Being an exchange student deďŹ nitely had its ups and downs but it has transformed me into a conďŹ dent and friendly person.

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YOUTHLINE ART COMPETITION

WHAT MAKES YOU UNIQUE? IS IT YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH FRIENDS, FAMILY OR THE COMMUNITY? OR IS IT THE IMPACT THAT YOUR CULTURE OR SPIRITUALITY HAS ON WHO YOU ARE TODAY?

These are the questions facing entrants in the Youthline 2009 Art Competition which closes at the end of April.

This year, Youthline is offering some awesome prizes ($500 art voucher, iPod, digital camera, cellphone) and will also run an online auction of selected entries throughout Youth Week in May. Youthline is encouraging everyone

to enter regardless of their level of experience or expertise in art.

We talked to three of last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s winners who created work with the theme â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;DeďŹ ne what it means to be a young person in NZ.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Elia, Bonnie and Gemma were among approximately 150 entrants in the competition.

ELIA KIM

BONNIE WROE

GEMMA BALDOCK

First place 18+

First place 13-17 years

Peoplesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Choice Award

I created my artwork to describe the multicultural society of New Zealand.

The eye is a window to learning and through the eye I can see that our society is turning into a new culture.

I was born in Korea but have lived in NZ for the last 13 years and seen a huge change in the multicultural society here.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a design student at Massey University in Albany and was encouraged to enter the competition by a friend. I took three days to complete my entry.

I wanted to portray happiness in my painting. I really enjoy being with my friends â&#x20AC;&#x201C; they make me happy and I am grateful to have them. The painting depicts those friendships.

Winning this competition has given me a greater proďŹ le and got my paintings â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;out thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; which is really important as I am doing a ďŹ ne arts degree this year.

Youthline also sent this painting into a Vodafone art competition and I won that too. My art will now feature as a background for part of the Vodafone website.

The name of the artwork is â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The patchwork of lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.

I made a collage out of many different coloured, textured and patterned papers. The person in the middle represents me and is made of a patchwork of all the surrounding ďŹ gures that come from family, friends and community.

My love of art and music comes from my parents; school friends are an important part of my life; people in the community teach me, help me, work with me.

They all help to make me the individual I am.

Art should astonish, transmute, and transďŹ x â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Brett Whiteley

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OUTDOORS

GETTING PHYSICAL AND MIXING IT WITH NATURE CAN GIVE YOU A MASSIVE BOOST THAT LASTS A LIFETIME. AS ADELE BARLOW (22) DISCOVERED, FACING THE CHALLENGE OF OUTWARD BOUND ALSO HELPS YOU ANSWER SOME BIG QUESTIONS ABOUT YOURSELF AND HOW YOU WANT TO LIVE YOUR LIFE.

AT THE END OF MY UNIVERSITY DEGREE LAST NOVEMBER, I DID OUTWARD BOUND â&#x20AC;&#x201C; MAINLY BECAUSE MY MATES RAVED ON AND ON AND ON ABOUT IT AND I WANTED TO SEE WHAT ALL THE FUSS WAS ABOUT.

The easy option is to tell you straight out â&#x20AC;&#x201C; DO OUTWARD BOUND! But the best option is to ask you three questions and share how Outward Bound helped me answer my own.

WHO ARE YOU? If I asked your parents or mates who you were, they would be able to answer. But their answers would not be as accurate as your own.

As you get older, you realise that nobody really knows anyone else.

Even if you and your best friend think you know everything about each other, from her love of pineapple pizza to that completely embarrassing conversation she had with her crush, there will always be hidden parts of another personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s identity that you cannot see.

The only person you can ever really know is yourself. Only you have witnessed all your experiences, your memories, your hopes and dreams. Only you know whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to you.

Outward Bound encourages you to not only ďŹ nd out who you truly are, but to celebrate being that person!

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remember who you truly are, and Outward Bound encourages you to take off your social mask.

At Outward Bound you lose yourself in nature, in a new group of people, sometimes in silence.

In return, everyone leaves having found a stronger sense of self.

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO WITH YOUR LIFE? ...and what are you actually going to do?

Before Outward Bound, I was loving the social aspect of the uni halls of residence, I was going to do a postgraduate course and was very involved in campus life.

I was like, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need to change a thing!â&#x20AC;?

But Outward Bound reminded me that I am

crazy in love with the Kiwi lifestyle, and, at the end of the day, I will always end up back here.

So I moved back [to NZ]. It was worth giving up all those plans I had because what I get from NZ can never be found in Australia.

The thing is, sometimes youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going so fast that you forget to check whether youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re heading where you want to end up.

Outward Bound gave me time to think not only about where I wanted to live after graduation, but about which career I wanted.

I always knew which career my parents wanted for me, which career my friends thought would suit me, which career my teachers predicted for me, but being away from all of them helped me realise how little Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d been thinking about which career I wanted for myself.

You need to know what you want the future to look like before you can make it happen.

HOW WILL YOU MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR OTHERS? Each of you will leave a mark on the world â&#x20AC;&#x201C; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s up to you what that mark will be.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not about how big the mark is, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about how positive the mark is.

The only way to feel like you matter is to ďŹ nd a way to matter to other people. Service is about giving, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s making life better for others, so that you make the most out of your life.

Outward Bound teaches you that life is not a dress rehearsal, and through that you learn the Of course I have played outdoorr games. I on once played ay dominoes in an open air cafe in Paris â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Oscar Wilde

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difference between what you want and what you need, which is often such a hard distinction to make.

Often you want the easy option, when what you need is the best option.

I HAVE A DREAM...

Some friends hassled me massively before Outward Bound. They thought it was being dropped in the middle of the bush with maybe a carrot and a compass.

But Outward Bound is not a boot camp. It is for anyone who can run three km in under 25 minutes.

Outward Bound is only three and a half weeks of being disconnected from the world, but you become connected to a new group of mates, inspiring instructors, the planet and to the person you are outside of your usual environment.

The friends you make are incredible because shared experience is the glue of friendship â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and you share some pretty once-in-a-lifetime memories.

The easy option is to have a lot of buzzy thoughts. But the easy option is not always the best option.

Dreams only take you so far, and Outward Bound is an action you can begin today.

If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re capable of dreaming about it, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re capable of doing it.

IF YOU ARE BETWEEN 16 AND 18 YEARS OLD, THIS IS THE OUTWARD BOUND EXPERIENCE FOR YOU!

Over the 21 day adventure, you will develop friendships that will last a lifetime.

Through learning outdoor skills like sailing, kayaking, bush and navigation, you will gain a strong sense of personal responsibility and independence.

The course will challenge your limits, enable you to discover what is important to you and the opportunity your future holds.

FEES The course fee is $3,500 including GST. This covers all accommodation, gear, food and two highly qualiďŹ ed instructors.

If that makes you go â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yikes!â&#x20AC;?, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t panic â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Outward Bound have some guidelines on how to raise the funds and pay for your course.

Check out www.outwardbound.co.nz/ paying or contact Outward Bound for their brochure â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Paying for your Courseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.

DATES The April course is full, but the next 21-day courses start July 5, September 26 and December 3.

For more details and how to enrol, head to www.outwardbound.co.nz or call 0800 OUTWARD (0800 688 927).

EAT STRAIGHT FROM THE BOX OR WITH MILK

POWER 8 - POWER UP! Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Carl Sagan

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CHOICES IT ALL STARTED WITH LONG ROAD TRIPS TO HIS GRANDPARENTSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; PLACE WHERE HE COULD MAKE â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;EXCITING CONTRAPTIONSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; WITH HIS GRANDADâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S TOOLS. NOW, BEN ASHBY IS EMPLOYED AS A GRAPHICS DESIGNER WITH TVNZ â&#x20AC;&#x201C; HE HAS DEFINITELY ARRIVED.

ORIGINALLY I LIVED IN AUCKLAND BUT THE FAMILY THEN SETTLED IN BULLS, WHICH BECAME A â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;LIVE-A-BULLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; PLACE FOR 20 YEARS.

Because Bulls is a little township, there was little to do apart fromâ&#x20AC;Ś umm, well actually there was not a lot to do in Bulls.

So most of my childhood highlights were the trips to Auckland to visit the grandparents.

MAKING STUFF Arriving at the grandparentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; place was the opportunity to go exploring with my imagination. My grandfather always had the latest and greatest tools that I could make all sort of exciting contraptions with.

Grandad would always say to me, â&#x20AC;&#x153;why do you want to make that?â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know,â&#x20AC;? I would reply, scratching my head trying to think of a worthy reason.

Quite frankly, there wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t one really, but I always managed to make one up so I could make new contraptions.

determination and drive to succeed in life.

WHY DESIGN? When I was growing up, I may have subconsciously made a connection with design, as I liked to problem solve. This for me was the incentive to study design.

However, as mentioned, I was by no means an academic student and could not foresee myself studying in a university environment.

After leaving high school I found myself working in a timber factory, where I worked for two years, contemplating what to make out of life.

THE INITIAL STEP After hearing through the grapevine about UCOLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Whanganui School of Design, I arranged a tour through the building to see what UCOL had to offer.

When my third year came, the hours spent studying became longer so it became more beneďŹ cial to live in Wanganui.

One of the good factors about ďŹ&#x201A;atting was moving in with people who studied design as it was stimulating having people there to bounce ideas around.

It also had its down side and sometimes it was a nice feeling to get out of the comfort zone and talk about something that was not directly linked to design.

NEW START

DENNIS THE MENACE I spent most of my high school years choosing subjects that compelled me, that involved using my hands constructively, such as woodwork and graphics.

I was never an academic person and still do not consider myself to be one.

One comment that lingers in my mind from high school was made when I had only just started. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You will never make anything of yourself, boyâ&#x20AC;?.

I deserved constructive criticism as I was somewhat related to Dennis the Menace.

However, that was harsh!

At the time of the comment, I was really angry, slamming the door as I exited the classroom.

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After stepping through the doors, it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take me long to visualise myself studying at UCOL as the atmosphere was uplifting and the tutors were oozing with enthusiasm towards design.

The classrooms were like big working studios that I knew would help cater to my style of learning.

Studying graphic design at high school had helped me understand the very basics of design.

However, embarking on a course at UCOL that provides the latest technology and working in conjunction with the theory of design was an invigorating thought.

BEING COST EFFICIENT For me, the ďŹ rst two years of studying at UCOL were about being cost efďŹ cient, as it was my goal to leave tertiary study with as little money borrowed as possible. So I lived at home in Bulls, commuting every day to Wanganui.

After graduating from UCOL, I was fortunate to land a job in Auckland which meant a fresh new start and meeting a whole lot of new people.

In the short time I have been working, it has become what ideally makes up a dream job.

For me, half the battle of working is about enjoying what you do and who you enjoy it with. People who surround you in your job will play a role in how much you enjoy your career.

Currently, I am working with TVNZ as a new graphics designer.

I get great pleasure in my job as each day brings new challenges, no two days are the same and I get to work with a wide spectrum of people.

Without money, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d all be rich â&#x20AC;&#x201C; unknown street artist

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CHOICES ANALYSE CALDWELL ALWAYS WANTED TO DISCOVER WHAT MADE PEOPLE TICK, SO WHEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY HOTEL MANAGEMENT CAME ALONG, HER CAREER CLICKED INTO PLACE PERFECTLY.

EXPERIENCE THE CHANGE

We had a horse, a goat, a dog, cats and rabbits. At one stage we had three sheep called Freezer, Freezer and Freezer â&#x20AC;&#x201C; one by one they disappeared...

Tertiary life is deďŹ nitely different to school â&#x20AC;&#x201C; you are studying not because you have to but because you choose to.

My advice to others would be to use this transition time to do as much as you can. Take all the opportunities and experiences you are able to.

Change can seem daunting at times but equally exciting.

Although at ďŹ rst you may feel homesick, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t focus on what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re missing out on but more on whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s at hand and to be experienced.

FINDING A CAREER

NEVER BORED

AS A CHILD I WAS HOMESCHOOLED, ALONG WITH MY SISTER AND TWO BROTHERS, ON A LARGE LIFESTYLE BLOCK IN PYES PA, TAURANGA.

I always had a desire to â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;knowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; everything and discover how and why things were the way they were â&#x20AC;&#x201C; especially people and the way they thought and acted and the possible reasons behind this.

In my last year of school, I came across an associate of PIHMS (PaciďŹ c International Hotel Management School). She explained the practical and theoretical aspects of the course as well as the one year of paid work placements included in the degree package.

The variety and travel caught my interest as well as the versatility of skills and subjects learnt.

The main aspect that sold me though was managing people in a way that best ďŹ tted their strengths and weaknesses to the functioning of the operation.

HANDS-ON DEVELOPMENT The three years I spent studying at PIHMS were not only super fun and a great social experience but a place where I learnt a variety of new skills, built on others and developed as a person.

DIVERSE AND CARING The aspect I enjoyed most about PIHMS was being in an environment consisting of a mix of diverse cultures. We worked a lot within groups (practically and theoretically) and, although frustrating and challenging at times, this was the best way to develop oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s character.

It was the hard times which I appreciated most as they made me the person I am.

What I found unique to PIHMS was the support and genuine care by lecturers for the individual wellbeing of the students that really motivated you to do the work and do it well.

Not only did they care about you as a person but they cared about your progress and the manager you would some day become.

Since graduating in 2008, I gained a job as Food and Beverage Manager at the Qamea Fiji resort and spa.

The best moment of my career so far â&#x20AC;&#x201C; other than living on a beautiful island surrounded by warm weather and clear water â&#x20AC;&#x201C; is actually applying what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve learnt and experienced throughout the years and adapting it to the different environment of the Fijian culture and the operation of the hotel.

What I enjoy most about management is always having the variety, never being bored with the work involved, and having endless room to keep growing and developing as a person.

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always more to be discovered, as the more you put yourself in different environments (whether it be workplace, country or culture/people) the more you learn about yourself and those around you.

FAILING IS PART OF SUCCEEDING My advice though is that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not so much the destination that counts but the journey along the way. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not all easy but the hard times are the most valuable.

Never give up hope, and remember that failing is part of succeeding; we only get knocked down to learn to pick ourselves back up.

If you are unsure of what you want to do or be, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stress about it. Just do as you do and be who you are â&#x20AC;&#x201C; everything else will fall into place.

Make use of every opportunity as itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the opportunities that deďŹ ne our lives, even the ones we miss! Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worse than failing is not having tried!

The applied skills involved hands-on experience from all aspects and departments of a hotel.

The theory and academic subjects were varied covering all angles, including marketing, statistics, strategic management, organisational behaviour, applied research, computing, sustainable tourism and accounting.

It was the industry placement side of the course that I especially liked â&#x20AC;&#x201C; having the freedom to choose any destination in the world where I wanted to work for six months and applying everything I had learnt, and coming back to build on that.

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I suppose I have a really loose interpretation of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;workâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, because I think that just being alive is so much work at something you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always want to do â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Andy Warhol

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SCOTT ALLEN, 17, SAYS HE â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;WASNâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;T TOO

CHOICES

GOODâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; IN THE CLASSROOM AT ROTORUA BOYSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; HIGH â&#x20AC;&#x201C; HE PREFERRED TO BE MORE HANDS-ON, ACTUALLY â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;DOINGâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; THINGS. HE NOW LOVES HIS LIFE AS AN APPRENTICE CHEF.

Then I was sponsored to go to the New Zealand Culinary Fair in Auckland. I won a silver in the secondary school section for a brunch dish, and was just three points off bronze for my salmon dish in the open section.

WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? After the competitions, I was offered the apprentice chef position at Peppers On the Point in Rotorua. I took this up partway through year 11.

WHAT DO YOU DO? WHAT ARE YOUR INTERESTS? Cooking! Ever since I saw the Hospitality Standards Institute Roadshow at my school about two years ago.

At ďŹ rst, cooking was just a chance to get out of the classroom, but I then entered a couple of competitions and won.

First there was the secondary school team cooking event in Rotorua, where I won a silver with a fellow teammate, and we came ďŹ rst overall.

My apprenticeship is in the ďŹ ne dining side of cooking, rather than bulk food preparation. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m now one and a half years into the two and a half year course.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m now doing pretty much all that the executive chef does, including menu planning and breakfasts, and I can cook for up to six people by myself.

And yes, we even do the dishes! Peppers is a 5-star luxury lodge, so we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a huge number of diners, which means we can do

everything ourselves.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s full-on though, with a lot of hours â&#x20AC;&#x201C; sometimes 60 hours a week.

YOUR MOST INTERESTING EXPERIENCE? Cooking for the ex-president of Colombia. I enjoy cooking for well-known people. In the future Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m hoping to work in some of the top overseas restaurants.

YOUR MOST FEARFUL MOMENT? I stuffed up the service one time and almost walked out, I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t handle it. But the sous chef sat me down and got me through it.

YOUR ADVICE TO OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE? Put your head down, do whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s asked of you and go the extra mile.

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FUN STUFF JONO PERKINS PREPARES YOU FOR APRIL 1 SHENANIGANS...

APRIL FOOLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S DAY IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER! IT ONLY HAPPENS ONCE A YEAR AND ITâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S A FUN DAY OF LAUGHING AT OTHER PEOPLE, WITH OTHER PEOPLE AND AT YOURSELF.

BATHROOM BLITZ

Instead of pranks on April Foolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day, French people try and stick a paper ďŹ sh to the back of others without them knowing. What fun...

BE SAFE, BE FUN AND BE YOUNG! MAKE SURE YOU PICK THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO JOKE WITH â&#x20AC;&#x201C; SOME PEOPLE DONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;T LIKE FUN AND MIGHT GET ANGRY!

PRE-DAWN PRANKS These ďŹ rst few pranks can be prepared once everyone in your house has gone to sleep on the night before April Foolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s.

1. Find your parentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; alarm clock and set it to go off at some ridiculous hour like 3am. Hide it under their bed or wherever you think theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll never ďŹ nd it.

2. Buy some cheap hair extensions (from the chemist) which match your sisterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hair colour.

Once sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gone to sleep, cut the extensions so that they are about the same length as her own hair and arrange them on her pillow. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll wake up screaming and touching her head to make sure her locks are still there!

In the past ďŹ ve years there have been two known deaths directly related to April Foolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day pranks!

For these ones you will want to get up pretty early and head to the bathroom!

1. If your mum or sister uses a hairdryer most mornings, ďŹ ll it with baby powder or some sort of ďŹ&#x201A;our. When they turn it on theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll get a face full of white!

2. While youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in the shower, empty out the shampoo (into another container) and ďŹ ll the shampoo bottle up with baby oil. When your dad washes the little hair he has left, it will turn his head into a complete grease bowl!

3. This one is an oldie â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but a goodie! Take some glad wrap and lift up the toilet seat. Cover the whole top of the bowl with the glad wrap, making sure it is super tight with no wrinkles, then put the lid back down. When your big brother or dad comes in for his early morning release, the yellow goodness will hit the glad wrap and splash everywhere!

KITCHEN CAPERS While youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re up early and the rest of your family sleeps, you may as well keep pranking and head to the kitchen.

1. Start by replacing the sugar with salt. When your parents come in to make their coffee or tea for the morning, wait for their faces as they take the ďŹ rst sip!

2. You can pretend to be really helpful and make your parents and siblings sandwiches for lunch. Make sure you have that plastic covered cheese stuff that pretty much tastes like plastic anyway. Make the sandwiches and put the cheese in, without removing the plastic!

3. Superglue the eggs to the carton and beg your mum to cook you eggs for breakfast. When she tries to pull them out sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll start pulling harder and harder and eventually sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll smash them, leaving that gooey stuff all over her hands.

Remember not to prank anyone past noon though â&#x20AC;&#x201C; thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d make YOU the fool.

April 1 used to be New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day!

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ÂĽ Never say â&#x20AC;&#x153;bombâ&#x20AC;? in a plane. In 2006 a man boarded an Air Asia ďŹ&#x201A;ight with the plan to â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;foolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; everyone on board with his fake bomb. He told a ďŹ&#x201A;ight attendant he had a bomb just as the plane was taxiing down the runway. The plane was evacuated and the man sent off for psychiatric testing. The outcome? â&#x20AC;&#x153;April Fool.â&#x20AC;? Too bad it was actually April 2 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the man is now facing a prison sentence. ÂĽ Rebel billionaire Richard Branson ďŹ xed up a hot air balloon with lights to make it resemble a UFO. He had it all ready the night before April 1 and was going to ďŹ&#x201A;y it over Londonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hyde Park. However, the balloon and the midget dressed as an alien inside were blown off course and crash-landed in a ďŹ eld for no one to see. ÂĽ Joking about death is not funny. Two American radio DJs decided to spread celebrity death rumours one April Foolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s.

The prank may have seemed funny until the two sons of a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;deadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; baseball player heard the news at school. Their dad was ALIVE and in Japan at the time but the two boys were distraught for days! www.tearaway.co.nz 37

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HOROSCOPES REASSURING [COUGH] PREDICTIONS FROM

TEARAWAYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S DIVINER OF ENTRAILS PHIL LUKE

ARIES Mar 21 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Apr 19 The gift you have that allows you to speak to the animals will today be unveiled as a fraud. Hexes may impair your vision if you attempt to cross an invisible boundary.

But remember, you can actually see through glass.

TAURUS Apr 20 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; May 20

LEO Jul 23 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Aug 22 You are trapped in a cave with a panther and a sound system playing Michael Boltonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s greatest hits. What do you do? The playâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the thing, eh?

Sounds like you need a hot bath and some valium. Fault for your situation can be accredited to anyone you wish â&#x20AC;&#x201C; go nuts!

VIRGO Aug 23 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Sep 22

The future holds much joy and happiness for someone close to you. But not you. Oh no, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re screwed. You are more alert during your waking hours and this means that you can see exactly how you are managing to throttle your ďŹ sh to death.

Scraping the barrel doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always mean that you have to consume your own waste. Reading through a dictionary is the least effective way to learn more about the world. Get out there!

GEMINI May 21 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; June 21 It can be scary, sad and lonely. Are you sure you want to go ahead with your plans? Spank yourself silly today because youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been VERY VERY bad. Telling tales is pretty much what keeps me going. How about you? Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be scared, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s OK for Geminis to speak out loud and be alone.

CANCER June 22 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Jul 22 Banking on anyone this week? Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t let them let you down like they did me. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m still picking up the pieces of a tattered life. Friends have always tried to convince you of your madness, but never more so will that be true than this coming weekend. Oh, and your friends like me more. Hah!

LIBRA Sep 23 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Oct 23 Bowie is like you are: gentle, robust, always ready to pop back in the charts by providing backing vocals to pretty much any old schmuck. The similarities between you and Bowie are pretty much endless. Astronomy is to gastronomy as it is to git.

SCORPIO Oct 24 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Nov 21 The next person to offer you advice will have a secret agenda that you ought to be wary of. In all my time Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never had anyone like you reading my horoscopes â&#x20AC;&#x201C; you are bedevilled, a hustler of reputation. You are not wanted here.

Suzuki scooter winner: November Emma Weston from Hamilton has won her very own Suzuki UZ50 scooter!

SAGITTARIUS Nov 22 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Dec 21 Every part of your body will cry out in pain today, although there is no explanation as to why this should be. Wild stallions wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be able to drag you away from the multiple love-ins you may or may not encounter today.

Placing your mouth around the exhaust of a car stuck in trafďŹ c is bound to cause more trafďŹ c problems. Please take into consideration the needs of others.

CAPRICORN Dec 22 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Jan 19 With all youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been through you should be glad this week will actually come to a close.

Whether you want to or not, this month will have a journey in store for you. Hilarity may ensue if you decide to hire a clown on Thursday night.

AQUARIUS Jan 20 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Feb 18 Walking down the street with a spring in your step is a great way to let the world know how insufferable you really are. Danger, excitement, thrills â&#x20AC;&#x201C; even spills. These are buzz words which may catch your attention this week, possibly in the form of a horoscope.

PISCES Feb 19 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Mar 20 Seven. For no reason, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just going to throw the number seven at you.

SEVEN. Metal objects may interest you this month and cause a new hobby to â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;sparkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; inside of you.

There is no need to be afraid today. Tomorrow is the time for all your fears to be played out in one condensed package.

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GRAFFITI

1. How did you get into graf art?

Sence One, 14

2. What are your messages?

Graf artist for three years

3. What are some of the positive aspects of graffiti?

1. I was always into comics, and eventually a love for graffiti grew within me.

2. Although graf can be seen by some as a nuisance, it is really an art. Painting a canvas is applying paint to a surface, like graffiti, so I think that people should give it the respect it deserves.

3. It can bring life to a ‘dull black and white world’. It’s very creative and it can be a type of self expression.

4. He shouldn`t have been tagging private property, but is a tag on a garage equal to taking a life?? He shouldn`t have died for it.

5. Getting loads of walls would be good - I’m sure you`d see a lot less illegal tagging because the taggers would be channeling their art towards society in a positive way.

4. What are your views on the Pihema Cameron case?

5. How can society embrace the positive aspects of graffiti?

Kosto Tmd Ftc, 27 Graf artist for nine years 1. Catching the bus into Central Auckland and just seeing all the tags and throw-ups all over the city made me want to have a go.

2. Kost was here!

3. Some artists use and further their skills by getting into other aspects of art, like photography, graphic / web /digital design, fine art, tattooing. I have developed an interest in photography.

4. He (Bruce Emery) knew what he was doing when he chased Pihema and his friend with a knife.

5. Open their minds, look for themselves instead of watching the news and believing everything. We’re not all brown (as according to the media) - I think members of society would be surprised at the background of some of today’s well known artists.

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Tawck Graf artist for ten years 1. I saw the motorways bombed up back in school and use to always peep the graffiti section in a magazine which had a lot of train bombers from New York. I was fascinated with graffiti art and became addicted to the whole culture of it.

2. I try to push myself to try new and bigger things as an artist and by doing that I know that someone will see my graffiti whether it be on canvas, a street sign, a side of a building, a freight train or whatever I can write my name on.

3. Graffiti can take you places and open up doors – it’s such a creative art form which requires a lot of time and skill.

4. What Pihema did was wrong but no man has the right to take another man’s life.

5. Involving the new generation of up-and-coming artists will improve the graffiti movement and in time hopefully people will accept it as art and freedom of speech.

Spex1 TS, 32 Graf artist for Seven years

1. I’ve always drawn words. Always loved letter shapes and calligraphy and sketching little bits of things. I got into graffiti through my little sisters Phem and Ladi 6. Met up with Kik Squad who introduced me to hip-hop culture and writing, joined Triple S Crew in 2002 and never looked back.

2. I’m pushing style every time I paint. My crew rock out some pretty choice messaged productions looking at youth development, community, diversity, Treaty of Waitangi, the case against Bruce Emery, the Hikoi, human rights. Females have got skills and are dope when they put their heart into it.

3. Writing encourages motivation, creativeness, breaking moulds, self belief, style, confidence, uniqueness, culture connection, world issues, information gathering and knowledge… knowledge is power!!!

4. The end sentence did not justify the young life that no longer exists. I feel bad for Bruce Emery.

What a thing to have on your heart.

5. Workshops for young writers and general public, educating society on hip-hop and all its art forms. Legal walls.

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GRAFFITI

1. How did you get into graf art?

Sence One, 14

2. What are your messages?

Graf artist for three years

3. What are some of the positive aspects of graffiti?

1. I was always into comics, and eventually a love for graffiti grew within me.

2. Although graf can be seen by some as a nuisance, it is really an art. Painting a canvas is applying paint to a surface, like graffiti, so I think that people should give it the respect it deserves.

3. It can bring life to a ‘dull black and white world’. It’s very creative and it can be a type of self expression.

4. He shouldn`t have been tagging private property, but is a tag on a garage equal to taking a life?? He shouldn`t have died for it.

5. Getting loads of walls would be good - I’m sure you`d see a lot less illegal tagging because the taggers would be channeling their art towards society in a positive way.

4. What are your views on the Pihema Cameron case?

5. How can society embrace the positive aspects of graffiti?

Kosto Tmd Ftc, 27 Graf artist for nine years 1. Catching the bus into Central Auckland and just seeing all the tags and throw-ups all over the city made me want to have a go.

2. Kost was here!

3. Some artists use and further their skills by getting into other aspects of art, like photography, graphic / web /digital design, fine art, tattooing. I have developed an interest in photography.

4. He (Bruce Emery) knew what he was doing when he chased Pihema and his friend with a knife.

5. Open their minds, look for themselves instead of watching the news and believing everything. We’re not all brown (as according to the media) - I think members of society would be surprised at the background of some of today’s well known artists.

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“Quote goes here” – Person Quoted

Tawck Graf artist for ten years 1. I saw the motorways bombed up back in school and use to always peep the graffiti section in a magazine which had a lot of train bombers from New York. I was fascinated with graffiti art and became addicted to the whole culture of it.

2. I try to push myself to try new and bigger things as an artist and by doing that I know that someone will see my graffiti whether it be on canvas, a street sign, a side of a building, a freight train or whatever I can write my name on.

3. Graffiti can take you places and open up doors – it’s such a creative art form which requires a lot of time and skill.

4. What Pihema did was wrong but no man has the right to take another man’s life.

5. Involving the new generation of up-and-coming artists will improve the graffiti movement and in time hopefully people will accept it as art and freedom of speech.

Spex1 TS, 32 Graf artist for Seven years

“Quote goes here” – Person Quoted

1. I’ve always drawn words. Always loved letter shapes and calligraphy and sketching little bits of things. I got into graffiti through my little sisters Phem and Ladi 6. Met up with Kik Squad who introduced me to hip-hop culture and writing, joined Triple S Crew in 2002 and never looked back.

2. I’m pushing style every time I paint. My crew rock out some pretty choice messaged productions looking at youth development, community, diversity, Treaty of Waitangi, the case against Bruce Emery, the Hikoi, human rights. Females have got skills and are dope when they put their heart into it.

3. Writing encourages motivation, creativeness, breaking moulds, self belief, style, confidence, uniqueness, culture connection, world issues, information gathering and knowledge… knowledge is power!!!

4. The end sentence did not justify the young life that no longer exists. I feel bad for Bruce Emery.

What a thing to have on your heart.

5. Workshops for young writers and general public, educating society on hip-hop and all its art forms. Legal walls.

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MUSIC

JAMES SULLIVAN (drummer from Bang!Bang!Eche!) was in the moshpit AND on stage at BDO ‘09...

Although Big Day Out 2009 was probably the weakest line-up yet, it was the one I’ve enjoyed the most.

Neil Young headlining meant less angry, shirtless, sweaty bogans rubbing up against you involuntarily (remember the Rage fans last year?!?!

And Tool the year before?)

Bang!Bang!Eche!

We played just as they were opening the gates. In fact, security wouldn’t open the gates till we got on stage.

It was really nice seeing people queuing up to watch us.

We played a set more or less full of newer songs. It’s always a bit “ughhhhh” playing new songs live for the first time, but it went down surprisingly well – even if the sound guys didn’t turn the drum mics on till halfway through the second song... Maybe we took them by surprise or something, who knows.

All in all, it was a really good set and we all had heaps of fun.

Brand New Math After we played we proceeded to Onehunga for breakfast. We made it back just in time for Brand New Math.

Damn those guys looked HAWT on stage, with their matching tie-dyes and super singalong choruses.

Brad’s onstage banter was priceless when they debuted two new songs with titles such as Charlie is a Queer and Wow James Looks Good in a Dress.

Brand New Math are really quite a bundle of fun.

TV On the Radio I have been waiting to see TVOTR ever since they released Return to Cookie Mountain. Seriously, what a brilliant album.

They opened with songs from their newest release Dear Science. Something wasn’t quite right though – I wasn’t enjoying it.

This was bizarre, as it’s what I was most looking forward to. Maybe it was the horrible sound?

My Morning Jacket

Hot Chip

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I don’t know what was up with the sound guys this year. Everything sounded muddy and dull and WAY too bass heavy.

I tried to sit through about 10 more minutes, but I couldn’t bring myself to see TVOTR like this, which provided me with a good excuse to sneak over to see Lupe Fiasco...

TV On The Radio

Lupe Fiasco WOW. I had no preconceptions as to what this would be like, and all I can really describe it as is nothing short of amazing.

Lupe had a full backing band including a drummer, two keyboard players, guitar and bass players and a synth/drum machinist.

Everything was played live while Lupe did his thang over the top of it. He extended the songs to the point where the entire boiler room was gagging for it to drop, and when it did – boy, did it drop. Insane. He had the crowd wrapped around his little finger.

Highlights of his performance would have been when he dropped Daydreamin’ into the middle of another song, then somehow worked it so they were both going at once, swapping choruses and mixing up verses into one giant ball of madness.

Lupe Fiasco

Simian Mobile Disco This year’s Big Day Out had some pretty terrible line-up clashes: Hot Chip and Arctic Monkeys; Mint Chicks and Simian Mobile Disco. So, some tough decisions had to be made pronto.

I chose to see Simian Mobile Disco over the Mint Chicks for solely one reason: we were playing an after party with the Mint Chicks later on that night.

Simian Mobile Disco started out unusually quiet for an electronic act. So quiet that it was almost hard to get into it.

Two or three songs into the set they suddenly got a whole lot louder and 10 times more awesome – which made for instant party times.

Hot Chip Hot Chip was my choice over The Arctic Monkeys.

I saw Hot Chip a few Big Day Outs ago before I really knew who they were. Since then I have been listening to The Warning almost religiously.

This year they were nothing short of impressive.

They have been playing with a live drummer! I think that’s fantastic. Maybe it’s the drummer in me saying that, I don’t know.

But it really was quite impressive how laid back they were on stage. Laaaaaaid baaaaaaack.

Neil Young and beyond By the time Neil Young was on I was too tired to bother getting even close to the front, so I went and watched from the stands.

It was nice to see a mellower act headlining Big Day Out this year, but I had places to be, so I only really saw the first five and a half songs.

But, I can now say that I’ve seen Neil Young live without being rubbed up by grey old hippies.

There’s more!

Check out MATT ALPE’s review of BDO including Black Kids, The Ting Tings, Pendulum, The Mint Chicks, Lupe Fiasco, and Hot Chip.

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RACHEL THOMAS reports from the

MUSIC

slimy moshpits and sweaty armpits of Parachute 2009.

Whichever way you look at it, Parachute is one enormous musical sauna. Having been to seven other Parachute festivals, I have come to love and loathe different aspects of this summer party. I adore the good music and good times; hate that my food goes mouldy.

However, the oh-so-intense heat straddles the line between being my least favourite part as well as my most treasured.

After being shovelled into a 4WD with no fresh air, trying to handle flaming hot tent poles and realising “Oh, no it’s not a tan, dust has just stuck to my sweaty feet,” it’s easy to write off the intense heat as a downfall of Parachute.

But then again, nothing says Parachute like sunstroke, sticky hugs and slimy slimy moshpits.

So we choose to embrace body odour with open arms because the ridiculous heat is as signature to this festival as the music. That’s what I think it boils down to (pun intended).

Handing out justice Not only is Parachute all about music, it’s about making the most out of life and helping the unfortunate to do the same.

The theme for Parachute ‘09 was ‘Social Justice’, so advocates for World Vision and Women’s Refuge were everywhere, encouraging our lazy bums to become active bums and give a little love.

Seminars and morning meetings are a huge part of Parachute and I had all intentions of going to a heap of them, but the heat seemed to swallow all my abilities to make decisions, and in the end I only made it to one.

Mick Duncan’s seminar ‘Hurt People – Hurt People’ was an honest eye-opener into the feelings of those who have been emotionally hurt or abandoned. From his own experiences, he explained how hurt people will go on to hurt others or hurt themselves.

This is where justice became a local issue – Women’s Refuge shared the statistic that ‘more than 80,000 children witness domestic violence each year’ – and helped listeners with sickened stomachs begin to understand the seemingly impossible cycle of hurt.

Thankfully, understanding the problem is the first step to overcoming it.

Saving Grace (photo by Alex Clark)

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Homegrown heroes Parachute never fails to impress with its shiny international line-up, but the thing that always puts a smile on my dial is the myriad of talented Kiwi musicians that pop up each year.

Old faves Mumsdollar and Parachute Band (photo by Chris Traill) Rapture Ruckus stirred up a familiar tune and uh, ruckus (at the end of RR, giant chutes of fire – yes FIRE – appeared on stage); Christchurch pop talent Sunburn proved a lot more enjoyable than the common Parachute skin complaint of the same name; and deadpan small-towners the Tangible Titans convinced punters that Katikati is in fact ‘the land of dreams’.

From local debuting bands to ol- I mean ‘mature’ rockers (Dave Dobbyn), I found myself often putting the homegrown line-up before the overseas names. Why? It was always fresh, it was always different (Jocee Tuck’s set included a banjo, a glockenspiel, a piano accordion as well as electrics and four-part harmonies!) and it was always, always quality.

Having said that though there was no substitute for Atlantan dance crunk act Family Force 5 – who produced a hulk-hand mid-set and had more combined energy than several packets of No-doze taken with concentrated Red Bull. Not that I would know.

Sleep? Never...

Once the sun sets on Sunday, the wild animals of the creek emerge. Only the toughest of the tough will make it through the night with eyes open and body intact.

Shirts are torn off and villagers gather to see who will become ‘King of the Ring’, and who will eat the dust. I was reminded of the old African Proverb, “When bull elephants fight, the grass always loses.” OK, so this is what happens to my mind when I don’t sleep for 33 hours.

Seriously though, it is a Parachute tradition that the last night of the weekend be a habitat for chaotic, overtired punters who are determined to stay awake FOREVER. One friend who did however go to sleep gave us an incredible show after we went to grab a jacket (because it gets chilly at 4am) and he jumped up, yelled “I’m coming, I’m coming” and started fleeing from the ‘quicksand’.

He then ran grinning down the road, and freaked out when the dragon (cue hooded friend) grabbed him.

Who says you’re not supposed to disturb sleepwalkers?

Back in the village an enormous game of the common Parachute ‘white pony’ was in full swing – basically strangers dance with each other and, from an outsider’s POV, it looks a bit like musical speed-dating.

Parachute is an excellent singles network, and you know you’re getting the real deal because it’s darn near impossible to look cool whilst sweaty, tired and covered in dust!

Dave Dobbyn Dave Dobbyn is a total national icon. My expectations were high and boy did Dave-o deliver!

The performance was so natural and almost effortless. He literally just stood there with his guitar and sang away.

He didn’t have to run up and down the stage to try work the crowd, we were all already loving it from the get-go and singing away as though we were rugby players listening to a loud pub covers band back home!

His singing and playing was incredible and when he stopped to talk between songs I understood why every New Zealander is in love with this guy. He talked as though it was you and him having a chat over the fence. A good Kiwi bloke I reckon – JONO PERKINS

Dave Dobbyn (photo by Tamara Mapper)

Needles and Bees

Bright Lights

The first set was awesome. They made me go “wow” with the sound they get out of three people, and without backing tracks.

Sam Hume (singer, guitarist) sure knows how to work his gear. He had the DL4 mastered and his organ running through his AC30 sounded so sick when looped over and over and distorting with his guitar blaring over top too.

The energy was awesome and the whole show was amazing to watch – JONO PERKINS

I was definitely impressed as... In a matter of minutes, they had the whole venue turned upside down. The atmosphere was electric and you couldn’t help but dance.

The band describes their style as indie pop electro – quite an interesting mix. However they have found a great balance between the craziness of electro and the emotion that comes with indie and pop music – PHILIPPA PERKINS

On the 23rd of January, 2009 I embarked on a journey from Auckland to Mystery Creek for a festival that family and friends said would be the most enjoyable time of my life.

I was told to expect four amazing days of: extreme heat, three hilarious sleepless nights, too much amazing music, awe inspiring speakers and tens of thousands of people all in the same mind set.

All of this thrown into a valley on the outskirts of Hamilton, stirred around and plastered with the title PARACHUTE. Being a first time Parachuteian (yes, that’s what they call them!) I was inexperienced as what to pack, what to do and what to look out for, so this is a guide for Parachuteians in 2010 and beyond.

Do Plan your days: it is impossible to see and do everything, get a free programme and highlight what you want to do. (Yes, Mum!) Wear sunscreen and glasses: no one wants to be bright red for the best weekend of “Quote goes here” – Person Quoted

their life, so get some free sunscreen from the Cancer Society stall.

Visit the Village after 1am: This is most likely the weirdest place and time at the whole of Parachute – mass cheers out of the blue, huge dance circles, 100-person leap frog and a whole lot more I can’t even think of a name for!

Little Fire and the Funeral Choir They were the last band for the night at the White Elephant stage and I was ready to go hang out BUT I decided to give them a listen – I am eternally grateful for that quick decision. This is my favourite band as of now!

Their show had me mesmerised from about halfway through the first song. I couldn’t understand how five people so young could write, perform and pull off such beautiful, astonishing music.

With four-part harmonies, guitars played with bows, two old skateboard decks as a pedal board, happy dancing and amazing fervour, they kept me in awe – JONO PERKINS

Family Force 5 (photo by Tamara Mapper)

Don’t Wear dark clothing: this is a killer, it’s like walking around in a sauna anyway. Try wearing the brightest colours you can (you will fit in, everyone wears zany clothes anyway!) and a V-neck for those hairy-chested guys!

Forget to drink water: keeping hydrated is very important every day, but when you’re sweating your body weight dancing to Arms Reach at the Deluxe stage, you need more water than usual. Fainting is not something you want to be doing!

No matter what you do you’re going to have an amazing time at Parachute, but if you follow these simple guidelines, it will be an experience you’ll never forget! – JACK HUSTON

More Parachute madness!

Check out the full reviews and photos of Parachute at www.tearaway.co.nz (this page is just a taster!), plus an interview with Trigger Theory, a peek into Parachute ‘fashions’, and an inside look at The White Elephant stage. www.tearaway.co.nz 27

MUSIC REVIEWS

Satyricon The Age of Nero

Vanessa Hudgens Identified

The Age of Nero is the seventh studio album from Norwegian black-metal duo Satyricon.

The lyrics reflect that these songs were written in a cabin ‘deep in the Norwegian woods’. “My skin is cold and the birds fly free, over my head, where winter grows…”

Sadly, the lyrics were the only thing I liked, and I only noticed them after listening to the CD while I was flicking through the album sleeve.

I can’t pick out a favourite track because they’re all too similar.

The tempo was constantly fast semi-quavers (aka: many notes in a small amount of time) and sounded like a machine was playing the drums, which is good credit towards the drummer but pretty tiring to listen to.

The vocals were constantly delivered in a halting monotone. Variation between the tracks would have been appreciated – MERE TEINAKI

Vanessa Hudgens recently turned 20 and to mark her departure from her teenage years, she has released her second album Identified.

Far from the sweet image she is known for in High School Musical, Vanessa takes her stage persona – Baby V – even further with tracks that sound considerably more mature.

But, like many teenage stars rushing to shed their previous image, Vanessa just doesn’t get it right.

The tracks are amateurish and nothing special. They will not appeal to her younger fans, nor to an older demographic who are demanding something better from musicians than just another B-grade Hilary Duff.

I don’t mean to be horrible, but confused and flat are really the right words to describe the feel of this album – VALERIE GUO

Eagles of Death Metal Heart On Heart On is album number three from California’s Eagles of Death Metal and for fans of the band it’s a collection that won’t disappoint.

The two brains behind EODM, Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age) and Jesse Hughes (giant moustache), make for an interesting mix.

Their strength is in their lighthearted approach and the fun they’re having comes through on the end result.

Homme has described the sound as “bluegrass slide guitar with stripper drum beats” – an apt description since their sound evokes imagery of smalltown American truck stops and seedy daytime strip bars.

It’s an upbeat album to put on before heading out on Saturday night – it’s charm and sense of cool will infect your brain and keep you slick for the whole night. Like a spray-on charisma.

The production’s vast variety of textures keeps things interesting and takes attention away from the album’s flaws, such as the sometimes repetitive guitar riffs.

The album art is hilarious and makes you wish more bands didn’t take themselves so seriously.

Axl Rose took 17 years to finish Chinese Democracy while this album, according to the press release, was completed in 12 days!

Fresh. Fast. Raw. Fun. What rock should be – RHYS CONEYBEER

Deerhunter Microcastle I’ve seen the name Deerhunter occasionally mentioned on various websites and magazines over the last two years or so, usually surrounded by words such as ‘indie’, ‘experimental’ and ‘noise.’

Now that I’ve finally heard them, via their latest album Microcastle, I will add a few words of my own: ‘boring’, ‘as’ and ‘hell’.

Like the superior noise rock band Liars, Deerhunter have swapped their trademark noise rock sound for a softer/poppier one.

Liars managed to make something interesting out of their flirtations with a new sound, while Deerhunter fail to do so.

The only excitement to be found here is from knowing you may slip into a coma while listening to it since it’s so heart-stoppingly dull.

For indie low-fi art noise you’re better off checking out Liars’ self-titled album, Good Morning Spider by Sparklehorse or The Sophtware Slump by Grandaddy.

Solid works which feature great songwriting elements married with experimental low-fi sound and production – RHYS CONEYBEER

Sing It Loud Come Around As if we didn’t already have enough screaming, emo-esque popsters on the scene of the mainstream, we’ve ‘oh-so-luckily’ been blessed with another, à la Sing It Loud.

Despite the catchy riffs and drumbeats, they don’t sound any better, or worse on the other hand, than any of the other bands like them.

Contrary to my extremely cynical criticism however, these kids have made it big time after being welcomed to the big time music scene in the most modern-esque way – having around 30,000 fans on MySpace.

Perhaps I need to take a step back and appreciate that these guys have done something they never expected to do and that’s a success no one can judge – RACHEL WARD-ALLEN

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TEARAWAY GAMES

Prince of Persia (Xbox 360 version) DEVELOPED BY: Ubisoft Montreal RELEASED BY: Ubisoft AVAILABLE ON: Xbox 360, PS3, PC RATING: PG REVIEWED BY: Alexander Donohue

Normally, I try not to get excited about games based solely on their graphics; after all, any company with enough money to spend on tech can produce a flashy-looking title, but it doesn’t mean the resulting product will be fun to play.

I had to make an exception for Prince of Persia, though. It just looked so lovely.

Sure, cel-shaded graphics are hardly rare in games nowadays, but the trailers and gameplay videos I saw looked particularly exceptional.

It turns out I was right to be excited about the graphics.

The environments are gorgeously rendered, with beautiful use of colour. The characters are fluidly animated, and the highly choreographed combat sequences look fantastic.

LIPS DEVELOPED BY: iNis PUBLISHED BY: Microsoft Game Studios AVAILABLE ON: Xbox 360 RATED: PG REVIEWED BY: David ‘APEK’ Hutcheson

There is a movement occurring in the video game world to increase the public acceptance of games as being not just a geeky pastime, but more part of household entertainment, able to be enjoyed by young and old.

This movement is lead by games like Buzz, Guitar Hero and SingStar in the ever-growing genre of ‘party games’ with the most recent addition the appropriately named singing game, Lips.

While entering the karaoke-game industry, which is already dominated by the SingStar franchise, seems a risky move, Lips differentiates itself from the competition with a number of fresh new features.

Firstly, Lips is only available on Xbox 360, a kind of “Up yours!” to Sony for keeping SingStar exclusive to PlayStation. This means any partyinclined Xbox 360 owners are now given a karaoke game to add to their collection.

Another significant feature is Lips’ song selection. Lips begins with a track list of 40 songs,

Heck, even the menu screen is gorgeous.

Unfortunately, PoP also shows why I normally try to be sceptical about visually impressive games. Put simply, most of them fail to deliver gameplay of the same standard as their graphics.

So, while your eyes may love every minute of PoP, your brain may enjoy the experience significantly less.

While the gameplay is not terrible, it does feel woefully underdeveloped, with many of the game’s elements coming across as either extraneous or poorly utilised.

For example, the developers went to the effort of constructing large, elaborate environments, filled with obstacles, perilous falls and semi-hidden pathways. Yet you will only be required to traverse a relatively small area of these during gameplay.

The game promotes itself as non-linear.

However, this does not impact on the gameplay in any meaningful way; all it really does is let you choose which order you complete the areas in.

The non-linearity also negatively affects the storyline, denying it any real sense of progression.

The game’s premise – you play a mysterious adventurer who, stumbling on a dying civilisation in the middle of the desert (as you do), decides to help its princess prevent the release of an evil god – is barely fleshed out at all.

Add in a deeply unsatisfying ending, which is meant to set up a sequel to the game but just left me feeling cheated, and it becomes clear that PoP is not a game you play for the plot.

To use a food analogy (it’s nearly dinner time as I write this) PoP is a little bit like a dainty cupcake – it looks delightful, but it only lasts for a couple of mouthfuls and afterwards you find yourself yearning for something more substantial.

ranging from modern artists like Alicia Keys and Chris Brown, to more classic artists like Queen and Johnny Cash, and most songs are accompanied by the original video clips.

Also, to get more music, you can browse through a growing library of songs available to purchase from the Xbox LIVE marketplace.

However, the originality in song selection is that you are able to import your own songs from your iPod, or any other compatible MP3, to sing along to.

What I found the most impressive about Lips is the innovative new wireless microphones that it uses. These dynamic mics are motion sensitive and have colourful lights that pulsate to the beat of the song.

Unfortunately, the success of Lips may be hindered by some aspects where it falls short.

The main aspect being that the game is too easy. It is impossible to fail a song and with all songs unlocked from the start and no adjustable difficulty, there is just no incentive to play much single player.

Singing music from your own collection, although a good idea, is just not karaoke without the lyrics. Essentially all you are doing is singing along to whatever words of the song you know and mumbling along to the rest.

Also, there are many features praised in SingStar that Lips ignores, such as camera support and vocal playback.

Lips’ online functions leave a lot to be desired and it doesn’t even include online multiplayer.

However, despite its drawbacks, Lips had me singing and enjoying it.

It has definite party potential and excels on the basics of karaoke, having great functionality and great songs. And, most importantly, you’ll have a great time. www.tearaway.co.nz 31

SCOUTS NZ

AARON SILCOCK started as a cub with Piako Scout Group in Waikato when he was eight. Little did he know that being part of Scouts New Zealand would help him to fulfil his dream of becoming a pilot

Cub gets wings!

Aaron flew for the first time at the New

Dream job

Zealand Scout Jamboree in Te Anau.

Aaron continues to help as flight leader and instructor at both Aviation School and the Walsh Memorial Flying School, and gets a lot out of passing on knowledge to young people like him.

“It’s such a rewarding experience – because I’ve been there before and I know what it’s like!”

Aaron now has his dream job – working as captain of the Beech 1900 aircraft, operating commercial services for Air New Zealand Link.

He is employed by Eagle Airways, a subsidiary company of Air New Zealand.

He enjoyed that so much, he signed up for Scouts New Zealand’s Aviation School in Feilding.

“Aviation School is for budding young pilots aged 10 to 15. You get to stay at Feilding’s Aorangi Marae for a week, learn about all aspects of aviation and do lots of hands-on tasks – including flying an aircraft.”

At Aviation School, Aaron completed his second and third flights – one in a powered light aircraft and one in a glider.

Aviation School provides a perfect entry into flying, giving you a broad base of experience in the concepts of aviation including: air traffic control, airport operations, mechanics, GPS, radios, hot air balloons, search and rescue operations and an introduction to the Air Force.

A Scout preparing for his first flight in a Janus glider at Feilding

Scouts in Aviation School’s ‘Hornet Patrol’ with a BAC 167 Strikemaster

Flying solo Aaron completed his first solo flight at Scouts New Zealand’s Walsh Memorial Flying School when he was 16.

Since 1967, the school has been providing young New Zealanders aged 16 to 19 with the highest quality flight training in the country, establishing a reputation as one of the world’s premiere youth flying training programmes.

‘The Walsh’ is a two-week long adventure camp based at Matamata.

“You stay in tents and cabins at the airfield’s camping ground – and for two weeks get to live and breathe flying. Many past students have moved into commercial flying roles or joined the Royal New Zealand Air Force.”

SCOUTS is for girls too! Bex Whitley getting ready to fly a helicopter

“You stay in tents and cabins at the airfield's camping ground - and for two weeks get to live and breathe flying”

0800 SCOUTS scouts.org.nz Don’t live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable – Wendy Wasserstein

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FASHION

GIRLS Every girl has their own style and flair and this summer you can pull it off with bold prints and funky manipulations to classic dresses and tops. Feel comfy and cool in these must-haves.

Get shorty!

From short shorts to cropped funky shorts, there’s a style out there for anyone – even slightly frayed is an awesome look. Team them with a funky belt, t-shirt or singlet – great for when you want to just relax with friends. Comfort clothes for the soul!!

For that classy going-out look, wear black cropped shorts with a dazzling top and a pair of killer shoes – go from day to night in an instant. Bonus if you can pull off the high-waisted shorts. Hard to get just right but when teamed with the right top and accessories your look will be wanted by all!

Major retro Day or night, gladiator sandals never miss the mark.

Treat your feet to the trend that first appeared in B.C. Now times have changed and the sandals have been revved up with strategically placed tassels, ties and studs.

Wear them with your favourite pair of shorts or skirt for that casual chic look or team them with a dazzling dress and make all the gods gaze with amazement!

Beachy The one-piece suit revived to the max!!!

These have been funked up with strategically removed sections to make you feel Hot! Hot! Hot! Or try the new bandeau bikinis that are on offer. They have detachable straps so no more tan lines again.

Hot specs Frockalicious From mini to maxi, bold prints to bold colours, this style is girly and fabulous.

Bring out the feminine side – dresses are so in! You can go from day to night with a flick of your hair.

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Sunnies are still hot. As the saying goes: slip, slop, slap and wrap. An outfit always looks complete with an awesome pair of glasses. Just remember not to sit on them… Retro-inspired glasses are a cool style. Get them in your favourite colour.

GUYS Boyos! Now you guys were a little harder to write for because a) I’m a girl and b) I thought all guys just wore the basic shorts and t-shirt.

But wow, I was wrong! With the help of a couple of mates, we checked out some pretty rad styles.

Go plaid A couple of shorts are really hitting it off this summer. If you like the dressier look then the new plaid shorts are a must have. Good for any occasion. Team with a funky t-shirt or singlet.

Or if you are more of the boardie type of guy then the fluoro-inspired shorts may be for you.

Perfect for ‘laxin’ out.

Hats Boys and their hats. You’d think some never take them off – but kudos to the boys for covering up.

With such a wide range of hats you can have a different one for every day of the week – show some individuality with your hat and you will always look cool. They go with anything and are good for those days when your hair just isn’t sitting right – just pop a hat on and you’ll be set to hit the streets.

Skinny jeans Yes, I know it’s summer and it’s hot, but you still see these jeans out and about and you wonder how on earth they are coping wearing them (good antiperspirant maybe). But although it’s hot they still look awesome. No matter what the weather there is always a place for these jeans in your wardrobe.

Rad feet Now if you can pull off this look, you’ll be set.

These funky little shoes look great. Wear with skinny jeans (of any colour) and you’ll look awesome as! They are really reasonably priced too so you will be able to afford a couple of pairs.

But if you’re not so much of a fan of these shoes then the high top shoes are a great hit still.

A little dearer but it is OK to splurge on a pair of shoes some time, especially if they are a pair of really rad ones…

Street tees New Zealand branded t-shirts are a hit on the street right now. Lower, Huffer and Federation just to name a few are really hitting it off. So come on guys – support our good old country and buy a New Zealand made t-shirt. They are styley and look awesome.

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COOKING Go casual or break out posh with LAURA VINCENT’s quick ‘n’ easy recipe

These corn fritters are perfect for when you want to whip up something nice but don’t seem to have much in the cupboard.

Ingredients

Method

1 can whole kernel corn (not the gloopy cream-style stuff!)

Drain the can of corn and empty it into a bowl, adding the grated zucchini if using.

Crack in the egg and pour in the milk and melted butter, stirring to combine.

Fold in the flour and baking powder – being careful not to overmix – until it forms a thick batter. I haven’t included a photo of the batter because frankly it doesn’t look so enticing, but all it takes is a few quick stirs and you’re done. As I said, this is very easy to make.

Once you have your batter ready, heat a small spoonful of butter in a non-stick pan. You don’t need much butter, and you want your pan on a medium heat.

Once the butter is sizzling away, start cooking your fritters.

I find using a quartercup measure to scoop the batter into the pan works best. Smooth the batter into uniform circles if you like – you don’t want them too thick or they’ll take too long to cook.

After a minute or two, turn them over (using a couple of spatulas to do this makes it easier) and cook on the other side for another minute or two.

You don’t really need to keep adding butter to the pan, and once the fritters are done, move them to a plate and repeat until the rest of the batter is finished.

I’ll be honest; I completely forgot to count the amount of fritters this makes before they got eaten but it definitely made a decent plateful. If you want to boost quantities, try adding another drained can of corn.

1 zucchini, grated (optional – and feel free to grate in a carrot instead) 1 egg 1 tablespoon melted butter ¾ cup milk 1 cup flour 1 teaspoon baking powder

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All you need is canned corn, flour, egg, a splash of milk, and suddenly you have made something kinda fancy looking that can also be a delicious casual meal at any time.

Make them smaller and they can be nifty party nibbles.

I’ve made a quick avocado and tomato salsa to heap over the corn fritters because the two vegetables taste great together and are easy to get hold of this time of year.

But, if that sounds like too much hard work, just crack out the sweet chilli or even plain tomato sauce for dipping the corn fritters into.

Quick salsa Ingredients 1 or two ripe tomatoes (depending on how much you want) 1 ripe avocado 2 tablespoons each of fresh coriander and mint

METHOD Dice the tomato and avocados and mix gently in a small bowl. Sprinkle over your herbs. That’s it.

As you can see from the photo, all you need now is a dollop of sour cream…