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s we come to the last issue of the year, I feel a weird mixture of relief and sadness.
I’m relieved because I no longer have to dread Thursdays (print days). I don’t have to chase up writers who’ve ‘forgotten’ about their deadlines. I can finally get a full eight hours of sleep during the week. And I don’t have to break my back carrying boxes of magazines on Mondays. But holy moly, I’m also so unbelievably sad that this year has come to an end. My beautiful team of 12 have done an incredible job this year. I’m so lucky to have not only found such a talented bunch of students, but to have found friendships too. Sure, there are definitely some things I won’t miss over the summer break. Like trying to explain that a sentence should not be 50 words long (Lee). Or that commas are a vital element of a sentence (Ellice). And that when someone says, “I’ve nearly finished my article”, I know they have only just started—and they’re already late for the deadline (Kamaia and Ruby).
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Massey Professor Facing Complaint Defended
Demand Grows as Counselling Students Face Unpaid Placements
Te Tria Ahu Pae Says They Don’t Endorse Beliefs of Any Club
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FEATURES AHUATANGA WHere Have the $1 Lolly Bags Gone?
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Massey Students to Launch Election-Themed TV Show Scholars Cafe to be Replaced Under Massey’s Food Strategy
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Happy last week of semester! Good luck with exams and final hand-ins! Happy Halloween, Merry Christmas and HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Despite all this, we had some really cool moments this year, too. We held our first ever fashion show, a gig in Palmerston North, an art exhibition, and printed so many issues that spotlighted the incredible talent at Massey University.
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To my team who are moving forward, I love you all to bits (even when you drive me insane). I’m so proud of you, and I’m so excited to see what you do next.
I’m so sorry to the sudoku lovers. But I simply could not give a shit xx
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It probably won’t come as a surprise to many of you (mostly because Olive and I have been shouting it from the rooftops), but we’re coming back as Editor and Designer next year. While we’ll have a basically completely new student portion of the team, we’re so excited to see what comes next.
‘Pop Culture’ was the magazine with the most typos (my bad). We accidentally labelled ‘Kai’ as Issue Three instead of Issue Four, which resulted in approximately 15 emails reminding us of our mistake (thanks guys). I’ve never felt as much anxiety as I did when we were going to print for the ‘Drug & Alcohol’ issue. And until around Issue Six, I was receiving weekly complaints that the sudoku was either too hard or too easy.
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To everyone who helped make Massive happen this year—thank you. We genuinely wouldn’t be able to do it without you.
But all in all, I’ve been pretty lucky to have found this team. Particularly because we had a bit of a rocky start to the year. I think Olive (Massive’s designer) and I can both agree that our first few issues were a bit of a shambles.
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Until next year... xoxo Jessie
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hen I look back on my time here as Presidency I can say its been a pretty wild year. I’m in my final week of University and leaving next year! But what a way to kick off university with a bang. But I will always look back fondly at my time here at Massey University. From starting in the Fale on the Pukeahu campus... Kava nights singing Halo till dawn... And discovering my ways around Wellington...
To then moving up here to Auckland, to try set myself up for life after uni. It’s been one amazing ride, and to everyone I interacted along the way, you’ve made my time here at university great. And that’s why I took the role of being President at Te Tira Ahu Pae. Because along my journey of getting to this position and discovering who I was, was the opportunity to meet each and every one of you. And the community was the best.
To the lecturers that I had... particularly the ones where I had to repeat classes... I’m beyond grateful for the enthusiasm and opportunity to learn my education. I wasn’t the most dialed in, and my focus has sometimes been elsewhere, but I am abundantly grateful, to be able to have such passionate people being there with me along the way. So, for my final Rep Rant for the year, I would like to thank all of you for some amazing years. Takunda Mabonga
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Massey Professor Facing Complaint Defended by Free Speech Union Milly Matthews • SHE/HER
he Free Speech Union is defending In an email response to Massive, T distinguished Massey University professor Schwerdtfeger said that the ideas reflected of Chemistry Peter Schwerdtfeger, who in his articles were concerns of many received a complaint about a series of 2023 articles he co-authored that criticised decolonisation, matauranga Maōri, and upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi in universities.
One of six articles mentioned in the complaint, titled Universities or Indoctrination Centres? Schwerdtfeger, alongside AUT Engineering professor John Raine and Statistician David Lillis, stated that colonisation “bought positives” to New Zealand and ended the inter-tribal wars. The Free Speech Union (FSU) wrote a letter to Massey which said that upholding the complaint breached Massey’s academic freedom policy. “Academics must be free to challenge the consensus and the dogma of the day, and to ask the questions everyone else is too nervous to ask,” Jillaine Heather, FSU exective director, said. “It doesn’t matter whether you agree with a word Professor Schwerdtfeger wrote ... The moment a university panel is asked whether an academic’s opinions line up with its values, academic freedom is already gone. That was never a question a university should be answering.”
academics as they “regard as the ideological capture of our universities and the imposition of constraints on freedom”. “Many of my colleagues are reluctant to speak out publicly because they fear the potential consequences. “Our articles were therefore intended to examine these issues and to draw public attention to what we perceived as the growing influence of critical social justice theory and postmodernist ideas within New Zealand universities.” He described the complaint laid against him as: “So misinformed and disconnected from the facts that it is difficult not to question whether the complaint is primarily an activist endeavour.”
However, Schwerdtfeger disagreed. “I do not see my role as a distinguished professor as any different in this respect from that of my colleagues at the university. A university is a place of critical thinking and sometimes fierce intellectual debate, where people hold diverse political and philosophical views. “We do not have to agree with one another, but we work together to find common ground and to develop and shape the policies of the University.” Schwerdtfeger also “vehemently rejects” the idea that there could be discrimination in his teaching—something which the complainant inquired about. “I am opposed to racism and sexism in all forms, and I welcome students and colleagues from all national and international backgrounds into my lectures and research activities.”
“Surely, one of the fundamental purposes of a university is to encourage open intellectual debate, including disagreement and the robust exchange of ideas,” Schwerdtfeger said.
He said that he found this aspect of the complaint “particularly concerning” as it implied he did not uphold these values without any supporting evidence.
As part of the complaint made against Schwerdtfeger, the complainant said that as a distinguished professor, his title came with added responsibility.
A Massey spokesperson said they were unable to comment because it relates to an ongoing complaint. However, they confirmed that they were aware of FSU’s letter and are “considering the matters it raises”. 5
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NZ First Targets International Students Work Rights Ellice Lawrie • SHE/HER
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ecent policy proposal by NZ First would see changes to our immigration policies that could impact international students’ ability to gain employment in Aotearoa.
NZ First believed this policy will ensure education visa grants are used as intended.
“The reality of New Zealand’s job market is that hiring relies heavily on local networking and professional references. Forcing graduates to leave the country breaks those relationships right when they matter most.”
“The requirement applies only to those seeking to change their visa status, not to students completing their studies and departing as intended. This change protects the integrity of the student visa category.”
Massey University currently has 4,409 international students enrolled across its four campuses. This number included 2,709 students on the Auckland campus and 1,339 students on its Manawatū campus.
“New Zealand employers generally cannot pause hiring to wait out offshore visa processing times, especially when many businesses already lean toward domestic applicants to avoid complex visa processes.”
NZ First leader Winston Peters said that tightening immigration policies would target those who are taking opportunities from Kiwis.
A NZ First spokesperson said that this policy is to ensure that New Zealand students have a fair chance at gaining employment during and after their studies.
“The ‘kiwi dream’ belongs to kiwis who have worked hard for our country, invested time, sweat, pride, and belongs to the generations who share in our country’s history,” he said.
“New Zealand’s current Youth Unemployment rate is approximately 22 percent, and Youth Under-utilisation rate is approximately 37 percent.”
“It is not for just anybody around the world who decides to come to our great country for five minutes and claim what we have built just for their convenience.”
They said the work rights that international students currently have isn’t in line with other countries who have tighter restrictions.
However, Te Tira Ahu Pae’s international student representative, Abhinav Shine, said that international students bring crucial economic support to universities while not accessing any public benefits or welfare.
With work hours for international students already being capped at 25 hours a week, Shine said students are working to cover their basic living expenses not to compete with local careers. Ultimately, Shine believed that this policy would impact New Zealand as a whole. “Removing clear post-study pathways risks pushing skilled graduates straight to competitor markets like Australia, leaving New Zealand’s tertiary sector and local employers worse off.”
Under NZ First’s proposed policy, international students on a student visa would not have automatic work rights after completing their studies. Instead, they must return home before reapplying for a work visa.
“Last year, there were approximately 90,000 international student visas granted in New Zealand. Most of these international students are granted the ability to work, with some automatically guaranteed work between 20 to 25 hours a week while they study in New Zealand.” The spokesperson also said that for students genuinely committed to a long-term future in New Zealand, departing after completing their studies to reapply shouldn’t be an issue. “Export education was designed to allow foreign students to come to New Zealand, get
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an education, and go back. It should not be used as a back door for long-term residency.”
“International students pay several times what domestic students pay, and those fees help keep our universities running and specialized courses available.” According to Education New Zealand, this sector brings in over $4.5 billion a year. He added that requiring students to leave the country after they graduate will greatly impact their abilities to pursue employment in Aotearoa.
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Demand Grows as Counselling Students Face Unpaid Placements Josie Maddox • SHE/HER
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ounselling students are facing significant financial pressure while completing unpaid placements—and Massey University acknowledges this sacrifice. The issue comes as concerns grow about the financial challenges facing students in professional degrees, particularly those required to complete practical placements alongside their studies. Massey’s director of accredited programmes, Raewyn Laurenson Elder, who previously led the Master of Counselling, said students were not paid for their placements because the government did not provide funding for Counselling practicums. “We’d love to offer paid placements to students, but that’s just not part of the thing.” The Master of Counselling is the second stage of Massey’s Counselling pathway. Students first complete a Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling and Guidance Studies, which is delivered online and focuses on the theoretical foundations of counselling. Around 200 to 250 students enter the postgraduate diploma each year, but only about 40 to 45 are accepted into the master’s programme. The programme director said students leave for various reasons, including personal, health and family issues, as well as the demands of the workload, rather than just financial pressure. However, she acknowledged that finances can be a significant consideration. “We are very aware that people have to make a financial sacrifice to do this,” she said.
“It’s hard if you’re a single parent or if you’re not working.” Students are warned about the financial commitment before entering the Master’s programme. The course is structured parttime to allow students to continue working while studying. Around one-third to half of Master’s students are already employed, with some completing their placement within their existing workplace. However, this is not possible for everyone, leaving some students balancing unpaid placement hours with the loss of paid working time.
“You might get 30 people on a Zoom session, but that doesn’t mean there’s 30 people only in the programme.” She said students who make it into the master’s programme rarely leave. “Very, very rarely do we get anyone pull out,” she said. “It’s an exception rather than a rule, and they’re often exceptional circumstances.” While Massey said demand for counselling training is growing, students still face the challenge of completing substantial unpaid practical work while managing employment and other living costs.
Students must also pay for their own professional supervision, which is a requirement of the counselling profession.
The university said it would like to provide greater financial support for students, but paid counselling placements are not currently funded by the government.
Despite the financial challenges, Laurenson Elder challenged RNZ’s recent claims that counselling students are increasingly dropping out.
For students considering counselling as a career, Laurenson Elder said understanding the financial commitment before enrolling was essential. “We do prepare students for that and we do talk about it quite openly because it is something they do need to be aware of.”
“I don’t agree with that at all,” she said. Instead, she said Massey’s Counselling programmes experienced growing enrolments in recent years. The Master’s programme currently has about 76 students, while increasing numbers in the postgraduate diploma have led to the addition of three senior tutors. Laurenson Elder said the number of students attending online classes could also be misleading because Zoom sessions are not compulsory.
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Te Tira Ahu Pae Says They Don’t Endorse Beliefs of Any Club Jessie Davidson • SHE/HER
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fter the controversial spiritual practice, Falun Gong, established itself as an official Te Tira Ahu Pae club, the student association told Massive they don’t endorse any of their clubs’ beliefs or viewpoints.
A spokesperson for Te Tira Ahu Pae told Massive that even if a club is affiliated under Te Tira Ahu Pae, this didn’t mean that the student association endorsed the group’s beliefs or viewpoints.
Last week, Massive reported that the MUM Falun Dafa club had been established on Massey University’s Manawatū campus.
“All affiliated clubs are required to operate in accordance with Te Tira Ahu Pae policies, Massey University policies and New Zealand law.
Falun Dafa is another name for Falun Gong—a controversial spiritual practice which began in China. After Te Tira Ahu Pae shut down a similar Falun Gong group on campus in 2024, students approached Massive wanting to know why the club was now allowed to be established this year.
“Te Tira Ahu Pae does not permit discriminatory, hateful or harmful conduct or material.” Based on the information provided in its application, Te Tira Ahu Pae said the MUM Falun Dafa club’s purpose was “to offer students opportunities
to participate in Falun Dafa meditation and related wellbeing activities”. Te Tira Ahu Pae understood why students were concerned. They said if any club associated with the student association had concerning conduct or materials, these clubs would be reviewed through the appropriate processes. “Where concerns are substantiated and a club is found to be promoting discriminatory or harmful material, Te Tira Ahu Pae may take appropriate action, including suspension or withdrawal of affiliated status, in accordance with the applicable rules and processes.”
Voting Opens for 2027 Student Reps Jessie Davidson • SHE/HER
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They consult with their cohorts through events, surveys and forums and actively look for ways to improve student life.
In the last three years, voting has either been postponed or cancelled due to a notfit-for-purpose representation model.
There are different kinds of student reps: general president, Pasifika president, Pasifika reps, campus reps, international reps, disability reps, and postgraduate reps.
oting for a new group of student representatives for 2027 is now open, marking the first time in three years that voting has occurred on time.
After a new model was implemented at the beginning of this year, Te Tira Ahu Pae has started to return to normalcy. Here’s what you need to know about this election... What is a Student Representative? Student reps represent the interests and needs of Massey University students.
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Where Can I Vote? All enrolled Massey University students are eligible vote through the Te Tira Ahu Pae website:
Tumuaki Takirua (Māori student reps) follow a different process under Massey University’s Māori student association, Ngā Haumi ki te Ao. Who is Running? You can find a full list of candidates here: Voting closes at midnight on 29th October.
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Massey Students to Launch Election-Themed TV Show uZoe Leamouth • SHE/HER
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s the semester comes to a close, a studentled TV news show is being launched by the students of the combined Specialist Reporting and Documentary and Factual Project classes. The show, Pōti Party, is a two-episode election themed news show aimed to encourage young people to vote and have an active interest in politics. Between the two episodes, there will be a combination of factual reporting, fun stories and mini-games, which all bring a young perspective on the upcoming election. Months of work have gone into this TV show, and has allowed students to step into new roles and gain practical experience in a live production environment. One of the presenters, Angelina, said the production gave her a chance to try something c completely new. “This will be my first chance to be on camera,” she said. “I haven’t really done much of that. I’ve done a bit of theatre and stuff, but
this is my first time actually being on a live production and also being on camera.” One of Angelina’s favourite parts of the class was “yarning” with her fellow presenters, highlighting the positive social environment of the show. The show’s editor, Sophie, also enjoyed this collaborative space, adding that she “really liked getting to work with the script writers on the script collaboratively; the whole feedback process is really fun”. For Sophie, she said that she’s “never done a class like this before”. “It’s way, way more practical than anything I’ve ever done.” Throughout the semester, students were able to explore a range of production roles to figure out where their strengths lie. From presenting in front of the cameras to the many roles behind them, every position played a part in creating the final show.
Otis, the director for episode one, said: “It’s stressful but great. I’ve got a great crew and great presenters. Once we move past stressing out, it’s fun.” After a semester of practising, planning, filming and experimenting, Pōti Party is finally ready to reach its audience. Before it hits TV screens, students and members of the community can watch the production live during a watch party at Massey’s Tea Gardens on October 15th. Episode one will go live to tape at 9:30 am, followed by episode two at 11am. Whether you’re interested in politics, journalism or simply want to see what your fellow students have been creating, Pōti Party offers a chance to see student news with an electoral spin. Catch Pōti Party on Channel 83 at 7:30 pm on October 21st and 23rd, or on October 15th in the Massey Tea Gardens at 9:30 am.
Scholars Café to be Replaced Under Massey’s Food Strategy Maya Trotman • SHE/HER
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new café is set to open in place of the Scholars Café as part of Massey University’s food strategy after the previous operator exited their lease. Following the Scholars Café closure, A Massey spokesperson said they have been considering the future of the space as a wider part of their food strategy. The food strategy is a part of Massey’s 2026 to 2030 strategy. It aims to focus Massey’s
2026 agenda on food technology. Part of this is improving campus cafes to create a “more vibrant and welcoming campus experience”. “Our focus is on providing students and staff with fresh, affordable and accessible food, greater choice and variety, and spaces that support connection and community.” It is likely that the new café also aims to bring more students to Albany campus, restoring
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livelihood to the “ghost town” that RNZ described the campus as in May this year. The Massey spokesperson said that work is underway to ensure the new café provides a sustainable, high-quality service for students and staff when it reopens.
The cafe is expected to reopen under university operation by semester one, 2027.
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enerations of Kiwi kids have spent their hard earnt pocket money on these bags of cheap sugary joy. Whether it was gummy snakes, sour pieces, or boiled sweets, there was a bag for any lolly-lover.
The ripe age of seven is when the race for lollies began. When the school bell rang, I’d grab But walking through Wellington’s my bag, run out of the classroom, present-day dairies, it seems like $1 lolly and rush down the street to the bags are a relic of the past. It seems not even the lollies can escape inflation and local dairy. Crowds of kids swarmed the cost-of-living. outside, wielding their stashes of Determined to keep the timeless lollies like prized possessions. tradition going, I spent my Monday morning driving around Wellington in search of the forgotten bag. Inside the dairy, lo and behold, a beautiful rainbow selection of sweets. From 10 cent sherbert lollipops, 20 cent KBars, and $2 rolls of Hubba Bubba. And then there was the $1 lolly bag. 10
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Supreme Store Wallace Street Aro Valley Foodmarket I start off my search with high hopes and head to the dairy & Aro Valley Minimart across the road from Massey University’s Wellington campus. In the past, they’ve serbed me well with a cheap energy drink and ice cream, so I was feeling good. I stroll up to the front counter where a decent selection of lolly bags are displayed, and my heart drops. The label reads: “$2.00” Palms sweating and heart pounding, the dairy owner judgmentally watches me swallow his prices. Shoulders slumped in defeat, I slink outside bagless. This was going to be harder than I thought.
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Moving onwards to Aro Valley, I start to get desperate. Aro Valley Foodmarket has the smallest selection of lolly bags so far. And, you guessed it, they were all $2.
Overcome with my excitement at a $1 deal, I impulsively snag a bag of the bubble gum which comes with a temporary tattoo. Failing to get the ink to stick, I end up with half a tattoo of Nala and Simba on my forearm and a small collection of stale gum.
Still, I’m getting somewhere. Across the road, Aro Valley Minimart raises my expectations slightly. With an entire wall of lolly bags, they have the biggest selection by far. Running out of both gas and hope for a good deal, Brooklyn Still, a $2 price tag hangs Food Market is my final stop. menacingly above the And luckily, it was worth it. rainbow wall of lollies. Under the $2 lolly bag shelf was a beautiful shelf of $1 lolly bags.
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Too stubborn to give up, I drive all the way to Karori Park Store.
Trying to brush off the disappointment of the first dairy, I march two minutes away to Hankey Street Food Market. But once again, $2 lolly bags are the only option.
My trained eyes scan over another pile of $2 lolly bags with disappointment. But just as I go to leave, an unfamiliar price tag catches my eye.
I wish I was joking when I pick up one of these bags and count perhaps seven gummy bears. Each bear would be 28 cents each. Far too expensive. Far too stingy.
My jaw drops. My heart races. I gleefully clap my hands and squeal.
Seems like Massey’s local dairies are not very budget friendly.
Rather than a good deal, the pile is more like a bunch of reject lollies.
“Bagged Candy $1.00 each.”
But just as I’m about to touch my childhood again, I look at the selection of sweets. Juicy Chews, Super Tattoo Bubble Gum, and candy bananas.
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Was there a mere five rainbow bricks in one bag? Yes. But did the store technically meet the brief of a $1 lolly bag? Yes. Grabbing a bag of peach rings and gummy worms, I excitedly explained my lolly bag hunt to the confused dairy owner. I thanked him for his work and called my mission complete. It seems like the magic of the dirt-cheap lolly bag no longer exists in the same beautiful way it once did. Finding a good deal nowadays requires a lot of hunting (and petrol.) Still, I’ll hold out hope that one day $1 lolly bags will return when we need them most.
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What once was an off-putting video of Will Smith eating pasta is now everywhere. It is taking our order at McDonalds, it is implemented in our universities, the fucker is even on my google docs. In the past four years AI has gone from a joke to an unescapable “Hi! How can I help?” everywhere you look. The scariest question is that if AI has progressed so much in the past four years, what will it look like in another four years? And if the numerous whistleblowers from big tech companies are right and we only have a decade left before AI turns humans extinct, then is simply having enough water to drink going to sound like a luxury to me in a couple years? Humans are infamously easily adaptable animals. Perhaps it will be this ability that will lead to our downfall. So quickly we all adapted to using AI as a crutch to think for us, plan for us, and do all our work. We are at a turning point, and the truth is the time of AI is here. The scary part is what happens next. Is this just a blip in the long history of civilization or will we submissively bow down to the great AI lords?
up to float their companies. But this fearmongering of the idea of conscious AI is shifting the blame from the tech companies themselves.
in the following decades, Taffel also says we will still be creating because at our core “human beings are fundamentally creative creatures”.
“By positioning this as like autonomous agents that are completely beyond the control of their makers, those American tech firms have quite successfully, at the moment anyway, seemed to avoid any real repercussions” Taffel says.
No matter how much AI slop may be pushed out into the world, the human desire to create and make art is something Taffel says will survive.
They are painting out AI to be Frankenstein’s monster, hoping we will ignore the fact that they are the ones who created it. This ploy of the idea of rogue AI is serving as a distraction from the impacts on the environment. This is one of the real threats of AI we need to be focusing on. “It is something that is inflicting significant additional harm on ecosystems, which is going to make human flourishing in the future harder, but in a way that is far more complex and unequal than the really overly simplified notion of ‘it’s the end of the world.” Taffel says. Another popular narrative big tech companies are feeding into is the idea that there is no need to focus on climate action right now because AI will figure out the answer.
Sy Taffel, a senior lecturer in Media Studies and co-director of the Political Ecology Research Centre at Massey University, said this sci-fi movie idea of AI gaining consciousness and destroying human life is actually a smoke screen to disguise the real issues behind AI.
“You get this rhetoric from people like Eric Schmidt [a former Google CEO] that, well, we’re going to miss our climate goals anyway. So rather than actually try and decarbonize and do things, that might inhibit economic growth, why don’t we just gamble everything on AI somehow coming up with a problem in the solution in the future.”
Not only are these whistleblowers’ confessions coincidentally coming out just as big tech companies, like anthropic and open AI, are gearing
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If there is a future in which humans and AI can exist without the latter being detrimental to the former is a question we can only wait to find out. AI itself is not just ChatGPT type algorithms, there are forms of AI which have existed before our recent time of AI. “There are AI algorithms that are used like every time you take a picture on your smartphone to change the aesthetics of what a very small camera can do to make the pictures look nicer. That’s not particularly environmentally harmful and it’s not particularly problematic.” Taffel said there is a possibility of AI being released in a non-corporate and non-profit controlled model, where an individual could train their own models from home. Then perhaps the detrimental impacts would be significantly lower. There is so much public speculation that focuses on questions like if all humans will be killed and will AI answer all our problems or cause them all. But these discussions simply work as a red herring distracting us from where our focus should be. It should be on the owners and developers in the big tech companies because if we actually were in a sci-fi movie, they would be the villains.
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WORDS BY KAMAIA BAINBRIDGE-FROST • SHE/HER INUI, FASITO’OUTA NGĀ PUHI, WAIKATO TA Fairy bread and ildho od trust The world seemch s to unfold befo,re us. Monkey bars an em ories, The past is but adrem verie. Childlike wonder is tru ly sublime, As we navigate th e w or one little step at a tim ld, e. The tidy up song begin s to ring, A familiar sound to welc ome Spring. Our backpacks strapp ed on, weighing heav Twice our size,y,we try to steady. To the teacher, I show Running outside so fa ten pieces of trash, st, I get whiplash. School holidays are he Two weeks to pioneer. re, Saying goodby to my friends, While I smile froem ear to ear. For the sunshine await s, With many memor ies to create. My brother and mp in the car, Ready to travel diI ju stances far.
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Our first stop is here, Nans’ house is near. Equipped with gumboots, The rural uniform, much like a suit. In search of one dollar bags, Behind us, we hear Nan’s nags. Feijoa lollies in hand, we stomp on once more. To the local bunnings, outside the front door. The sausages sizzle, they’re hot on the grill. Nan hands me a gold coin, my puku is full. To get some lunch, off to Pak ‘n’ Save. The stickman sends us off with a wave. Back to the car, Drifting along the tar. The smell of salt air drifts to my nose, As the car drives on, past the undertows. Opononi, forever a special place, It’s mauri is truly impossible to replace.
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WORDS BY RUBY BARR • SHE/HER • NGĀ PUHI, TAINUI
ART BY ELI ARMSTRONG • HE/THEY Tangaroa washes over me, I am truly and completely free. We splish and splash among the sea, Our innocent joy is true glee. Nan pulls out a picnic, I sprint out of the ocean quick. Cocktail sausages and fairy bread, A delicious special lunchtime spread. I eat and I eat, till my puku should pop, Once we’re finished, back to the car we hop. As Aotearoa passes us by, In the car we travel, almost like we could fly. We pull into the next stop with a zip, It’s my favourite stop, our local fish and chip. I tug on Papa’s shorts, with a twinkle in my eye, He laughs: “what do I need to buy?” We stroll out of the shop, its food renowned, In my hand, the giraffe’s longest drink in town. We chomp down, drowning our chips in sauce, The seagulls squawk, they think they’re the boss. I fling off my jandals and begin running free, Happening to stumble upon a grand Pōhutukawa tree. I climb and climb, getting higher and higher. I gloat to my brother, “I’m winning!” “You liar!”
The evening falls gently, a sunset to please, I watch it longingly, from between the leaves. Papas voice ring through the air, It’s home time now, that much is clear. My eyes weigh heavy and we drive home, As I fall asleep, my mind starts to roam. I dream of the world unfolding before me, Its possibilities and hope, I can clearly see. My inner-child stills rests in me, I think of her as I stare at a Pōhutukawa tree. When I get a lolly bag from the dairy, Or see a little girl dressed as a fairy. I know in my heart although it has passed, I wished I hadn’t wanted to grow up so fast.
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WORDS BY LJ
I feel like I make more mistakes than anyone in my life. Daily little ones, weekly mediums, and then the annual big one each year. My friends await the call to hear about LJ’s gigantic annual fuck up. My errors exhaust me. On my worst days they fill up my brain and on my best, they spark giggles in pubs. Whilst these mistakes have taught me a lot, I see another reality where I didn’t need the knowledge. They say: “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger”. But why does one need all this strength? I guess I can’t help myself but get jacked. Lucky enough I’ve found a way to time travel—phew! I will deliver my younger self some letters to save them the heart ache. And by virtue, remind you of the blunders we may share. 18
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Dear 19Dear 13-year-old LJ, year-old LJ, PUT DOWN THE EYELINER. Put down the bright pink blush. Don’t even think about the eyebrow slit. I cannot believe Mum hasn’t taken away your fishnets yet. Pull down your skirt and stop walking upstairs Infront of the music teacher wearing thongs. He has a wife and kids. And you are 13.
Just stop trying to grow up so fast! The vapes are cringe and snorkeling Cruisers on people’s stories will get you in a lot of trouble. Oh, and lose the guy. He never stops cheating. They never do.
Don’t commit benefit fraud. Obviously, it was an accident, but now $20 is taken out of my account every week. Think of the things that extra money could have purchased.
For you my darling, the list goes on. Please don’t call boys “Daddy” during sex. It’s really weird. Sprinkling MDMA on your cones is a really horrible idea. It will mess up your grasp on reality for years. Acid is not expanding your brain man, it’s making you forget how to spell.
loves you, and she’s right by the way—you need to chill on the push-up bras.
Do I even need to say it? You know what it is. You have the court date memorised.
I miss that $20.
Dear 20Dear 15-year-old LJ, year-old LJ, Hmm what else? Don’t trash the catholic school, they will get the Police involved. If cocaine makes you drowsy, it’s probably not cocaine. Oh, and only 1 to 4.3 percent of the population are allergic to latex, so he probably isn’t.
Dear LJ from six Dear 17-year-old LJ, hours ago Don’t encourage Jemma to kiss the Crip for free vodka and stop being mean to your Mum. She
Whatever you do, don’t give random text links all your bank details. I know they say they’re BNZ but trust me—they aren’t.
Considering it all though, you do pretty well this year. You start
writing and never stop. The identity crisis are endless and you probably shouldn’t spend $500 every six weeks on your hair. But all up, just relax. Your people will find you.
Dear 17-year-old LJ, Don’t open car doors out onto busy roads. Another car will smash through the door. You will continue to have a good night because you’re too pissed to care. But it turns out car doors are expensive and insurance companies are fascists.
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Please put down the beer and go home. It’s a Wednesday. You’re way past your Massive deadline and you have work at 5:45am. Is it worth it? Has it ever all been worth it? All these mistakes? Probably not. But soaking up visceral experience seems to be what you were made for. Or what you can’t seem to live without. I’m sure this one will be the last one though...
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WORDS BY RUBY BARR • SHE/HER NGĀ PUHI, TAINUI
As 20-something year old students, we often feel morally righteous. Strengthened by our formative years at university, it’s easy to imagine a world where you’re exempt from stupidity. But as we all know, this is far from the truth. The same logic also applies to student media. Even our beloved Massive Magazine. 22
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rom being declared indecent in the han ds of persons aged under 17 by the Indecent Publica tions Tribunal, to publishing an article in 2003 titled ‘College Made me Fat’— Massey University’s student media has an infamous history.
But what happened in 2012, when Ma ssive merged to bring all three Massey campuses tog ether through one unified magazine? Look no further, I’ve compiled a few out rageous articles and complaints that Massive has rece ived since its birth. All it took was a few Google searches, three tabs opened on the New Zealand Media Council web site, and one unfortunate 2016 Spinoff article.
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WORDS BY RUBY BARR • SHE/HER • NGĀ PUHI, TAINUI
In 2016, Massive ran a satirical article titled: ‘Massey University bans ginger students for 2017’. This article covered an announcement that Massey would ban all red-haired students studying from 2017 onwards.
One Massey lecturer complained to the Media Council that the article “Incited racial hatred against people with Celtic racial heritage who have genetically endowed red hair”.
The feature opens with a report of a fictional press conference at which Massey’s former vice chancellor, Steve Maharey, confirmed the university’s ban.
“[It is] Promoting blatant and quite nasty stigmatisation and demonisation of redheads.”
Fictitious interviews were conducted by Maharey with former Prime Minister John Key, Labour’s Chris Hipkins, a parent, a gingerhaired student, and three presidents of university student associations.
The Council found that
The article had interviewees describe redhaired people as being a “contagious disease”, “gross”, and associated with inbreeding. This article sparked at least 28 complaints to the editor and three complaints made to the New Zealand Media Council—mostly made by Massey staff members.
Additionally, the lecturer said the article was in breach of the Bill of Rights Act by expressing hostility against red-haired people.
However, the complaints were not upheld by the Media Council, despite some viewing the piece as racist.
“the report is clearly a spoof”. “Student magazines, by their very definition, are well known for pushing the boundaries of what may be considered decency with content that is often provocative, ## irreverent and offensive.”
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To add to Massive’s 2016 streak of stupidity, the column that year, ‘Ask Guru’, provides another difficult read. Not only is calling a boy who is giving misogynistic sex advice a ‘guru’ highly offensive, but it’s also deeply culturally insensitive.
While the ‘Guru’ may have been provided with more questions than our ‘Mother Massive’ [Editor’s note: crying, screaming, throwing up], the questions were equally as offensive as the answers.
It was an unhinged, insensitive, unmitigated
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One anonymous submission referred to his girlfriend’s unshaven bush as a member of the Jackson Five and asks what to do. The response begins: “there’s nothing worse than flossing your teeth with your girl’s long, stringy pubes while you’re trying to tickle her damp love tunnel with your tongue”. The ‘Guru’ continued to spend five sentences explaining how to manage the writer’s pubes with different household items. Suggesting he should “heat up her GHD and straighten that shit first”. In another issue, the Guru advised a man who wanted to have sex with his girlfriend on campus to starve her so that eventually she would “eat his willy”. Another key highlight of the Guru column is that whenever a woman would write in about her sexual or relationship problems, she’d always get blamed for the issue. For example, when a woman wrote in to ask why all of her male friendships felt like they were built on the basis that she might sleep with them one day, the response was: “Either stop hanging out with them, or you make it known that he isn’t getting into your dirty panties. Be straight up and tell him he’s in the friend zone. Then watch as he drops you for someone else.” Today’s sex-pert ‘Mother Massive’ embraces the bush, celebrates consensual sex, and definitely doesn’t blame women for their own mistreatment at the hands of a man.
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We can’t blame all of our misfortunes on past years of fuck-ups. We had our very own complaint this year under the supervision of our new rulers, Jessie and Olive. For our ‘Love’ issue, Massive’s Te Ao Māori writer, Kamaia, wrote a hilarious personal essay about autonomy and compromise in relationships. To do this, she used an example of her ex-boyfriend and her vape. Her piece outlined the final fight between her and her ex, in which he issued her an ultimatum—him or the vape. The article was bigger than love and Kamaia’s cherry pomegranate Bud Bar. Her epic tale opened the conversation about how easy it is to offer your autonomy in exchange for romantic affection.
“The article about vaping or boyfriend a couple of weeks ago was egregiously bad”. They continue to say: “Cigarette packs have to have pictures of various disfigured body parts/organs; why is Massive allowed to have a *seemingly* pronicotine article in an issue that isn’t even relevant to the subject?” Not to be overly harsh, but applying critical thinking to a text is necessary to understand the actual message. To be fair, we probably should’ve put in a disclaimer. So, if it’s not obvious...Massive does not endorse vaping, and we recognise nicotine is an addictive substance with established health risks. But as Kamaia so eloquently put it, the article wasn’t about nicotine— it was about her autonomy.
But one reader was offended that nicotine was used to point to a greater problem. Writing a letter to the editor, they claimed was Massive glorifying vaping. They seemed to ignore the parts of the article where Kamaia spoke about the real reasons she quit vaping and instead accused Massive of promoting nicotine addiction. Massive Magazine
It’s easy to assume that the perfection of a fresh issue of Massive extends back through the magazine’s history. But even the youngest student media publication has skeletons in the closet. But as we all know, it’s only up from rock bottom.
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or as long as I can remember, Grandad would send us a jar of pickled onions at the closing of summer.
When we came to Auckland to help him move, Grandad didn’t speak. He watched quietly as we taped shut boxes of laughing photos, untangled jewellery, and stacked years of memories in Aunt Lee’s Mazda Demio.
In the holidays, when I came to stay, I would spend my days lying on the floor of his living room reading Harry Potter. Sunlight peered through the cracks of the venetian blinds, striping my skin golden. The room was hazy, warm, and smelt like Nana’s bergamot perfume. Outside, Grandad sat on his weathered bench among his vege garden. Old, calloused fingers poked and peeled a pile of onions that would lean its weight against the red bricked house. The sun glared down on his aged skin, and despite the onion-induced tears that escaped his eyes, he would smile. Everyone in our family got a jar of pickled onions. Grandad never forgot anyone. These onions were better than the store-brought ones you get. Biting into one set off a symphony of spices, vinegar and an onion-tang. In an attempt to try make one jar last an entire year, Dad made rules about how many we were allowed per day. But I knew he always ate a few more than his share—he was just sneaky about it. When Nana died, Grandad made two jars of pickled onions for everyone. But this time, he didn’t smile when he sat among his onions on his old weathered bench. When his shaking hands began to poke and peel the bulbs, they weren’t the ones to blame when tears ran down his cheeks. As hard as we tried, Grandad never talked about his feelings. Silence is how he copes. Nana was always the firm, chatty one. She gave out her love with buckets of nails. Instead of talking, Grandad bottled all his pain and grief into those jars.
Before we left, Grandad stood with Nana on the driveway. He hugged her boxed ashes tightly to his chest, and they both said goodbye to the home they raised a family in. Then, without saying a word, he turned and made his way to our old Toyota Land Cruiser. He cradled Nana in his lap the entire way to Napier. Grandad didn’t have time to grow onions that year. We got a box of chocolates instead. Grandad has a small veggie garden behind his new house. He grows beans, potatoes, a few tomatoes, a lettuce or two, a bunch of strawberries, but no onions. He says there’s no point. He says he’s too old to make pickled onions. His hands shake too much when he tries to peel them. He struggles to hear. His eyesight has disappeared. Last year, he had his driver’s license taken away. He’s alone, stuck in an unfamiliar house, only getting out on Friday nights for dinner at Lee’s and Sunday mornings to go to the market. Nana’s ashes sit in his room on her old chestnut vanity. He still says goodnight to her. Last summer, my brother Callum and I went to visit Grandad. As the two of them sat on Grandad’s old, weathered bench, Callum asked Grandad for the pickled onion recipe. There was a beat of silence as Grandad turned to look at my brother. His exhausted eyes looked Callum up and down, until he eventually sighed. “Well, I suppose someone will need to feed your Dad when I’ve carked it.” Grandad beckoned me to grab Callum a pen, and I lay on the living room floor watching as my brother eagerly wrote every word that poured from Grandad’s old and weary heart. We grow onions now. Bucket loads.
That year, Dad didn’t eat any pickled onions. As the years peeled away, Grandad’s house smelt less and less of Nana’s cigarettes. Her perfume that once danced freely through the house had wafted away. Grandad spent most of his time in his elaborate garden. Caring for his beans, tomatoes, strawberries, lettuce, cucumbers and onions.
In the holidays, when Callum comes home from uni, I can look out of my bedroom window and see him poking and peeling a pile of onions. He sits under our Pōhutukawa tree on an old camp chair he found in the garage. Dappled sunlight plays with his freckled skin, and despite the onion-induced tears that escape his eyes, he smiles.
He hardly ever came inside.
Callum sends everyone in our family a jar of pickled onions.
We got three jars of pickled onions that year.
Except for Grandad, who always gets two. Massive Magazine
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High School Musical
Lord of the Rings In your spare time, you like to go into the bush for days at a time without telling anyone. You come back with crazy stories of being attacked by wild pigs and finding treasure. It’s your dream to one day run the Hobbiton marathon dressed as Frodo. You are a huge hater of the Hobbit movie series because it’s “not book accurate”. Every time you get into a new relationship, you make your partner watch the extended version of the trilogy, but you talk the entire time it’s playing. Trust me, no one cares about your fun facts or your relative who played Ork 146 in the final battle.
Toy Story
Unfortunately, you are a Disney adult. You were one of the first people in theatres when Toy Story 5 came out, and you were surrounded by children. This is a sign that you need to grow up. Childhood innocence is cute when you’re 11, but not so much once you reach your 20s. I’m all for reminiscing on the good old days, but if you’re always looking at the past, you won’t be able to spot the good things in front of you. Take down the Disney posters and watch something a bit more adult—like a gruesome crime movie.
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Life is a movie, and you’re the main character—according to you anyway. You are a Sharpay apologist and rightfully so. You exercise while listening to musical theatre songs, and your go-to comfort snack is popcorn. In your spare time, you can be found op shopping for colourful statement pieces to add to your wardrobe. While everyone else might follow the status quo, you embrace all sides of yourself no matter how contrasting they might be.
Jennifer’s Body
Angus, Thongs & Perfect Snogging
This movie was your entire personality in high school. You got up every morning aiming to dress exactly like Jennifer—low rise jeans, cropped zip ups, and a statement necklace. And honestly? You rocked it. However, you were always wanting to grow up too fast. This meant you always managed to get yourself into trouble, even when it wasn’t necessarily your fault. You definitely had a friend who was a bit more than a friend for many years, but now you don’t talk.
Bridge to Terabothia
To this day, you still listen to Stiff Dylans’ Ultraviolet and pretend you’re dancing in a mosh with Aaron Taylor Johnson. When he first got married to his wife, you tweeted: #SaveAaron. While I might agree with your stance on that relationship, that was weird, and he’s not leave her for you (sorry). In high school, you cut your own micro bangs and everyone could tell. This Halloween, you’re considering dressing up as an olive. But be careful, someone might try push you down a hill.
You are traumatised but whimsical and always seek to find the magic in everything you do. Even filing your taxes can bring you a bit of sparkle, because who doesn’t love the magic in numbers? You struggle to make long lasting friendships after a particularly bad friendship breakup in primary school. You don’t trust anyone unless they stand in front of a bus for you... which no one has done... yet.
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07 Zac Mclean - Never Let em
Know Your Next Move
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Dear Mum. I’ve had enough hot girl summers, I want to be in a committed relationship this summer instead! How do I find love?
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reat question! I often find love where I least expect it, like that one time I found some guy’s number stuck to the bottom of my shoe. But of course, fate doesn’t always work like that. Sometimes looking for love is like opening the fridge repeatedly hoping that a sweet treat will appear—it’s disappointing and futile. You know there’s food in there, but somehow none of it is what you want. While you could try bribe the universe to bring love into your life by leaving a small offering of French fries or garlic bread on your deck, often, as I said before, love will hit you when you’re not looking for it. Also, leaving food on your deck may attract the wrong kind of attention. Your true love won’t be someone who trespasses your property for some stale carbs. What I’m trying to say is that you shouldn’t sit at home in your PJs waiting for your soulmate to kick down the front door—that’s illegal. Have fun and go out with your friends! Put yourself in places where you’re likely to meet people. Go to parties, say yes to things, be social!
Don’t make finding a relationship your entire personality. Wanting love is completely normal, but you don’t need to treat every mildly attractive person who makes eye contact with you as a potential love interest. The best thing you can do is build a life you actually like living. Spend time with your friends, go places, try things, wear the outfit you’ve been saving for a “special occasion”. If someone comes along who makes that life better, fantastic! If they don’t, you’ve still got a pretty good life. And remember: you are looking for a partner, not a project. You don’t need to convince someone to love you, perform emotional gymnastics, and bend over backwards deciphering their three-word texts. You deserve someone who actually wants to be there. So go forth! Flirt a little. Have fun. Make questionable decisions. Just don’t confuse a man texting “you up?” at 1:47am with the universe delivering your soulmate. And, I guess, if all else fails, you could try the garlic bread.
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We’ve all got that one kinda-maybe-sorta ex we never quite get over, right? CLOCK IT. I know you know what I’m yapping about.
So, I found my ex’s old hoodie the other day and obvs spiralled back to a very specific moment last year with him coming over, us hooking up, doing some objectively corny movie shit—me smiling at the mem. Am I still a little hung up on him? Absolutely. Is that my business? Absolutely not. Unfortunately, it became my new guy’s business the other night. Now, these two looked similar enough that my brain was already struggling, but finding that fucking T-shirt had sent me into the delulu trenches. So there I was, having a very good time with the new guy. He’s two fingers in me, kissing my neck, making me moan the house down, etc, when suddenly my brain short-circuited.
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For 20% off yo ur next purchase, enter discou nt I screamed my ex’s name. We both stop, new guy looks me dead in the eyes, I literally shrivel up, like my vajayjay is so tight it’s sucked his fingers in and cut off circulation (ok, dramatic), but point is, we lock eyes, I realise I’m in the lion’s den.
Then as I get closer to a big-o, I get loud, I like to say names, I like to make a man feel like he’s special, so tell me why I said my old flame’s name AGAIN. I feel new guy go soft, I actually tell him “yeah fair enough, that’s even put me off”. Anyway, he leaves, and I do what any unsatisfied, nostalgic girl does.
Things are NOT LOOKING GOOD BRUV. I try to kiss him, distract him with the promise of getting his dick wet. I even flip us over, try to go down on him. The new guy says no and asks if I’m thinking about my ex. I say “omg no”. Somehow, we forget about it and start fucking,
I go put on my ex’s T-shirt, grab my vibe and finish myself off.
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With a new routine, your scattered brain finds a new sense of calm that you’ve been looking for. Welcome to LockIn City, population: YOU!
The stars are gently reminding you to look at situations with a balanced lens. You might be required to speak on a tricky situation, and you must offer up both sides.
Big payoff comes at the end of this week following months of hustle and grind. Expect a huge celebration in your honour and a barbecue lunch in the sun.
With Venus in the fifth house, you might feel a pull to message a past lover as your charm intensifies. But caution is advised to avoid unnecessary drama.
Pick up your phone calls and reconnect with family this week. Some family members need your guidance but are too nervous to reach out—don’t be afraid to make the first move.
Things are feeling a little bit scary, and this week brings big changes. It’s important to continue your journey of self-realisation and “just keep swimming”.
Stay strong in your convictions as you traverse through difficult conversations. Know your worth and bring that value into your decision-making.
It’s time to stop singing in crowds like a 2018 Grace Vanderwall. This also might be a good time to throw out your ukulele.
Prepare to be either physically or metaphorically glitter-bombed this week. Enjoy the element of surprise and also sparkles!
You are finding a shift towards seduction this week. Weather its plutonic growth of romantic pleasure, explore the sexiest side of yourself.
You have been through the trenches recently, facing trial after trial. But this week the clouds disappear, and a gentle breeze guides you through your week.
This week you will be inclined to make an impulse decision to change your look. The stars say that this new look will work in your favour, so don’t be afraid!
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12. Angry Birds’ enemy (4)
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