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BLOODY WASTE PAGE 18

WASTE REDUCTION PAGE 20

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CONTENTS

CONTRIBUTORS

01.

EDITOR

EDITORIAL

Brittany Rose 02. LETTUCE

editor@nexusmag.co.nz

03.

UNI NEWS

DESIGN

04.

NEXUS NEWS

Olivia Paris

07. SPORTS

design@nexusmag.co.nz DEPUTY EDITORS Lyam Buchanan

08. CARE 10. ENTERTAINMENT 12. REVIEWS 14. ARTS 14. AUTEUR 15. COVERED 16.

WSU DOES THE ENVIRONMENT

18.

BLOODY WASTE

20.

WASTE REDUCTION

22.

YOUR SPACE

26. COLUMNS 29.

PAK 'N SAVE HEAD CHEF

30. SNAPPED 31.

BLIND DATE

32. PUZZLES

lyam@nexusmag.co.nz Bronwyn Laundry bronwyn@nexusmag.co.nz MANAGING EDITOR James Raffan james@nexusmag.co.nz CONTRIBUTORS University of Waikato Tom Collopy Freddy Walker Dave Taylor Jared Wooldridge Emma Nygard Bridget Smith Peter Dornauf Dr. Richard Swainson Tayla Dee Kelly Hamilton City Council Indigo Smith Matthew Rae Nina Fox Logan Robinson Mel Martin COVER Tayla Dee Kelly ADVERTISING advertising@nexusmag.co.nz OFFICES Ground Floor, Student Union Building Gate One, University of Waikato Knighton Road, Hamilton ONLINE facebook.com/nexusNZ @nexusmag Spotify: nexusmagazine ISSUE 10 23 MAY 2016 ENVIRO

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EDITORIAL WHO GIVES A FUCK? BRITTANY ROSE

Giving a fuck can be exhausting. Especially when it feels like your efforts are futile.

There’s that floundering feeling of being ineffectual and insignificant — you know the one. That sinking feeling when someone in your tutorial starts spouting antibeneficiary bullshit and you know nothing you say will change their mind. That hopelessness in hearing a drunk blonde at a party start a sentence with “I’m not racist but…” before regurgitating super racist stereotypes. For me, this feeling of futility mostly applies to things like politics and social inequality. I’m well aware that caring takes work and can lead to emotionally draining arguments with those who give less of a fuck, no fucks or a different kind of fucks. But I still actively care, and try to learn more, improve myself, and hopefully improve the shit around me.

When I was at high school I didn’t. I professed my DGAF attitude at loud volumes — especially (for some reason) when it came to animals and the environment.

One thing I did regularly to demonstrate how cold and anti I was was ask for extra plastic bags at the supermarket. Just to undo the turning down of plastic bags by others who cared about the environment. Like, why? Why would anyone put energy into undoing the effort someone else had put into improving the world?

It’d be great if I could say something dramatic like, “I’ve turned a new leaf, I’m now a vegan with a vegetable patch that I water with the rainwater I collect. I grow eggplants using the compost made from the leftover food scraps that I don’t feed to my bunny.” But I can’t.

Realistically I’m sitting here on my tablet which was probably made in China in a large scale factory (which pumped a whole lot of pollution into the air during transit to the Southern Hemisphere), wearing inexpensive clothing from a fastfashion retailer (that lets gallons of dye spill into waterways) and Docs made of cowhide. I haven’t packed my lunch or brought a coffee to campus in one of the three travel mugs I own. I’ll chuck my recyclable Bongo sushi box in the bin by my desk with the disposable Jack’s coffee cup from this morning, then they’ll both end up in the landfill with the mince packaging and nacho chip bag I biffed at home last night.

I’m not suggesting I have any answers — but I firmly believe in the cliché “every drop raises the ocean." Maybe we all need to give a fuck and spill a few more drops of care into the eco-friendly ocean? I’ve been forced into confronting my lack of environmentally responsible actions and behaviours in the week leading up to this issue of Nexus because it’s near impossible to avoid environmental issues in an issue centred on the environment. Now I want to guilt you into thinking about it too.

Check out the sustainable stuff on campus that can help you calm your ecoconscience (p.16), consider all that bloody waste that comes from disposable sanitary products (p.18), and check out what Hamilton City Council are doing to deal with all our rubbish (p.20).

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LTOETTHTE EUDICTOER

A BEAUTIFUL DAY ANTI-JENNER

Fuck Kylie Jenner You wish you could fuck Kylie Jenner. – Editor

GOTTA CATCH ‘EM ALL ASH KETCHUM Lettuce is the Letters to the Editor section of Nexus because If you say "letters" quick enough in a super Niu Zeelund accent it sounds

That pokemon poster was really cool except that it wasn’t actualy

like "lettuce".

pokemon. It would have been way better if they were just regular

Comment on our Facebook page, on our Instagram, or even Snap your

pokemon instead of blobs and squigles.

lettuce to us. Just use #lettuce and we'll put you in print, and respond

Just stand really far away squinting and let your imagination do

to your comments. Either that or email lettuce@nexusmag.co.nz

the rest, you’ll be fine. – Editor

Disclaimer Letters published contain the opinion of the writer and the writer alone. Nexus publications take no responsibility for the content or opinions so expressed. By submitting your letter you give consent to its publication in Nexus and subsequent public scrutiny. Letters are the authors own work and Nexus will not edit to compensate for lack of intelligence or coherency. Nexus reserves the right to edit or refuse to publish any letter which breaches any law, is defamatory

CAMERON’S CAVERN TAVI CAVERNSON

to any person, or contains threats of violence or hate speech.

What the fuck is a cavern? Do you mean tavern. Your editor obviously knows nothing.

COOKIE MONSTER MINTY MOO

Well, a cavern is a lot like a cave - just a little more cavernous, while a tavern is a lot like the pub formerly known as The Hilly.

The more you know. – Editor

Shout out to the people that restock A buildings vending machines. My friend and I were stoked to have eaten Cookie Times that tasted like minty vomit. Turns out that were expired. Yum. The only chunks I wanna find in my

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cookies are chocolate, thanks.

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At least the vomit was minty tasting? – Editor The people who shut down ANZ were really annoying. I had to go to ASB to use the atm. That made my tinny cost $20.50 with the bank fee.

STACK OF SHIT

If you form a better relationship with your dealer then they’ll let

BASIC BITCH

you just transfer the money to them. This comes back to your lack of inter-personal skills, you anti-social stoner. – Editor

Stack & Piece are total douchebags.

Stack just goes on and on about how mature he is and how he can’t say stuff that’s too risky because of his job. Shut. Up. No one cares. You’re not cool. You sound so try hard.

ONE HIT WONDER TRAVIS

And seriously “Pussy Money Weed” is where your music is headed next?

What a toolbag. Piece is such a shit name too, like, I heard you have a small dick anyway — if you weren’t such a hoe then half of Hamilton wouldn’t be bitching about your saggy ballsack.

Christ, you’re really not into DJs, are you? – Editor

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Why does it always rain on me?

It's winter. – Editor

News from the University NEXUS MAGAZINE

Masters student Karine Te Kanawa has won the 2016 Margaret Mary Blackwell

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BIG AWARD FOR HAWAII STUDY

Travel Fellowship Award. This will cover her travel costs to do education research of indigenous pre-schoolers in Hawaii.

AN HISTORIC WIN The University of Waikato Midlands U21 Women hockey team won the national U21 title last week — for the first time! The U21 Men came fourth in their league.

WORLD RUGBY CHAMPS Engineering student and Hillary Scholar Mitch Jacobson has made the squad to represent New Zealand at the World Rugby U20 Championship in England next month.

SWIMMING FOR (YOUR) LIFE Hillary Scholars Rachel Twyman (pictured) and Rachel Curran have

FUTSAL IN BRAZIL

signed up for the Gallagher Swimming

Brayden Lissington and Dominic O'Sullivan have made the New

for (your) Life Programme. The initiative

Zealand University Men's futsal team to compete at the 2016

shows people it’s never too late to learn

World University Championships in Brazil.

this important life skill.

Full stories available at waikato.ac.nz/news-events. Got a story to share? Email meganb@waikato.ac.nz.

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“No guarantee can be made that any jobs will transfer from WPC to the external franchisee; they will want staff costs kept down whereas quite a few CUP/CAFS staff have doctorates and run research-informed teaching programmes as was required on setting the programmes up in the Pathways College.”

“When WPC was established, the staff were told it was to be a research-based programme with staff, if qualified, engaging in pedagogic research in their teaching disciplines so the programme could be fit-for-purpose and best practice."

“This was quickly changed and staff (were) given teaching-only contracts with the expectation lowered to research-informed; clearly bad-faith negotiation by the then Deputy Vice-Chancellor. If staff are nervous about promises of future employment with the new provider they have history on their side in this.”

“Positions are made redundant, not people, but in one case at least no reason based on position has been supplied despite a request for the information.”

“Other staff are looking at retiring early as the extra work was being imposed on them consequent on the changes mooted.”

“Certainly not well-managed even if one believes change was needed as income

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fell consequent upon long term drop in student numbers.”

On the impacts on students, Cartner says, “CUP is not international students so

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it’s hard to see an international provider helping here where the students are domestic, largely disengaged and were not enjoying high school for various reasons and around 40% Māori and Pasifika.”

Last week Nexus published a story titled “FoE EFTS Fucking with FTES” where

“CUP was extended to make better provision for Māori once the TTH programme

the University addressed a number of rumours and staff concerns regarding the

shut down. It is essential that the local flavour of CUP is retained and that equity

Faculty of Education, a significant drop in both Equivalent Full Time Students

requires the University to provide the pathway to advanced study for these

(EFTS) and staff, and potential issues around service. It also mentioned the

students who are often Māori or Pasifika or from disadvantaged backgrounds.”

possibility of a Faculty of Med which is unrelated here but interesting to note.

“These are priority groups in the most recent Tertiary Education Strategy. None of

One of the more significant sections of the news piece addressed the precarious

the providers mentioned in the various reports by the University on the planned

position of the Waikato Pathways College (WPC) which has also seen reductions

franchising have any local experience with NZ students.”

in EFTS since 2012. The University made the suggestion that it was going to have to rebuild Pathways and that there was at least potential for the introduction of a third party service provider.

“The only group locally would be Academic Colleges Group which was established by the former headmaster of Auckland Grammar school and even then they work with only high flying disengaged kids at places like Senior College in Auckland.

Dr Tony Cartner — a now retired former employee of WPC with over 30 years

They also run international programmes in Vietnam in association with an

experience as a lecturer at the University contacted us with some insights. Until

Australian University provider.”

last year Dr Cartner was the Associate Director of WPC, and programme manager for CUP and Foundation Studies. He was also in charge of the Māori Bridging

Last week students organised and promoted a “KEEP OUR CUP” campaign on

programme, Te Timatanga Hou (TTH), until the University closed it down in 2009.

Facebook and in the WSU Courtyard.

In response to the suggestion that private providers offer an opportunity for

Nexus will continue to follow developments in this story.

partnership, Dr Cartner asserts, “the University has not yet provided to WPC any

If you would like to find out more about keep our cup. visit

evidence that overseas contracts have worked.”

facebook.com/KeepourCUPprogram/

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“These opportunities have introduced me to some incredible people who I may not have known otherwise,” she says.

Along with the SSUP scholarship, the third-year student has received two Māori Excellence Awards, a Te Tohu Paetahi Scholarship and Te Āhurutanga Scholarship.

Her key to success?

“Being passionate about what you study. If you aren’t passionate about it then everything is hard and becomes a drag. I don’t see why anyone would spend their time, energy and money on a qualification that means nothing to them. I’m lucky I’ve found something I love,” she says.

Once she graduates, Nikki wants to run her own company and be her own boss.

Thanks to her experiences so far, that dream seems so much more possible.

University of Waikato has a new platform for students to share and develop business ideas based in the building that was formerly the Station Cafe. Nexus spoke to Louis Wilkes, the brains behind the operation.

What is Innovation Station? What's the purpose?

The Innovation Station is a platform for students to share and develop business ideas.

NEWS BRINGING TE REO MĀORI HOME UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO

What's the purpose?

We have a focus on entrepreneurship and innovation, and any students with ideas are welcome! We have mentoring, great contacts and cool events aimed at helping students develop these ideas.

How long have you been around at University of Waikato?

A University of Waikato student has started a business to revitalise the Māori

We have only recently been established on campus. The

language. It’s called Taputapu and specialises in designing Te Reo Māori homewares.

Innovation Station was born as a result of the summer business

Bachelor in Media and Creative Technologies student Nikki Kennedy came up

start up scholarship over the summer of 2015/2016, and has

with the idea when she noticed an absence of the language in modern homes.

really taken off this year.

Around the same time, the university launched its Summer Start-Up Programme (SSUP), and Nikki took it as a sign to apply.

Originally from Gisborne, Nikki says the programme gave her everything she needed to bring her idea to life.

What are your success stories?

One of our many success stories can be attributed to Mark, a scholar from the summer programme. Mark’s business venture involved an app which he designed and developed himself, and

“The SSUP programme ran over 10 weeks and offered a $5000 scholarship, one-

received a huge amount of interest and attention as a result.

on-one mentoring, workshops and all the tools you need to start-up your own

Another success story is Nikki, who has created a homewares

company or project,” says the former Lytton High School student.

business which has also been a great success.

While her idea required some management and marketing knowledge, not being qualified in that area didn’t put Nikki off. She knew her idea had value and with the right help and support, she could make it successful.

Where can students find you on campus?

We are located in the Innovation Station building (we have a whole building to ourselves so come and check us out!), to the

And successful it is. Nikki’s selling out of products weekly through her website

left of the zebra crossing over by the Management School.

www.taputapu.co.nz. But she says her main focus is on her official launch in July as part of Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori (Māori Language Week).

Where can students find you online?

Getting involved with different kaupapa, such as SSUP and Te Āhurutanga student

Like our Facebook page “UoW Innovation Station” and stay

leadership programme, have been highlights of Nikki’s time at university so far.

tuned for updates about exciting events and things going on.

Also sign up to our mailer, uowssup@gmail.com.

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W.T.F WAIKATO TIMES FOCUS

NOT NEWS NEXUS PICKS A BACHELORETTE

All the fun of reading stupid online headlines with none of the

Recently Nexus tried to pick a Mayor but last week David Bennett told us he wasn’t

soul crushing morbidity of reading the articles.

planning to run. The Chancellor and VC are clearly busy with the Medical School, so we are ruling them out. John Lawrenson has yet to say anything so we are claiming a 33% success rate and stating he will be the next Mayor of Hamilton. So now we turn our attention to the

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next most important thing in the eyes of our readers, casting the new Bachelorette. Here

When the Rural Bachelor of The Year features a guy who says he

are our first three contenders...

will do his best to “Drag a girl back across the ditch” you really shouldn’t be giving these guys coverage.

JACINDA ARDERN Why she would make a good bachelorette: People love her.

ANTI-VAXXERS CHANGE STANCE

Legitimately.

We broke our own promise and read this shit. The closest

Why she wouldn’t: She couldn’t win an electorate how can we

that headline comes to being is the writer suggesting it might

be sure she can win the heart of 12 potential suitors.

happen because of the measles

Why she needs to do it: She wants to be Prime Minister! If you think that is sexist, it is but don’t blame us blame literally

ONIONS AND CHOPPING BOARD HURLED AT COPS

everyone who has never voted for an unmarried PM candidate

First of all everyone knows bacon goes with eggs (we are not telling you to egg cops) secondly who has been that stoned in their life that they need a chopping board, and onions in the car.

THE BIG SAVE FURNITURE LADY Why she would make a good bachelorette: She knows a thing

Dominos delivers.

or two about beds and other assorted furniture if you know what we mean (disclaimer: we have no idea what we mean).

OUTDOOR FITNESS PARK OPENED

Why she wouldn’t: With Julie Hardaker leaving the Mayoralty,

Isn’t every park a fitness park? Isn’t every park by its nature

Briscoes is about to up their game. Stay at work.

outdoors? The stupid thing is it’s a great idea with actual

Why she needs to: Seriously have you seen those ads. Never in

community support come on headline writer.

EMBRACE THE F WORD! Fine your once proud newspaper FUCKING sucks and your headline writer should be FIRED.

the history of NZ has someone needed to get laid more.

HILARY BARRY Why she would make a good bachelorette: Mediaworks would sell their god damned souls to get Hilary Barry to stand there looking disinterested every night for 30 minutes.

WAIKATO FLOOD ADVICE: SLOW DOWN AND WAIT IT OUT We guess build an Ark and sail to the new world was taken.

Why she wouldn’t: Her husband might have an issue with it.

Why she needs to: Ratings... just kidding Hilary doesn’t need to ever do shit again. She’s awesome. #TeamHilary

WIDOWER WINS MILLION DOLLAR LOTTERY FOR THE SECOND TIME

ISN’T HE A CHEEKY MONKEY

Poor Steven Adams went from dominating in the NBA to being an international racist overnight. Why? America hates monkeys. That’s the only reasonable and logical conclusion A New York construction worker has won a million dollars for the

some of our best rugby columnists could come up with. Putting aside the fact that our

second time in a few years. He was probably a deserved winner

rugby dominated sports media isn’t really qualified to argue what African Americans should

because he spent the majority of his first win helping his wife to

“Get over” the fact that this was an ongoing debate is shocking. Adams did the right thing,

unsuccessfully fight cancer. How awkward must that interview

quickly saying “I didn’t mean that, I’m assimilating” and then people on both sides of the

have been though we would put all the money we have on

world lost their shit. Our tiny country saying calling someone a monkey isn’t offensive and

some American newspaper suggesting to him that he was “the

America saying “You can’t call people monkeys.” The most amazing factor in all this is that

luckiest man alive” before finding out his wife died.

there was racism that offended Americans and Donald Trump didn’t open his mouth once.

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SPORTS OPINION MVP STEPHEN CURRY TOM COLLOPY

SPORTS OPINION BASEBALL BORES ME, BUT THIS IS PRETTY COOL FREDDY WALKER

Stephen Curry has gone back to back by winning the NBA’s MVP Award for the second year running, only this time he did so unanimously becoming the first player in NBA history to do so, a feat which greats Shaquille O’Neal (1999-2000) and LeBron James (2012-2013) fell 1 vote short of achieving. When talking to the media LeBron James, whilst taking nothing away from Stephen Curry, highlighted a difference between being the MVP and being the player of the year. This has sparked controversy and debate around the league about the true definition of the award and whether or not Steph was the league's MVP. Steph led the league in scoring averaging 30.1 points to go along with 5.5 rebounds and 6.7 assists in 34 MPG. Steph also lead the league in steals averaging 2.1 a game and averaged a +/- of 12.9 per game. He broke his own season 3 point FG record which he set last season, finishing with a total of 402 three point FG at 45.4% accuracy. Most impressive of all though is that Stephen achieved a 50-40-

To spend an afternoon parked in front of the TV with an ad flashing in your face every five seconds just doesn’t appeal — such is the life of watching the MLB on ESPN. However, the other day something actually pretty cool happened in a game between the New York Mets and San Diego Padres.

Mets pitcher Bartolo Colon was at home plate, up against pitcher James Shields. From my limited baseball knowledge, I know that pitchers aren’t great batters and this guy Colon is even worse than that. He has a batting average of 0.89 for his career which is just diabolical and you can probably compare that kind of stat to what Chris Martin used to do for the Blackcaps.

90 season on the way to leading the Warriors to break the ’96 Bulls 72-10 season

However, this was Colon’s day. He proceeded to hit Shields for

record achieving a 73-9 season.

his first ever home run, and was deservedly mobbed by his team

Now while these statistics are magnificent there are many things that Steph Curry does for the Warriors which you don’t see on the stat sheet which makes him ‘valuable’. His potency and unpredictable play on offense opens up the floor for the Warriors and makes it near impossible for any defence to not only guard him

as he completed his run around the bases. That’s another thing I usually hate about baseball, the unnecessary yahooing when a guy hits the ball, but this time I couldn’t help but smile as the 130kg Colon celebrated with his team mates.

but efficiently defend his teammates. Also the aura Steph brings when he is on the

Given all the incredible things that have gone on in the sporting

court not only lifts the level of his teammates' play but has the ability to put fear

world recently, with Leicester City’s triumph and even going

in any team which can be beneficial both offensively and defensively for the GSW.

back to the Japanese beating South Africa in the World Cup — it

I can understand the argument that LeBron and Kawhi are just as, if not more valuable to their teams as they can dominate both ends of the floor, therefore they should have been given more consideration for the award. To me though Steph took his game to another level this year, offensively he was unstoppable and what

was awesome to see the 42-year-old hit a ball over the fence for a home run. He is the oldest player ever to hit his first home run.

It’s an incredible achievement for a guy who barely hits the ball let alone clearing the park.

he lacked in defensive prowess he made up for in steals and valuable intangibles

However, after this baseball will resume being baseball. I certainly

which benefited his team’s defence. Yes, he plays on the best team in the NBA

couldn’t care less about a sport that only Americans play but

but that shouldn’t be a reason for him to be considered any less valuable. A well-

stories like this are what makes sport great. The underdog story

deserved MVP in my opinion.

will always bring joy to sports fans.

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CLUBS HILLARY BAKESALE Where: Village Green When: Wednesday 25 May For a number of years now the Hillary Scholars have hosted a Bakesale on the village green at the University in order to raise funds for the Himalayan Trust which was founded by the great Sir Edmund Hillary and his wife Louise. The money raised by the Trust goes towards building schools and

LET’S TALK ‘SUSTAINABILITY’

providing supplies to the amazing people of Nepal. Last year

with

Each year the Bakesale is held on the closest Wednesday to

Professor Priya Kurian, Dr Chris Eames and Associate Professor Eva Collins Where: S.1.01 When: 25/05/16 Time: Cultural Hour 1pm-2pm

we were able to raise over $10,000 for this amazing cause.

when Sir Ed reached the summit of Everest (29th May). This year the Bakesale will take place on Wednesday 25th May so feel free to come along and grab some delicious baking made by our very own Hillary Scholars!!

DROP THE MIC S T U D E N T OPE N MIC WHE N Wednesday 25th of May, 1-3pm WHE RE Ampitheatre (Level Zero if wet) Performances, free food, and a special ceremony.

Come hang out and enjoy the talent!

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BEST OF THE WEB OUTDOORSY INSTAS EARTH PICS @EARTHPIX Earthpix will blow your mind. It’s a collaborative effort between a bunch of photographers who take photos of the coolest places to bring serious FOMO right to your feed. Free of charge. Nothing will make you want to drop out of uni and travel the world quite like this Insta.

SHAUN JEFFERS @SHAUN_JEFFERS If you’re ever being roasted by a Scarfie for living in Waikato just show them Shaun’s Insta. Shaun is the official commercial photographer for Hobbiton and he makes the place look so majestic you’ll be itching to catch the next bus to Matamata. But then you’ll realise it costs like $80 so… nah.

BREAKIN' HEARTS SINCE 2012 @LOKI_THE_WOLFDOG The coolest damn dog on Instagram, Loki is a Siberian husky with a passion for the great outdoors, chasing squirrels and sleeping in tents. He has more adventures

TRENDING ON TWITTER #5WORDCOMPLIMENTS It's Meagan @MeaganAldaine · May 18 You taste like sweaty Doritos #5WordCompliments 34

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Mr. Brightside @Will3K85 · May 18 I'm less murdery around you #5WordCompliments @2GirlsAndATag 57

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She Likes @SheJStaz · May 18 Blind people love your selfies. #5WordCompliments @2GirlsAndATag 44

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Ronen @BadRonen · May 18 My mirror is so handsome #5WordCompliments 30

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in a day than I’ll ever hope to have in my life. And his owner is pretty easy on the eyes too.

Kesha Tedder @KeshaTedder · May 18 #5WordCompliments You don't smell that bad 30

GOPRO @GOPRO The official Instagram feed of GoPro cameras, people basically send in all their adventurous snaps doing adventurous things and GoPro gets free advertising.

You won’t find a better selection of babes cliff jumping, surfing, and standing on really really tall buildings for no apparent reason. Well worth a scroll.

PLEASE DON’T QUOTE ME

“What if Kanye made a song about Kanye.”

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Kali Stallman @LanaDelRuy · May 18 #5WordCompliments that highlight is on point 40

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Stewie Griffin @StewieofQuahog · May 18 #5WordCompliments You have a decent personality.

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WHAT’S HOT 1. Pingu memes 2. Taking your cat as a ball date 3. Doing Buzzfeed quizzes when you should be studying

“I just realized I'm stuck with me my whole life.”

ANNA KENDRICK SAME

“If you find yourself litigating against nuns, you’re probably doing something wrong” TED CRUZ VALUABLE LIFE ADVICE

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FILM NEIGHBORS 2: SORORITY RISING JARED WOOLDRIDGE

The first Bad Neighbors made a butt-ton of money on a tiny budget, so of course it was going to get a sequel. Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising may be entirely unnecessary, and recycles the same basic story (much as you do with a comedy sequel), but I suppose it did get a laugh out of me, so it didn’t fail at what it’s supposed to do. And if you liked the first one, there’s a good chance you’ll like this one as well. It’s nowhere near as bad as some comedy sequels can be. So, after the first one, we find the Radners (Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne) ready to move out of their house. The only problem with selling it is the fact that Chloe Grace Moretz’s new sorority has moved in next door, and she is eager to party and prove that sororities can party as well as frats. Zac Efron gets caught up in the mix as well, as the sorority and the Radners go to war with one another.

The movie tries to up the jokes from last time, and some of them work, some of them don’t. There’s one about texting which kind of fails, but the weed heist is pretty cool. Really, if you were a fan of the first one, don’t mind watching it a second time, and love the kind of stoner-comedy Seth Rogen has become famous for, then there’s no reason this movie isn’t for you. Hell, it even tries to add in some social commentary about gender stereotypes, mixed in with all the pot and pranks. But brace yourself, because if this one is successful, there will be a trilogy.

FOOD EAT MY LUNCH DAVE TAYLOR

Eat My Lunch is a pay-it-forward scheme based on the premise that for each lunch you buy EML will give one to a primary

TV SHOW DAREDEVIL JARED WOOLDRIDGE

schooler in need. Devised by Auckland businesswoman Lisa King with award-winning chef Michael Meredith, you can subscribe to receive lunch up to five days a week delivered to your school or work.

If you’re looking for your next show to binge watch, why not try Daredevil? Having just wrapped up watching both seasons of the superhero show on Netflix, I have to say it is a great show. While it falls under the umbrella of the Marvel universe,

This week there’s hummus and crackers, a homemade-looking

and makes occasional references to events that happen in the movies, Daredevil

ginger kiss, a handful of grapes and a Royal Gala. The produce

exists almost in a world of its own. It takes a street-level view of superheroes,

is fresh and cool and the hummus and crackers make for a good

following the titular Daredevil as he fights not a planet-invading alien force, but

afternoon snack. The sharpness of the ginger takes the edge off

instead the regular criminals that threaten to overrun his city. Sort of like a blind

its intense sweetness and goes well with midday coffee.

Batman, almost.

A hearty pasta salad with ham, spinach, sundried tomatoes and

With only 26 episodes so far, Daredevil gets cracking with its hero from the off.

pesto makes up the other half of today’s lunch; there’s also the

The origin story isn’t stretched out, so we jump straight into things with Matthew

occasional fat sultana which, along with the spicy zing, suggests

Murdock (Charlie Cox), the blind vigilante Daredevil. A lawyer by day, by night he’s

they’ve added relish to the mix. It’s filling, delicious and bright,

trying to clean up his city, and reclaim it from the criminal elements, like Wilson

and it keeps me going well into the afternoon.

Fisk (Vincent D’Onofrio), and rival vigilante the Punisher (Jon Bernthal), while

Lunches vary from week to week: instead of a salad it might be a sandwich; muffins or scrolls instead of cookies; vege sticks instead of grapes. The variety keeps each week fresh. For a big “Hungry” lunch, $15 is a small amount to pay to receive a balanced lunch and, more importantly, give a lunch to a kiwi kid.

trying to balance his dual identities. The best part about having a series instead of a film is that it gets to fully explore these characters, as well as giving you some pretty sick fight scenes. In particular, the villains are better than any you would find in a Marvel movie, while the more adult nature of Netflix allows a darker and more gritty universe.

Right now they’re going to my old haunt Melville Primary. And

The second season does get a bit muddled around the middle, but overall,

the want to keep expanding, so check out eatmylunch.nz and

Daredevil presents a nice change from family-friendly heroes, and spends the time

do something good.

to really explore the universe and the characters.

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BOOK DELETED SCENES FOR LOVERS

BY TRACEY SLAUGHTER BRIDGET SMITH

What: Book Launch When: May 26th, 5.30pm Where: Art Fusion Gallery There’s that trite cliche about not judging a book by a cover, which applies heavily to Tracey Slaughter’s Victoria University Press published short story collection. In the background of the cover image is a garage housing a car shrouded in shadow (I suspect the image printed darker than was intended) overlooking a pink toy car in the foreground. The cover is decidedly average.

Luckily for the Waikato Uni Creative Writing lecturer, it does not do justice to the content. This short story collection centres on themes of love and heartbreak with tragedy ranging from death to infidelity and back again. Doomed romance and the futility of human agency — my favourite.

Character is a strength of short fiction, in a small word count there's less concern for convoluted plot, or a complex narrative. It's something Slaughter does

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extremely well even though no one in this book seems to be happy. There are no true villains despite alcoholic slag protagonists, and no martyrs despite desperate situations. Each character has underlying motives, and whether they're reasonable or not, they're undeniably human.

Punnet Café is situated in Tamahere, a fifteen minute drive from the University which remains far enough away to deter common folk from the area I imagine The Real Housewives of Hamilton taking place, but close enough for hardcore brunching bitches to venture to.

The car park is filled with big SUV’s and Range Rovers, and children can be found playing outside on the weekends, so my piece of advice for any other fellow Grinches is to go

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BY MEGHAN TRAINOR LYAM BUCHANAN

on weekdays between 10-2, where there is sufficiently less squealing.

Christmas has come early for the 14 year old suburban girls who like to imagine

The seasonal menu features an array of different meats but is

they have struggles beyond a 9pm bedtime, Meghan Trainor has decided to pop

notably lacking basic bitch favourites like chicken and bacon.

out of her troubled little cave to once again flood malls and fast food joints with

Fruit toast is served with candy floss, and aside pretension

her deranged ramblings. I would genuinely rather leave my life behind and join the

and despite having a particularly hard to pronounce menu

glorious cult of the Jehovah's Witnesses than ever have to endure another whiny

everything sounds delicious. Punnet is vegan and vegetarian

croak to be produced by this walking sack of cliches.

friendly, with most of the sweet cabinet food being some vegan variation of classic café staples, including raw banoffee pie and Snickers slice.

When Meghan Trainor first got big I thought the same as all of you, she was nothing more than just another pisstake for the sake of irony and a healthy chuckle. Sadly we were all mistaken. I know this is a review and I’m meant to tell

The interior holds a rustic charm, with sweet flowers

you about how it sounds but I could barely make it through a single song. Coming

adorning each table and vibrant mismatched cutlery. The

from someone who managed to listen to the entirety of Kylie Jenner’s shit show

walls are brick and the head of a stag watches over you as

of a track, I would highly recommend avoiding this at all cost. Unless of course you

you sip at a good, standard priced coffee that is served in

really need help vomiting after a night out. Maybe I should lead by example and

a surprisingly large mug. Annoying spelling aside Punnet

develop a debilitating addiction just so I don’t have to be subjected to the next

remains a must visit for anybody who appreciates good food

Trainor radio hit.

and upmarket company.

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ARTS 'SOMME SILK WORLD' AT ARTSPOST PETER DORNAUF

The old saying that truth is the first casualty of war can be

could purchase, take back to the front and then send back

extended to include post war commentary that can come

to family and sweethearts.

in the wake of a conflict even a century after the fact. The best example of that might be the recent brouhaha over the 100 year commemoration of World War One here in New Zealand. Slogans like “For Us They Fell” and other jingoistic

David Woodings, mid-career artist now living and working in Christchurch, has taken this as his theme in an exhibition entitled, 'Somme Silk Road', currently showing at Artspost.

catchphrases issuing from the lips of a raft of dignitaries

Using a photorealist painterly style, he has meticulously

underscore the romantic spin constructed around things like

represented these cards in an enlarged format which divide

the pointlessness that was the Gallipoli campaign.

into a suite of four categories — Father, Mother, Sister and Sweetheart. These at first glance present essentially as

The only people to see through the complete moral

verisimilitudes of the original silk card, but looking closer one

bankruptcy of the first war were a tiny bunch of artists,

can discern a narrative that belies the sweet and sometimes

mainly from France and Germany, who set about mocking

saccharine messages (“From your soldier boy”, “A kiss

the absurdity of it all. They were the dadaists, a few brave

from France”), subverting such Victorian sentimentality.

souls who risked the wrath of the general populace and

Woodings has deliberately taken certain liberties here with

their governments by exposing the complete hypocrisy of

some of the texts in order to convey a more honest, realistic

so-called civilized nations engaged in wholesale slaughter,

and contemporary view of the matter. The word “betrayal”,

sheeted back to nothing more than naked imperialism,

for example, becomes heavily ironic surrounded as it is in

nationalism and militarism.

the painting with pretty ‘embroidered’ flowers. “I am scared.

Caught up in it all were the young innocents, men who found themselves fighting and dying in their millions. To ease the

I stand up”, is a direct reference to McCahon, while “Glum heroes” comes from the anti-war poet, Siegfried Sassoon.

trauma, a little cottage industry was established by women

Woodings cleverly continues the Dadaist polemic here,

in France and Belgium who embroidered silk cards complete

albeit in a style that adds edge to the sardonic perspective.

with flowers and emotional messages that soldiers on leave

An exhibition that should be seen by all New Zealanders.

AUTEUR FAME FOR FAME'S SAKE

The phenomenon of being famous for being famous is one of

Blood collectively constitute the best screen acting of the

the features of the age. Seemingly anyone can achieve a level

last three decades.

RICHARD SWAINSON

Once upon a time it took real achievement to become a

of internet notoriety these days, though it does help if you leak a sex tape online or feature in your own reality TV show.

movie star. That said, there has always been cases of actors whose reputations rest on surprisingly little. The following list explores examples.

3. VIVIEN LEIGH Gone With the Wind's Scarlett O'Hara, A Streetcar Named Desire's Blanche DuBois, the second wife of Laurence Olivier, darling of the Soviet Union, Leigh made only 19 movies. She was never less than interesting in any of them but the key parts are clearly those she won Oscars for.

5. BRUCE LEE

2. MONTGOMERY CLIFT

The martial arts icon featured in almost 30 films and a

One of the early method actors, Clift's career actually pre-

number of television shows but he was only the lead actor in

dated Brando's by two years. Though he made but 18 films

four of them — or five, if you count the posthumous "mash-

many are classics: Red River, as John Wayne's adoptive son;

up" Game of Death. Enter the Dragon, his trademark film,

From Here to Eternity, in the lead role; Wild River, a late

was released a month after the actor's tragically early exit.

masterpiece from Elia Kazan and the title part in Freud, John Huston's underrated biopic of the psychoanalyst.

4. DANIEL DAY-LEWIS

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A three time Oscar winner, Day-Lewis has made just 20

1. AL JOLSON & RUBY KEELER.

features in a 41 year career. Though he's had his share of

Jolson was the first sound star, the man who told us "you

duds, the sparse Day-Lewis filmography only serves to

ain't heard nothin' yet" in The Jazz Singer. Keeler was the

accentuate the range and depth of his performances.

modestly talented lead of the Busby Berkeley musicals of

Christy Brown in My Left Foot, Bill the Butcher in Gangs of

the early to mid 30s. Married for a time, their respective

New York, the President in Lincoln, an effeminate toff in My

"days" overlapped. Neither sustained stardom into the

Beautiful Laundrette and Daniel Planview in There Will Be

1940s. Jolson made 15 films, Keeler 14.

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COVERED TAYLA DEE KELLY Age: 24 Occupation: Admin/hospo What was your creative process for the cover art piece?

I asked a few people what the first image that came to mind when talking about environment. Mostly it was either their own little environment which was made up of home, the pets and going to work, or something so big they either didn't have an image or it was warning sign telling us the earth is getting hotter, species are being wiped out, we're ripping down forestry and we're generally treating our planet like shit. The point I really wanted to get across was that everyone has a very different view of the world as a whole and their own personal environment.

I wanted to show how abstract some people's view of the world is as a whole when talking about environmental issues.

What medium/s do you tend to work in and why?

Mostly pen, sometimes pencil, paint. Probably just because I'm used to it. I like to put pen to paper and just see what happens, usually with an idea of a story concept rather than an image in mind.

Describe your style in 3 words.

Freehand, thoughtful, I'm kind of a dreamer.

If you were paid $5 mil to get in a 25m pool filled with cum from a range of people, then $1 mil for every length you swam, how many lengths would you do?

None, because I'm going to send this to my family.

And I'm not very fit. —

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RECYCLING IN LEVEL ZERO

SOFT PLASTICS RECYCLING

Writhing with worms that are hungry for

Not only can you hang out, talk shit

New Zealanders use over 1.6 billion plastic bags

your food scraps, Hungry Bins reduce

and drink an energy drink, but you

in the home every year. There is a Soft Plastics

the volume of food waste that goes into

can then put your empty bottle or

recycling bin on campus! Biff anything including

rubbish bins. Chuck your apple core

can into the recycling bins provided.

bread bags, frozen food bags, toilet paper

in the bin under the stairs by the WSU

packaging, confectionery and biscuit wrap, chip

entrance, and feed the worms.

bags, pasta and rice bags, courier envelopes….

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FEATURE BLOODY WASTE BRITTANY ROSE

Humans are messy creatures, and we create a lot of waste by chucking plastic packaging into landfills. Recently, it occurred to Brittany that on a monthly basis, those of us with uteruses seem to biff a lot of extra rubbish into those clumsily placed sanitary bins jammed in next to the toilet in cubicles. Some of us even flush our tampons down the loo (Don't do that. Think of your poor plumbing and put a bin in your bathroom). Nexus spoke to two New Zealand based online retailers of reusable sanitary products in order to find out a little bit more about what kinds of products are available. Maybe you'll consider the ways you can reduce the rubbish created by absorbing that vampire feast in your underwear?

At High School there was this secret range of facts that only girls seemed to know — "On average, there are eight peas in a pod," or, "Your brain is more active sleeping than it is watching TV." This wasn't a gendered conspiracy to fill girls' heads with pointless crap — these useless tidbits of information came from the packaging of Libra pads.

By this point some of you will have scrunched your nose up and turned the page because of the mention of sanitary pads combined with the word 'bloody' in the title. Some might be panicking, shielding this page from the person behind you in the lecture theatre and internally screaming "EW YUCK BLOOD IS GROSS MENSTRUATION EW UTERUS NOPE".

Don't be a girl (irony intended), read on and find out about how you can make your periods more environmentally friendly. Some might say environmenstrually friendly.

KELLY JO SWEENEY FROM NAPPY NEEDZ Nappy Needz sells cloth nappies and other baby related items, was it a natural transition for the brand to move toward washable sanitary pads?

In many ways, the washable sanitary pads and menstrual cups came first. I used a Moon Cup for about five years before I had children, so then when I had my first baby, cloth nappies seemed to be the obvious choice, as I was already using reusable products myself. When I founded Nappyneedz, I'd always planned on reusable menstrual products. I had washable sanitary pads from the start, but it's taken a few years for them to gain popularity.

You also sell wet bags — this suggests the obvious: if you use a reusable product you don't dispose of it, and must hold on to it until you can wash it.

How subtle is this product?

The wet bags are great for holding washable sanitary pads, obviously you need somewhere to store them until you get home. The mini wetbags we stock are quite cute and it wouldn't be obvious to anyone who spotted them what they were for. Being made of a waterproof fabric, they contain everything with no fear of leaks or odours from used pads.

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What is the ethos behind reusable sanitary products?

You also sell wet bags — this suggests the obvious: if you use a reusable

I personally started using reusable sanitary products because I wanted something

product you don't dispose of it, and must hold on to it until you can wash it.

that was better for the environment and with less chemicals than most of the

How subtle is this product?

disposable menstrual products on the market. Tampons contain bleached cotton,

Very subtle! When women have their period, even when using disposable

which is not only chemically treated to get that white colour, they also remove

products, you need to take something with you to the toilet. The difference with

all of the natural moisture from your vagina, rather than just collecting menstrual

reusable products is that you take home with you what you have used, rather than

blood. The idea of a product that you can reuse each month and that is better for

disposing of it. Used reusable products have practically no smell, when rolled up

your body is much more appealing. Reusable menstrual products also save you

and placed in a small wet bag you can be rest assured that it can remain in your

money, as you don't need to keep buying replacements each month.

bag until you are ready to remove and wash, without any unfavourable effects.

Menstrual cups are a great alternative for those who would prefer not to have to

You stock an "entry level menstrual cup" which differs from the more

deal with the washing of cloth pad. They only need emptying every 10-12hrs or

expensive and more well known Moon Cup — what would you advise as the

when full, so you can usually plan to do it when you're at home in a familiar toilet.

most affordable on a student budget?

It really comes down to personal choice, I use both on a regular basis and they

What is the ethos behind reusable sanitary products?

both work well for me. Our basic cup is a great choice if you're not sure how

It's about being more accountable, more "green", creating less waste, less

you're going to get on with it, it gives you a chance to try one out without having

exposure to harsh chemicals and processing methods that are currently used to

to spend a lot of money. It may not last quite as long as the Moon Cup, but you

create disposable menstrual products. The users of reusable menstrual products

should still get at least five or six years from it, possibly longer. Although both

also build a strong community where people, having a common interest, come

cups are made from medical grade silicon, the Moon Cup is produced in UK under

together. Much like cloth nappy users — there is such a strong community of

very strict guidelines and comes from an ethical manufacturer, it contains no

likeminded people who celebrate what they're doing and encourage others to

dyes, which could potentially irritate some people, but being made in one piece

do the same, or at least give it a go and see what they think. There was once a

is much more likely to last longer.

time when disposable wasn't an option, and while convenience is great, to what expense? We don't fully know the effects these products can and are having

Where do you source your products?

on women all over the world, although anecdotal evidence would indicate that

I source our products from a range of different places, the Moon Cup comes

most are negative.

directly from the manufacturer in the UK, while our entry level menstrual cup comes from China. I have a number of manufacturers in China and Pakistan

What would you advise as the most affordable reusable sanitary product on

that produce our cloth nappies to our own designs and it is one of these

a student budget?

manufacturers that produces our washable menstrual pads. I do also make our

A menstrual cup for sure! They can last for 10 years or more, if looked after

own New Zealand made menstrual pads, although these tend to be one off

properly. So for an investment of about $35-$60 you could be sorted for the next

creations and are not always available.

10 years! There are a multitude of different shapes and sizes to suit all women, from those who are not sexually active, to those who do lot of sport, those

In an average month, how many menstrual cups do you sell?

who have had babies; options for different ages and body types. There can be

Sales of menstrual cups have grown at a huge rate as more and more people

a learning curve of 1-3 months before you become proficient in using them so

have learnt about them and they have become more popular. It's hard to give

reusable (or disposable) liners are often good to use simultaneously, just in case.

an average amount of sales, but menstrual products as a whole now take up at

Not all cups suit everyone either, but if you have to purchase a different cup to try

least 50% of our sales.

to find your best fit, in the long term, it's still going to much less expensive than using disposable products. We also offer layby so you can pay off what you need,

Do you believe alternative sanitary products are becoming more popular?

There does seem to be a huge reusable revolution at the moment. People are becoming more and more interested in reusable sanitary products for all sorts

making these products accessible to everyone.

Where do you source your products?

of reasons, from those looking for a more environmentally friendly or health

Our products are chosen for their reputation and the ethics behind their

alternative to people who want to save money. A few years ago not many people

manufacture. We don't source any products from China, most are from NZ, USA

seemed to be using them, but now a lot more people are interested in switching

or Canada and are made by women and mothers in their homes or small factories.

to alternatives to disposable sanitary products.

In an average month, how many menstrual cups do you sell?

AMELIA TODD FROM MAMA CLOTH

We sell about 20-40 menstrual cups a month.

Where does the name Mama Cloth come from?

Do you believe alternative sanitary products are becoming more popular?

It has become a popular term for referring to reusable menstrual products,

Absolutely! More people are using them and more people are talking about

particularly pads/liners, but it isn't clear where it came from. Some believe it

them. Demand for more choice and options is growing. It's one of those things

is from women starting to use reusable products after they become mothers,

that seems kinda gross the first time you think about it, but once you give it a go,

thought that perhaps it was to differentiate from the "cloth" used on their babies,

you wonder what took you so long and the thought of going back to disposable

so referred to it as mama cloth. Others thought that as it related to your period,

products makes you cringe!

which is related to being able to become a mother, might have been a reason. I'm not sure! Some find the term to be limited and segragating but most know what

If you are interested in these prodcuts and want to find out more, head to

it refers to. Other common names are RUMPS (reusable menstrual products),

nappyneedz.co.nz or mamacloth.co.nz

lady cloth, CSP (cloth sanitary protection).

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FEATURE WASTE REDUCTION: EVERYONE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE HAMILTON CITY COUNCIL

Hamilton City Council have a Waste Minimisation Advisor, and since Hamilton has a lot of trash, we thought she’d be the perfect person to hear from in our Enviro Issue. Kerry Skeer is focusing on the positives, and offers insights into how waste and recycling is dealt with in our city, as well as offering a bit of a guilt trip for those of you who don’t yet recycle religiously.

Kerry Skeer is trying to stop an avalanche.

It’s an avalanche that weighs 23,000 tonnes, is getting bigger every year, and threatens our environment and our quality of life.

It’s an avalanche of rubbish, and Ms Skeer’s role as Hamilton City Council’s waste minimisation advisor is to help her city reduce the amount of waste that needlessly goes into landfill every week.

To say she has a big job is an understatement.

In 2012 a Ministry for the Environment (MfE) report showed around 2.461 million tonnes of solid waste went to municipal landfills in New Zealand. While this figure includes commercial and residential waste, an earlier report to the MfE estimated around 153kg of household waste went to landfill for every New Zealander.

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That number puts Hamilton squarely on the national average. Our 23,000-plus

Kerry says work is underway on an education programme to reduce other

tonnes of kerbside waste represent around 150kg annually for each of the city’s

types of waste contained in the city’s black bags, for example, food waste.

156,000 residents.

Kerry Skeer says that number has to change.

“We’re throwing away far more than we need to. Our contractors collect rubbish

“The numbers are staggering — nationally we throw away almost 123,000 tonnes of food a year, including the equivalent of 20 million loaves of uneaten bread. That’s an incredible waste and a real cost on families.”

from around 54,000 properties every week, and we reckon around 15 per cent

Education is a big part of Kerry’s role, as is supporting new ideas to reduce

of what goes into the black bags could go into our current kerbside recycling

waste.

service,” Kerry says.

“There are some great ideas for reducing, re-using or recycling what we would

“That’s 3,500 tonnes of rubbish every year that doesn’t have to go into landfill.

otherwise throw away in Hamilton. Each year we support some of these ideas

That’s glass, tins and plastics that can come back as new products, saving energy,

through our Contestable Waste Minimisation Fund, which offers a share of up

natural resources and reducing air and water pollution.”

to $50,000 to support projects promoting or achieving waste minimisation

Recycling makes sense not only environmentally but also economically.

It takes the same amount of power to make 20 new aluminium cans from recycled material as just one can from raw materials. The figures for steel are even more remarkable. Every tonne of steel recycled saves 1131kg of iron ore – but it also saves 633kg of coal and 54kg of limestone.

Kerry has the background to see the whole picture of recycling for Hamilton. As well as a Bachelor’s degree in Applied Biological Sciences and a Postgraduate degree in Sustainable Waste Management, she is completing a Masters in

in the city.

“Last year we gave funding to projects including an electronic waste service, an initiative to reduce food waste from business, a project to help young families reduce waste and a project converting shredded documents into wool bedding for animals,” Kerry says.

“We were also able to provide around $9000 to support a resource exchange project for university students to swap, collect or gift unwanted items to charities or community groups.”

Business Administration with a focus on the ‘circular economy’ and sustainable

The Fund is allocated annually with applications available later this year

business practices.

through the Council website, and the money comes from Hamilton’s share of the Government's national Waste Levy.

The circular economy refers to an economic model where industry recovers waste materials and biological and technical nutrients are captured and re-

Waste minimisation in the city is also getting cross-industry recognition, with

circulated in a way which is not only safe but restorative by design.

a recycling operation winning the Supreme Business of the Year title at the Waikato Business Excellence Awards.

With wide experience in the private and public sector in New Zealand and overseas, Kerry says Hamilton is consistent in its recycling practices, but it can

The Essential Recycling Shop won the award last year and is based at the

do a whole lot better.

Hamilton Refuse Transfer Station. The shop is committed to saving recyclable

“Many of us do take the disposal of our household rubbish for granted. We

dealers, interior designers and simply people who want something quirky or

know it will get collected and we often don’t give it a second thought, but some

great value.

relatively small changes can make a dramatic difference to the amount we send to landfill,” Kerry says.

“In simple terms, there are three sides to my role here in Hamilton. I want people to understand how our current lifestyles can impact our environment, I want to make it as easy as possible for people to use the recycling options our city offers right now, and I’m looking to facilitate and support new options we may be able to provide in the future.”

An example of those new options was the Hamilton launch, in March, of the Love NZ Soft Plastic Recycling Programme.

materials from landfill and is open seven days and attracts hobbyists, antique

“Reduce, re-use and recycle — that’s the key message, as well as preventing waste in the first place,” Kerry says.

“We’ve got some great ways to reduce waste in Hamilton and a Waste Working Party will be reporting back to Council soon with some concepts about how our waste collection may look in the future. For example, at the moment we can’t recycle used pizza boxes due to food contamination potentially affecting our recycling processes for paper and card. We also can’t recycle aluminium trays and foil currently, but this may change in the future.

“As a Council, we can provide as much information as possible, but it will come

Hamilton City Council became the first council in New Zealand to officially

down to families and individuals to make their own personal changes. It could

support the programme, lead by The Packaging Forum and its supporting

be setting up a compost bin in your backyard, tying up your paper and card

businesses in the campaign. Opened by Mayor Julie Hardaker, the campaign

for our recyclers, choosing to buy products with less packaging or simply

operates in Hamilton through 16 Countdown, Pak n Save, New World and The

being creative with leftovers to reduce food waste.”

Warehouse stores, with the goal of recycling around 30 tonnes of soft plastic bags annually.

“There are over 53,000 homes in Hamilton, and we’re growing fast. You might think reducing your home’s waste by one kilo each week isn’t much, but if

“We don’t have a soft plastics collection as part of our current recycling

everyone did it that we would keep over 2000 tonnes out of landfill every

programme, so this was an opportunity to partner with business and promote

month,” Kerry says.

in-store recycling bins for things like supermarket bags, bread bags, courier and postage bags and plastic wrapping. We’ve also recently installed one of the bins at Waikato University and the campaign is proving very successful,” Kerry says.

“Everyone has a chance to make a difference.”

Image: Hamilton Mayor Julie Hardaker, (left), with the Council’s Waste

“Around 4.3 million soft plastic bags are thrown away every day in New Zealand,

Minimisation Advisor Kerry Skeer, at the launch of a soft plastic recycling

so Hamilton now has the chance to make a real difference.”

initiative in the city earlier this year.

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YOUR SPACE THE QUEENS OF CHIEFS COURT This trendy abode is the home of girls who would probably yell at you if you didn’t use a coaster on the coffee table. With not a mouldy ceiling or vomit stained carpet in sight, this is the sort of flat you’d be proud to have your landlord inspect. The fake plants, scented candles and art prints bear the telltale signs of the occupants' Kmart addiction and give the whole place a well thought out and organised flare atypical of student housing. Especially student housing so close to Cameron Rd.

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MODERN DAY MIXTAPE V6

THAT TIME I...

MADE LOVE LIKE A MERMAID

LYAM BUCHANAN

INDIGO SMITH

The past few weeks have been blessed with new albums and tracks from

WOMAN, 25, STRAIGHT

artists across all genres. Everywhere you look a new EP is been thrown at

In summer, I went up to Auckland with my partner to visit a friend at her

you or a music video is begging for your attention. In times like these it’s

waterfront house on Tamaki Dr. My partner and I arrived in the late afternoon,

very easy to get lost and miss out on some top tier tracks from artists who

and smoked a couple of spliffs before heading to the liquor store.

just can’t afford to compete with the marketing of the bigger names. Luckily enough I’ve been sifting through the masses to find you the best of what’s flown under the radar.

We sat outside watching the sunset, listening to music and talking shit. My partner and I split a bottle of Jim Beam, her and her partner downed vodka sodas. The bourbon settled nicely, and I felt that glowing warmth radiating from

To start with we’ve got 'As Long As You’re With Me’ courtesy of Dirty Radio and Stint. This song easily has one of the coolest beats from the contemporary/ electro scene; the use of off-beats and swing, along with repetition of annoyingly recognisable samples captures its audience and leaves you scampering through their discography in search for more. One track which really stands out in this playlist is 'Up & Down' by Polographia and Goodbye Moon; I’m a sucker for mellow and somewhat melancholic music so the unique drone of the vocal track ticked all the boxes. Throw in the layered pulsing

my core, spreading to up to my chest and down to my pussy. I was throbbing.

Our bags were still in the car. A few hours in and I'd downed a lot of liquor, I had the perfect excuse to pull the "I need your help carrying all the bags, because I am a drunken, useless, precious flower" card. At the car I told him to get in — he obliged. I untied his shorts and sucked him dry on the side of the road in the very nice neighbourhood with houses worth millions of dollars — who says Hamilton sluts aren't classy?

synths and whispers throughout the background and you’ve got yourself the

We carried our stuff back to the house, and I couldn't keep my hands off him.

freshest downbuzz track to sneak out of Spotify Discover.

I was fucking soaked.

The original mix of 'Wildfire' by Yeah Boy is another strong piece, it feels

Come midnight it was still sweltering hot, and I'd drunk the majority of the

heavily influenced by artists such as Kygo & Matoma but luckily it’s not overly

bottle (he's a lightweight who's afraid of whiskey-dick), inhaled a pack of

happy or painfully overplayed on the radio. Instead of rambling on about each

Marlboros, and toked my way through more bud than usual. I've always loved

and every song in this playlist I’ll cut this short and let you decide for yourself.

being outside at night, loved being in the ocean, and loved wearing fuck all. A

If you’re feeling like indulging in some fresh, yet moderately depressing, jams

midnight swim combined all of my favourite things.

look no further than V6. Located deep within the nexusmagazine Spotify, this playlist is sure to keep you procrastinating at a steady pace. There is definitely the potential for these jams to make you too lazy to function, when coupled with Vitamin D’s cannabutter recipe you’ll be about as useful as stale roadkill.

Nothing quite tops the feeling of water moving against your skin when it's buzzing with alcohol.

Nothing except the feeling of soft, wet kisses from your partner, and the flow of water against your back as he moves your weightless body through the ripples, away from your friends splashing and shouting.

Nothing except the feeling of his dick, hard inside your cunt as you rock with the ebb and flow of the sea.

Only metres away from my friend I kept my moans quiet, whispered dirty talk in his ear and came under the bright summer stars in the middle of the ocean.

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IT GUY PLANET SAVING TECH

JUST THE TIP TIPS FOR TRANSPORT

MATTHEW RAE

NINA FOX

What if I told you there was a way you could help and still get your $5 coffee?

You know how we live on an isolated island, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean?

What if I told you there was technology that could turn waste products into

Yeah, sometimes that can be a right hass. When I was living in France, I’d meet

oil the way the earth does? What if I told you there was a way to grow your

people from other parts of Europe, who would complain about their three-

own rain forest on your kitchen bench? Ok, now I’m sounding a little crazy….

hour flight and how much of a tax it had been. I would then happily bring out

But it’s true.

the trump card and silence them with the fact that it took two 12 hour flights,

Have you ever thought about saving the planet only to go out, buy your favourite $5 coffee-to-go and then contribute it to ever-growing landfills?

oh and one more two hour flight to get to Bordeaux from Auckland. That was a sure way to delicately make them pipe the fuck down.

Believe me, it’s a daily struggle.

An obviously huge amount of travelling is spent literally travelling in planes,

First of all, why don’t more people use travel mugs? They're great for the

trains, boats and buses, and is not something that should be taken lightly.

planet's lifetime, and your phone battery's lifetime ­— if you've got the ‘Yecup

After my long haul flight, I was hit with jet lag symptoms that were all too

365’ you can have a travel mug that charges your phone. Not only that, it can

familiar to a Sunday morning after getting rinsed down Snead Place.

reheat your coffee, not just keep it hot. It can also cool and keep cool your favourite iced coffees. Yes, I love coffee.

Sometimes it’s easy to forget that you do actually have to get from one location to another, cause on Instagram it looks like those travel blogging

Now, have you ever wanted to sound really smart by dropping a big word into

bastards are able to bend time and space to jump from Venice to Shanghai on

a conversation only to have someone understand it better? Try out ‘Thermal

a whim. Well unfortunately it’s not quite that easy, and being a kiwi means you

depolymerisation’. This is the process that can reduce complex organic

will automatically have to take long haul flights to get pretty much anywhere.

materials into crude oil. Imagine turning that nasty chicken in the back of the

So I suggest that when you do have one of these flights to look forward to, you

fridge into petroleum hydrocarbons (another set of big words, yay!). Let’s

go well fed and don’t wear jeans that cut off the circulation to your lower half.

call this petrol for short. The way mother nature has been doing this takes biomatter and puts it under a ton of pressure. “You need to do better, you’ve got to work harder, you need to be ready by the 20th-century entrepreneur.”

All this pressure then takes millions of years to produce the fossil fuels we all use, but with ‘Thermal depolymerisation’ it can take hours using the same process the earth has been.

If, like me, you find yourself travelling on a student budget, you may look into travelling on night buses in order to save yourself a night of paid accommodation. Though this is extremely cost-efficient, keep in mind that you will probably get about 40 minutes sleep due to the artificial light blearing down on you, the seats that only recline a stiff 0.05% and the foreign passengers who seem to be perplexed by the idea that others like to sleep

Now before you go pouring soil on your dishes filled counter in an attempt

when it's two in the morning. But these buses can bring you many joys. Such

to grow your own rainforest, check out the ‘Biopod’. No, it's not some form

as Belgian bus drivers who are far too passionate about their job, and upon

of ‘face hugger’ incubation chamber, it’s a microhabitat that’s capable of

arriving at your destination begin to give you a detailed life story and even

reproducing any environment. With this technology, you can grow your

some product placement over the loudspeaker.

own rainforest or strawberry garden. With its built-in heaters and automatic irrigation, anyone can do it.

Though travelling around on various modes of transport can be bit of a 'mare, you’ll eventually learn to love those moments where you can sit down and do jack all for a couple of hours.

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SAWIT STUDENT SOLIDARITY

YWRC OHH, C’MON TALLEYS…

LOGAN ROBINSON, PRESIDENT

MEL MARTIN

The concept of student solidarity is a lost culture in New Zealand currently.

Okay, so I know on first glance no one actually gives a rat’s ass about the

We’ve lost our connection to those next to us and have been reduced to trying

situation between Talley’s and the workplace unions trying to protect workers’

our individual best to survive a capitalist economy as a student (often with

rights. But this just in… The agribusiness giant specialising in the manufacturing

fuck all capital). The intersect between low wages, rising study and living

and distribution of seafood, vegetable, and dairy products have just been

costs and money grabbing schemes (such as paid parking and ‘building

ordered to pay over $30,000 each to two Southland employees. This isn’t a

levies’) makes studying a progressively difficult time to survive.

first for the corporate conglomerate, nor will it be a last…

What we often don’t realise is that the combined resources of several people

The two factory workers were hauled through heavy duty disciplinary action

will often go alot further than the same amount of resources individually held

for distributing a Meat Workers Union newsletter to other employees at the

(the only exception to this is those fucking shit group assignments where

plant. This battle has been ongoing for years and years, and as long as we all

one person holds the whole group back). If we, as students, stood together

stop in at the supermarket and buy our fish fingers, or custard by the carton,

and resisted the rising costs of studying, shit decisions like paid parking on

Talley’s has nothing to lose in withholding their employees right to safe and

campus and even political decisions made in Wellington, we could hopefully

fair treatment at work. This only highlights to me the need for unions and

make things a little easier for ourselves and those coming after us.

collective activism in New Zealand.

The ideology behind student solidarity is that by standing together, either

Because in 2016, New Zealanders are still penalised for their basic right

through a student union or as a large group, students can use a collective

to access a workplace union, which is actually compulsory under NZ

voice to push for changes that are in students’ best interests in the current

employment law. An employer is legally obliged to allow their employees to

studying environment. This would ideally eventuate in structural changes that

sign a collective agreement if they wish to, and Talley’s doesn’t give a shit. I

make life as a student progressively better for everyone.

was speaking about this with NZ Dairy Workers Union Organiser Mark Apiata-

In my tenure as the president for The Students Association of WINTEC (SAWIT), I’ve been personally focusing my energy on trying to rebuild a culture of solidarity where students look at the people next to them and realise we’re all trying to survive the same structures and systems. One of our key focuses as a students’ association this year, working towards greater

Wade, who said “Talley’s have nothing to lose, and all the money in the world to go to court with.” But, what if we gave Talley’s something to lose? What if, New Zealand as a collective whole took the power back as consumers and said “Actually, we’re tired of rewarding Talley’s outrageous behaviour towards the hardworking people that keep their business churning?"

student solidarity, has been building a relationship with WSU (hence my

Then, I think Talley’s would have something to lose. Anyway, I just wanted

chance to rant in Nexus). This relationship recognizes that we have common

to make more people aware of the human carnage that goes on behind the

experiences as students in Hamilton regardless of what institute we undertake

scenes of a Talley’s product. I leave you this week, with the hope that your

our courses of study at. I would encourage each of you to look at the people

moral inclinations think twice the next time you are faced with the option to

next to you and find out what common issues you all face, and stand together

buy anything branded by Talley’s, or at least intrigue you into further googling

to push back against the cause of those issues.

what’s going down.

He waka eke noa A canoe which we are all in with no exception.

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PAK ’N SAVE HEAD CHEF SALMON SUSHI BOWL INGREDIENTS

METHOD

For the Salmon:

1. Combine all ingredients for the salmon marinade in a large bowl. Cut

400g Fresh Salmon ¼ cup Soy Sauce 2 tbsp Sugar 1 tsp Sake 1 tsp Crushed Ginger 1 tsp Crushed Garlic For the Rice: 3-4 cups Cooked Rice 3 tbsp Rice Vinegar 2 tsp natural sugar or agave nectar Pinch of Salt

salmon into bite-sized pieces and mix through the marinade. Cover with glad-wrap and place in the fridge to marinate.

2. Combine cooked rice with rice vinegar, sugar and salt in a large mixing bowl. Distribute rice amongst four serving bowls.

3. Cut avocado into quarters and peel skin off. Cut into slices, but not completely so you can fan the pieces out as shown in the photo.

4. Peel carrot. Slice carrot, capsicum, cucumber and nori into strips.

5. Heat a large pan or wok to a medium heat and add salmon pieces with marinade. Cook for 2-3 minutes on each side until salmon has browned and marinade has reduced to a sweet, sticky coating.

6. Arrange salmon, nori, avocado, and other toppings on top of the rice.

7. Garnish with seaseme seeds. Drizzle with soy sauce or Japanese mayo.

Toppings: 12 Pieces Toasted Nori Seaweed 1 Avocado 1 Carrot 1 Red Capsicum ½ Cucumber Serves 4

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Her adolescent celebrity crush was a tie between Mr Bean and Justin Bieber, and would like some help moving on from her love affair with Pepe Lopez tequila. His interests are swimming, rollerblading and “outdoor events” — he might be more at home going bungy jumping on The Bachelor, but seems he’s slumming it with a Nexus Blind Date. They both emailed to ask how they’d spot their blind date, so surely that makes them compatible?

SHE SAID

HE SAID

After an afternoon of hyping myself up and getting ready I arrived a casual

The date was very adventurous in the way that I didn’t know what to

10 minutes late to avoid any awkwardness of being the first one to arrive.

expect. The location of the date was perfect as it was a public place so we

I’d already had a few drinks so that helped. As I walked in I saw a guy

could feel comfortable.

sitting at the back by himself, the nerves definitely kicked in.

It was a chilled night and it went smooth. We had nice chit-chat with

We ordered a drink first, then another drink and by the last drink we were

couple of drinks. Tequila shots were amazing, as she didn’t back off. Was

asking for double shots of vodka, so that was great. The food was good but

going great but the age difference was rather too much and I couldn't really

I don’t think he was very impressed by my choices of garlic bread, pizza

consider it as a match, but still it was a good meal and a nice conversation

and onion rings.

with a beautiful soul. We shared a lot about where we grew up and some

I found out he was from Dubai and spoke four languages but English

other topics like our worst date, sports and favorite TV shows.

wasn’t his strong point which made conversation a little awkward. We

At the end, I asked her for a walk along the river, but her friends were

didn’t have a lot in common and the age gap was a little too big for my

waiting her to come out, so we had the last shot at the bar. was too early

liking. He was 26 and I’m 18, the life experience was very different and

to go home and I asked my friend to pick me up and went to another bar to

maturity levels also. He was nice though.

have a few more drink and talked about my date.

On the positive side, I could’ve gone for a quick stop in the bathroom with

Special thanks to the Bank bar great staff and their services as they were

the waiter who was a bit of a looker. But unfortunately I missed that boat.

serving us so friendly. Keep up the good work…

By the time dessert came we decided to skip it and do a couple of tequila shots. I got the pizza in a take away box which my friends thanked me for (poor uni student problems).

Looks like Pepe Lopez will continue to be my lover, and maybe I’ll have to go another 18 years of being single. Or maybe next time Nexus could set me up on a date with someone closer to my age.

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CANCER (JUNE 21 — JULY 22)

"Carpe diem. Seize the day, make your lives extraordinary."

Make Hogan Street great again! Build the wall! Preferably out of DB boxes, and with less racist intentions.

AQUARIUS (JANUARY 20 — FEBRUARY 18)

LEO (JULY 23 — AUGUST 22)

If you actually read these, send the Nexus Snapchat a dick pic. I

Your luck is looking up, bad things only come in threes. Kinda

promise they love them. [Editor’s Note: Please fucking don’t]

like Leigh Hart’s bigfoot.

PISCES (FEBRUARY 19 — MARCH 20)

VIRGO (AUGUST 23 — SEPTEMBER 22)

The position of the week is cowgirl. Dump your partner, and follow

I retrospectively predict thunderstorms over Hamilton last

your dreams of joining a ranch in Wisconsin. Yeehaw!

week, and Thunder for San Francisco too.

ARIES (MARCH 21 — APRIL 19)

LIBRA (SEPTEMBER 23 — OCTOBER 22)

Jupiter is favouring your sign this week, and you’re likely to get a

Roman god Mars was protector of cattle. Follow his lead,

match on Tinder. Probably with that guy Todd again.

protect the sea cattle. Maui Fin Run! 55 in 55!

TAURUS (APRIL 20 — MAY 20)

SCORPIO (OCTOBER 23 — NOVEMBER 21)

When you’re pulling an all nighter this week, coffee won’t cut it. You’ll

I was going to tell you that exams are coming up soon, and you

need a whole lot of taurine, still unsure if that’s actually bull semen.

should start studying. But they’re not. You’ve got like 3 weeks. Chill.

GEMINI (MAY 21 — JUNE 20)

SAGITTARIUS (NOVEMBER 22 — DECEMBER 21)

Jupiter also favours your sign, but instead of a Tinder match,

Guess what, Jupiter just favours everyone this week. Not as

you’re going to get dysentery.

special as you thought eh?

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NEW TO BIKING AND WANT TO GET MORE EXPERIENCE? WANT SOME FREE PROFESSIONAL ADVICE TO UPSKILL SO YOU CAN RIDE WITH CONFIDENCE? Cycling New Zealand have a series of workshops to help you improve your confidence, skill and safety when out on the road or pathways.

These workshops are relaxed, supportive and engaging and are suitable for those who are relatively new to riding and want to upskill, and meet like-minded people who enjoy their riding.

HAMILTON: Weekly Wednesday Workshops May 4 - June 29 / 1pm – 3pm Weekly Saturday Workshops May 7 - June 25 / 1pm – 3pm TE AWAMUTU: Weekly Wednesday Workshops May 4 - June 29 / 9.30am – 11.30am DROP IN TO ONE WORKSHOP OR COME TO THE ENTIRE SERIES.

PROGRAMMES ARE DELIVERED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH:

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