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wellington 1 8 . Wh e r e t o D r i n k 2 0 . Wh e r e t o E at 22. Suburbs

arts 38. Books 39. Film 4 0 . Vi s u a l A r t s 4 1 . Th e a t r e

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2014 will be the best year of our lives so far.

Frankly, the last few years have been more than a little bit shit. We’ve been bogged down in pessimism. The Global Financial Crisis affected us all.

We struggled to get jobs. So did our friends (except the ones who moved to Australia). We couldn’t afford heating. We bought fewer drinks out. We spent less on presents and received less in turn.

We’ve been ruled by a bunch of out-of-touch old people who don’t pay any attention to us. It seems the only time they listen to what we have to say is when they’re spying on our Facebook chats.

Those dog days are over. We’ve had the bust. Now here comes the boom.

There’s lots to be excited about: - The economy is forecast to grow by 3.5 per cent this year. This isn’t boring economics-speak: it means that jobs are far easier to come by. They pay better. We can afford nicer things; live in nicer houses.

- It’s election year. Politicians have to at least pretend like they care about us.

- Crime is at its lowest in New Zealand since 1979.

- Last year’s road toll was the lowest in 60 years, continuing the downward trend in deaths.

- University attendance is higher than it’s ever been.

More money; fewer problems.

The mood is lifting. Culturally, things have never been better. Last year, every one of our favourite artists brought out a new album that changed our lives. Bolder and bigger films are coming out.

Young New Zealanders are producing some amazing work: think Lorde, Eleanor Catton, Lydia Ko, Steven Adams. We’re getting our swagger back.

2014 will be even better.

On a personal level, university is the best time of our lives. Finally independent from our parents, we have twice the freedom of adults and half the responsibility. It’s just a couple of lectures a day and the odd shift a week.

We are involved in a frenzied self-improvement exercise. With the help of lecturers and tutors, we are teaching ourselves how to think better, how to create beautiful things, how to improve the world we live in. We are learning for ourselves; not sitting at a desk for others.

The University is entering a new era: after years of construction, the Hub is finished. We have a new Vice-Chancellor ready to usher in a new Victoria.

In short: our generation is the best one yet. We’re the ones with the right ideas. The old guard are mere placeholders until we take over.

This might all just be youthful arrogance – global warming presents a serious challenge; poverty and inequality do too. We should be worried. But the point is this: we are young. Too young to be bitching and moaning and grumpy and jaded. That’s what middle age is for. We need to have faith that we will meet these challenges.

Salient this year is going to embody that feeling of playful optimism. Pessimism is passé. We want Salient to be a beautiful paper that captures the positive ethos of 2014. We want to provoke thought and discussion about the issues of our time. But we also want to remember not to take ourselves too seriously: to remember that our views and understanding of the world might change with every new idea we hear and every new person we meet. That’s what separates us from our parents: understanding that one of the best things you can do is be wrong.

In 40 years, when we’re thinking, “God, 2014 was a great year”, we will look back at Salient and remember exactly how amazing it was to be a student in these exciting times.

Love,

Duncan & Cam

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le tte r s Salient Letters Policy Have you got something to say? Do you hate your friends, family, Salient and the World? Send us a letter to vent. If you are in love with us or just want to talk, send us a letter too. Letters must be in by Thursday each week. Editors reserve the right to edit letters, if we want. Letters can be sent to editor@salient.org.nz. If you don’t do email yet, you can post them to: Salient, Student Union Building, Victoria University of Wellington, PO Box 600, Wellington.

Who Runs the World?

Dear Salitoris ({¡}) xoxo May Triarchy Looking for Pen(is) Pals Dear Salient, I’m a 24 year-old woman who has just returned to Wellington from a spirit awakening intrepid journey through the Himalayas. I looked on Tinder, but everyone wanted something far too carnal. I turn to Salient in the hope of satisfying my intellectual desire through the exchange of prose. If you, like me, also share a love for the written word and believe that social media is destroying our souls, please respond via the Salient letters page. I look forward to discussing Kerouac with you.

Namaste, Liz Gilbert From Russia with Love Dear Sexy Socialist, I saw you across the rows of us bourgeoisie in POLS111. Your flaming hair blazed like the USSR flag.

When you spoke my ears stood at attention. Your Gillard-like voice flooded the room with a depth and passion of Helen Clark. Even from the aisle between us I could appreciate the small hairs on your top-lip: enough beauty existed in them to make Stalin cry.

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I am in love with your Marxist mind, your communist critique and your gorgeous grey KGB dress. I feel that you are so hot you could melt a Cold War.

back to Uranus.

Kind Regards, Model Citizen.

Tovarish, friend, I would love to be on your side of this Iron Curtain between us.

Forever Yours, Karl Khrushchev Hopeless (B)romance Dear Salient, I found love in a Hope Bros place last Saturday. My phone was dead, so she wrote her number in MAC Rebel lipstick on my hand. After going to relieve myself, I naturally washed my hand. Her number ran away with the soap suds. When I returned, she had disappeared into the writhing mass.

That was a shame, as I was ready for tequila shots.

I was wearing the t-shirt with the coloured pocket, and chinos. You were wearing that bangin’ dress; tight around the chest. Your hair was dark, or was that just sweat? We danced. I bought you a vodka, lemon lime and bitters.

If you felt the connection too, hit me up here and the editors can help us get in touch.

Drunk in Love.

A Lot of Hot Air Dear Mr Fartastic, I morally loathe your cruelty, dislike your distaste and distaste your odour. Last week upon your exit from, and my entrance to, the lift I inhaled the rich aroma of your shorts. That smell will outlast religion. Your effluence clung to the hairs of my nostrils and poisoned my tongue. Chemistry students, like myself, smell aromatic chemicals daily but your gas was more poisonous than cyanide and fouler smelling than ammonia.

You are a flatulent fiend! Did something crawl up there and die, or are is your arse the portal to hell? Please for the sake of humanity squeeze your cheeks harder. If this is not possible, leave this planet and go

We Print in CMYKKK Dear Salient, I think the fact that you print on white paper is racist.

Anon.

Summertime Sadness Dear Summerlient, Where the fuck were you. I waited, all summer. Four fucking months. And you weren’t there. Every day, Salient. Every day I rushed to the magazine stands, and you were never there. I checked all over the Kelburn campus, then I went down to Pipitea and Te Aro. I didn’t go up to Karori, but, Salient, you expect me to have standards don’t you.

Please come back. My bored Monday mornings aren’t the same without you.

Endless love, Abandonment Issues.

That’s Grammer National Socialists to you Dear collective Grammer nazis Thank you so much for telling all of these idiot’s how to sepll and proof read and use correct grammer ALL THE TIME i love seeing it when Im feeling down abuot a bad grayd or a stupid sentence in front of the girl of my dreams during a tute becoz it makes me release that Im not so bad afterall. Obviously Im not to bad but there could be improvments i no. if you could keep yelling things owt in class to embaras those who cant corrctly spell or use Grammer then i would be eternally greatful. from A B+-average student, Get fuckeed.

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Steven Takes University for Another Joyce Ride Students and staff not an important part of University,

by Sophie Boot The Government is looking to take more control over universities, by reducing the size of university councils and removing requirements for student and staff representation.

University councils are the governing bodies of institutions which are made up of representatives from a variety of stakeholders.

Currently, the Victoria University Council has 18 members, two of whom are student representatives.

Under the announcement made by Minister for Tertiary Education Steven Joyce, the Council would shrink to 12, and the current requirement for staff and student representation would be axed. There would be a new requirement for Māori representation on councils.

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Amendment Bill which will be introduced to Parliament soon, and would come into effect at the beginning of 2016.

ernise councils so they can more easily meet the needs of a rapidly changing employment market and… operate more efficiently.”

The reforms have been widely criticised by universities and students’ associations across the country, as well as NZUSA, the TEU, Academic Freedom Aotearoa and the Labour Party. Labour’s Tertiary Education Spokesperson Grant Robertson said there was no problem with university governance and no call for such changes to be made.

VUWSA President Sonya Clark said that the changes would be harmful to student representation, and she will be advocating for two students to remain on Council.

“[The Government] are simply about silencing the voice of students and staff who have been vocal critics of National’s cuts to tertiary education,” Robertson said.

Clark also disagreed that University Council was too slow at decision-making.

However, the reduction in size will not extend to ministerial appointees, who will now take up a greater proportion of council seats.

Under the reforms, four of the 12 members of Victoria’s University Council would be appointed by the Minister.

Victoria’s Chancellor, Ian McKinnon, declined to comment at this stage. Victoria’s Council’s submission to the Minister for Tertiary Education proposed a corresponding reduction in ministerial appointments to three. The Chancellor has said he would support the retention of student representation on Council.

The changes are part of an Education

Joyce has said that the reforms “will mod-

“The independence of universities will be compromised when their councils can easily change depending on the Minister,” she said.

“University decision-making processes can be slow at times, but it’s got nothing to do with the University Council, but the consultation processes that must occur before proposals get to the University Council. Universities are diverse, complex places with broad goals with a whole community to consult. Good consultation takes time.”

In December, the University Council voted to give VUWSA back one of the student seats, Salient will have more on this next week.

The Last Walsh VC becomes just another unemployed uni grad

by Steph Trengrove It is the end of an era as Victoria University’s Vice-Chancellor of nearly a decade departs for pastures new.

Pat Walsh, who has served as Vice-Chancellor since 2005, did not seek a third term in the role, bringing his time at the University to a close.

Throughout Vice-Chancellor Walsh’s tenure, Victoria has undergone significant development, including the building of the Hub and improving Victoria’s research culture. Victoria was ranked first in the country for research in 2013.

“What I have tried to encourage here is a culture of excellence. Victoria has amazing people, both staff and students, who do amazing things. But it’s almost like we… don’t really celebrate the excellent things that people have done. So I have tried to build up that recognition of excellence,” said Walsh.

Chancellor Ian McKinnon told Salient that Walsh has laid “superb foundations” to meet the challenges that Vic will face.

Walsh said it had been “an honour and a privilege” to be Victoria’s Vice-Chancellor.

“He has led and managed Victoria at a time of increasing fiscal challenges and constraints while maintaining the quality of a Victoria institution, well supported by the development of new and refurbished facilities,” McKinnon said.

“I have been inspired on a daily basis by my first-hand knowledge of the many extraordinary achievements of our staff and students.”

Walsh expressed his support for the appointment of the new Vice-Chancellor, Grant Guilford, saying it was “a very good appoint-

ment”.

“I think he will be a very good Vice-Chancellor. He is very experienced [and] well regarded.”

In speaking of his future plans, Walsh told Salient that he believed one should be “open to new experiences”. “…I don’t want to be a Vice-Chancellor anywhere else. I don’t want another full-time job as a chief executive of any organisation.

I want to do a variety of different things, whether it be on boards, whether it be doing some consulting, doing some mentoring, working for voluntary organisations.”

The full interview with Pat Walsh is published on pages 27–29 of this week’s Salient.

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Joint O-Week Not as Dank as It Sounds Massey and Vic join forces for O-Week

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By Sophie Boot The lacklustre O-Weeks Victoria students have endured for the past few years may be a thing of the past, with VUWSA joining forces with MAWSA, the Massey @ Wellington Student’s Association, to run O-Week in 2014.

Since the introduction of Voluntary Student Membership in 2011, VUWSA’s O-Weeks have come under criticism for not providing the same quality of entertainment as previous years. 2013’s O-Week featured Home Brew, a Neon Toga Party, a Comedy Spectacular and a Hypnotist night.

2014’s O-Week will be run jointly by VUWSA and MAWSA. VUWSA President Sonya Clark said that the decision to work with MAWSA was made in order to provide the best possible O-Week for students.

“Last year, Orientation was limited to a couple of events at The Hunter Lounge – students weren’t happy with the programme and neither were we,” she said.

This year’s O-Week will feature 60 acts including Baauer, Gold Panda, Baths and David Dallas. Events are being run in The Hunter Lounge at Victoria University, onsite at Massey and in venues around the central city.

Clark could not say how much VUWSA had contributed financially towards running this O-Week, as “specific financials are commercially sensitive in the contract environment”, but did say that VUWSA’s overall Orientation budget is similar to the past two years of O-Weeks held under VSM. “A key goal for VUWSA going into Orientation 2014 was to create a more scalable and vibrant orientation programme for our students, whilst connecting Orientation to the city. In order to achieve this, we combined with MAWSA to connect to a wider range of suppliers and performers, thus ensuring that we are making the most of the limited funding we receive from VUW,” she said.

VUWSA is currently looking to negotiate a two-year agreement with the University which would provide O-Week funding, among other things. Clark believes that this may improve the ability of VUWSA to plan for O-Week further in advance.

MASSIVE BY THE NUMBERS $8 Million collected through the Student Services Levy At least $200,000 $400,000 surplus (i.e. not spent)

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Out of Ink Massive fuck-up leaves Massey with no mag

$100,000 went to Student Media

Sophie Boot

Shock came last Tuesday when MASSIVE, Massey University’s student magazine, announced it will no longer exist in print form.

After the final print issue is released on 26 February, MASSIVE will move entirely online, under the banner of MASSIVE media.

MASSIVE was first published in 2012, after the introduction of Voluntary Student Membership meant the dissolution of the existing student magazines.

When it was formed, it was done so with a business plan which indicated that “within a few years” MASSIVE would become fully self-sufficient. In its first year, it was funded $100,000 by Massey, with the shortfall (around $200,000) covered by the reserve funds of students’ associations and advertising revenue.

In 2013, University funding of MASSIVE increased to $108,000, with students’ associations continuing to fund the remainder. In 2014, with no increase to this amount, continued production of MASSIVE has become unaffordable as funding from students’ associations has run out.

Morgan Browne, MASSIVE’s Editor, told Salient that the money they were getting from the University did not even cover the cost of printing, and while they had looked into cutting production costs, the savings would not have been sufficient to save the magazine.

MASSIVE funding is decided by Massey’s External Relations, whose role encompasses communications, marketing and Massey’s public relations. Browne told Salient that she feels that the relationship with Massey has become difficult as MASSIVE has published more “risky” stories in the past year, including a story which revealed the President of Massey’s Extramural Students’ Society was paying herself $50,000 a year for 27 hours’ work a week.

Brown has also alleged that Massey staff have asked her to alter content in MASSIVE. James Gardiner, Massey’s Communication Director, said he didn’t know anything about that, and while he can’t rule it out, “I would be aware of it if it had happened.”

MASSIVE’s final issue will contain a 6000-word article investigating student-media funding at Massey. Salient will continue to follow this story as it unfolds.

Trans* Scholarships on the A-gender

the footsteps of similar scholarships available in overseas universities.

But queer’s the money coming from?

The two new scholarships will be made available from July, corresponding with the next semester intake. It is not yet known how much money Unitec will commit to the scholarships, or what the selection process will be.

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Alice Peacock

Auckland’s Unitec has become first off the block in New Zealand with a commitment to begin offering scholarships for transsexual tertiary students.

This progressive move by the institution is a result of the recent Pride dawn ceremony, during which Unitec lecturer Herewini Easton spoke to highlight the difficulties faced by trans* students. Easton acknowledged that the current scholarship system acts to benefit many minorities yet assumes all students fit into one of two gender categories.

Victoria does not currently offer any scholarships dedicated to transsexual or intersex students.

NEW HIRE, LOWER WAIT TIMES Counselling Service responds to

needs to be said

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Sophie Boot

O-Week campaigners at the University of Waikato are raising the awareness of young women regarding sexual assault.

The Campaign for Consent team are volunteers who, with the help of positive messages, are trying to prevent rape or sexual assault.

The volunteers formed together after the Roast Busters case was revealed in Auckland, where youths sexually assaulted drunk underage girls and boasted about it online.

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“They don’t always feel comfortable applying within those definitions”, he said. “They often feel embarrassed or shy”.

Students should be able to see counsellors more quickly, with a new intake counsellor joining the counselling team at Victoria.

VUWSA’s Equity Officer, Madeleine Ashton-Martyn, agreed that some scholarships were not inclusive of trans* students.

In 2013, Salient reported on the long waiting times some students were encountering when seeking counselling appointments through the University. Students this year have already reported wait times of up to three weeks to get an appointment.

“The issue with scholarships currently offered to students at Victoria is not that they are explicitly inaccessible to trans* students, but that they are not tailored to be fully inclusive.

Some scholarships on offer are inherently exclusive to trans* students, including many of those specifically offered to women, by not expressly stating that they are trans*-inclusive or in any other way ensuring they are presented as safe and open for trans* students,” she said.

DON’T RAPE It’s fucking ridiculous that this even

In response, VUWSA agreed to a two per cent raise in the Student Services Levy, with the money raised being earmarked for improving the counselling service on offer.

Sami Poynter-Mellors, Co-President of UniQ for 2014, added that the organisation was looking to provide further support to trans* students.

Gerard Hoffman, Manager of Counselling Services at the University, is looking to introduce an intake counsellor, based on international counselling models. An intake counsellor will be able to see students “within a few days” for an appointment in order to assess the needs of the student looking for counselling.

“This year will see further implementation of the Queer Mentoring scheme which will aim to provide other support to trans* students (as well as other queer students) who are having a difficult time,” she said.

“My concern is that students who need help need to talk to a skilled person, need to talk to someone quickly… Our concern is that people will go away feeling discouraged. Coming to counselling is a big step for many people.”

This challenge faced by the trans* community was brought to the attention of Pride Festival sponsors Unitec, by Pride’s sponsorship team.

In offering financial support to students facing such challenges, the institution is following in

The intake counsellor has not yet been appointed. Salient will publish a weekly column written by the Counselling Service on mental health.

Campaign for Consent organiser Anjum Rahman said that “a lot of feeling” was publicised in the community regarding consent issues.

One of the main messages being distributed by the volunteers is positive communication, as in checking that your partner is comfortable and wanting to continue.

“We wanted to have positive messaging, because a lot of the messages are ‘don’t do this, don’t do that,’ and I think it doesn’t get through,” Miss Rahman said.

“It’s a time that’s traditionally associated with quite a high incidence of sexual assault… they’re going through a period of change, so people are more vulnerable,” Birthright and Link House manager Rebecca Fraser said.

Associate Director of Campus Operations at Victoria University, Rainsforth Dix, said that there are plans in place regarding student security during Orientation events.

“They include initiatives such as providing a safe room and delivering students back to their accommodation.”

“The information [about sexual assault] is reinforced by safety presentations given by the police and other agencies.”

Michelle Jordan-Tong, the University of Waikato’s Head of Student and Academic Services, said the more people that were educated about consent, the better.

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vu wsa

What will you have achieved by the end of the year for students? (in one sentence plz) 2. What is your star sign?

3. Would you rather have legs the size of fingers or fingers the size of legs?

4. What’s your favourite movie?

5. If you could enact one law, what would it be?

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PRESIDENT’S COLUMN Sonya Clark

VUWSA President Hello! Whether you’ve just arrived at your Hall with a car full of stuff, or you’re returning to Vic from a summer in Wellington, welcome to Victoria University for 2014. My name is Sonya Clark and I am the President of VUWSA – Your Students’ Association.

It’s the start of Orientation, and for the first time ever, we’ve combined forces with our friends down the road at Massey Wellington Students’ Association to bring you One Orientation Wellington. We’ve been able to use not just The Hunter Lounge but the entire city of Wellington, getting you student discounts at a whole range of gigs. Neon Toga Party tickets are completely sold out, but at the time of writing there were tickets left to most events.

Check out www.facebook.com/vuwsa to keep in the loop.

It’s optional to join VUWSA, and membership is FREE. In the next few weeks, you’ll see a whole lot of people in bright green T-shirts around campus. Ask them how to join VUWSA. When you join, you’ll get a free Wall Planner, O-Week Bag full of freebies, and a membership card loaded with deals and discounts to use around town and on campus.

More importantly, you’ll become a part of making sure that the collective student voice makes a difference at Vic this year.

VUWSA has been here since the beginning of Vic itself. Students way back in 1899 formed the Victoria College Students’ Society, quickly organising a petition on the need for a student library.

115 years later, VUWSA still exists to make sure Victoria students have an incredible time at Vic, are supported through their study, and, most of all, have their voices listened to in the ivory towers of decision-making. We think students deserve a say in their class, their university and in their lives as students in Wellington.

This means we care about the small things, like when the lights go out on the Dixon St steps or you get a grade that you don’t think is quite right. We can find the right person to fix the lights, and help you approach a lecturer to question your grade. We have a Food Bank and Free Bread service to make things a bit easier. While we are completely independent, we work closely with the University to make things better for students.

We care about the big issues, like pushing for Wellington to introduce tertiary fares on public transport and making sure we get a quality education while not drowning in debt.

We’ll keep in touch as the year goes on. But for now, its all about free stuff, sausage sizzles and dressing up in a sheet to commemorate the start of the university year. Come say hi at the VUWSA stall outside the Hub – there’s no missing the green smiley-face T-shirts.

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Declan Doherty-Ramsay Vice President (Engagement) A more open, transparent and engaging VUWSA. 2. Leo/Virgo, on the cusp!

3. Legs the size of fingers – as a guitarist I need regular-sized fingers.

4. Brick: neo-noir starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt in his intermediate form. Nom. 5. I’d make possessing Kim Dotcom’s Good Times a criminal offence. .

Rawinia Thompson Vice President (Academic) 1. I hope to have answers to the following questions: a) Why have student tuition fees become increasingly more expensive every year here at Vic? b) Is the quality of teaching and learning getting any better as a result of this?

2. Virgo. Don’t read too much into that.

3. Tweeting with leg-sized fingers would be quite a challenge, so I’d prefer finger-sized legs.

4. I’m quite a sappy, emotional person, so any film with intense music will get me good (see the scene where Rue dies in the first Hunger Games film).

5. I would implement a comprehensive civics-education programme mandatory for all high-school students, content including pre-European Māori society, first European settlement, the Treaty of Waitangi and its principles, and issues arising from the Treaty in the present day. It would also cover the basics of our constitutional framework, electoral system, and social issues like Māori rights, women’s rights and queer rights. I think this knowledge should be considered as necessary as basic Maths, Science and English, and no young Kiwi should leave high school without it!

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Rick Zwaan Vice President (Welfare) 1. I’m looking forward to continuing to progress getting Fairer Fares for students on public transport, working towards getting warmer, heather flats; campaigning for a universal allowance and lower uni fees.

2. Aries, Mars, Curiosity 3. Fish fingers?

4. Brick 5. I would enact a wide ranging welfare reform act that would address wage equity, minimal rental standards, liveable student allowances and the like.

Elizabeth Bing Clubs officer 1. Availability of resources for clubs, and a more community-based campus with an increase in public events!

2. Pisces.

3. Legs the size of fingers.

4. The Lives of Others by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck.

5. To eliminate income tax for the first $5000 of income earned in a tax year.

Jordan Lipski 1. Keep

Treasurer VUWSA ticking over well

Madeleine Ashton-Martyn

2. Virgo 3. Legs

the size of fingers of the Bourne films 5. An amendment to include economic, social and cultural rights in the NZ Bill of Rights Act 4. Any

Caroline Trirsk Education Officer I would like to achieve easy access to VUWSA, through representation, that every student both knows about, and, feels comfortable using.

2. Aquarius 3. I would definitely prefer to have legs the size of fingers.

4. The Matrix 5. If I could enact any law it would be to have free and quality education, up to a tertiary level, for everyone.

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Equity Officer I want to create and support representative structures and groups within the University that function as both a hub of community support for students who are underrepresented at VUW and as a strong basis for campaigns for structural improvements.

2. Aquarius, same as Justin Timberlake. I am Justin Timberlake with better hats.

3. I mean I guess legs the size of fingers?

Although leg-fingers would be pretty great for fights.

4. Space Jam. If you’re into internet time travel you should definitely go to the official Space Jam website, it hasn’t been updated since 1996. That website is old enough to legally drink this year.

5. Take abortion out of the Crimes Act the conditions around whether a woman is deserving of control over her own womb are ridiculous.

Alasdair Keating Campaigns Officer have engaged students at Victoria to vote in the general election and raised the salience of student and youth issues; also I’ll have brought puppies to Kelburn Campus!

2. Leo, keeping company with Andy Warhol and Barack Obama.

3. Probably fingers the size of legs: I think I’d miss my opposable thumbs too much.

4. The Consequences of Love 5. Repeal the Three-Strikes Act and replace it with legislation creating a rehabilitative justice system.

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Stephanie Gregor Sustainability Officer Progress towards less-shit flats and increased awareness of mental-health issues.

2. Capricorn 3. Fingers the size of legs 4. Across the Universe 5. A comprehensive Climate Act 1.

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VICTORIA UNIVERSITY STUDENT HEALTH SERVICE The SHS is dedicated to providing healthcare for you while you are studying at Victoria University. If you have any concerns regarding your health, contact us. Our main clinic is located at Kelburn Campus with a smaller clinic at Pipitea Campus. We offer all the services you would expect from a regular medical centre, while also having an understanding of the many issues which students may encounter while they are studying.

The PHO enrolment process is quick and simple, done by completing and signing a one-page form (available on our website). You will be asked to choose us as your main healthcare provider while you are at Victoria University. There are many reasons why it would be helpful to choose us as your main healthcare centre: we are convenient, we provide lots of different services, and we specialise in the care of university students.

We provide confidential medical and nursing care delivered by fully qualified, professionally registered and experienced doctors and nurses who enjoy working with students.

It is important to understand that when you enrol with us, a copy of your medical records will be transferred to the SHS. If you do visit your previous medical centre, you will be charged there as a casual patient. If you decide to stay enrolled with your current medical centre, you can still be seen at the SHS as a casual patient.

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To find out more about this please visit our website at www.victoria.ac.nz/studenthealth, or, better still, come and visit us in person.

Student Health can be very busy during the year. In 2013 we provided 44,683 individual consultations. We recommend booking ahead for routine and planned appointments. To ensure that students who require same-day appointments are seen and treated, the SHS uses a triage system. Same-day doctor appointments are limited, and only issued after assessment by a Registered Nurse. If you think you need to be seen on the day, call or visit the SHS as early as possible. Examples of same-day appointments include but are not limited to injury, pain, distress, emergency contraception, sudden skin rashes, and signs of infection such as fever.

Kelburn Campus Mauri Ora

Pipitea Campus Student Services

Level One, Student Union Building

Level Two, West Wing, Wellington Railway

Monday-Friday 8:30am5pm.

Monday–Friday 8:30am5pm.

PHO Enrolment

Tuesday 10:30am-5pm.

Tuesday 11am-5pm.

All students who have paid the Student Services Levy can use the SHS. We are a Very Low Cost Access practice. Students who are New Zealand residents have the option of enrolling as patients at the Student Health Service and joining Compass Primary Healthcare Network, which is our Primary Health Organisation (PHO).

Enrolling with the SHS will substantially reduce the cost of healthcare appointments (currently $0 for routine consultations).

Students who are not enrolled as patients at the SHS are able to be seen on a casual/occasional basis and will be charged a consultation fee.

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Treatment for illnesses and injuries Consultation and support with sexual & reproductive health issues, e.g. STI (Sexually Transmissible Infections) checks, pregnancy (planned and unplanned), cervical smears, contraceptive advice including the emergency contraceptive pill, prescriptions for the contraceptive pill and condoms and other methods of contraception Support with making healthy life style changes such as stopping smoking, reducing weight, discussing alcohol and drug issues Guidance and management of ongoing health conditions e.g. asthma, diabetes, epilepsy, mental health Immunisations including the meningococcal disease, measles, mumps rubella, pertussis (whooping cough), and influenza (flu) vaccine. The influenza vaccine is free for all students.

Medical assessment for immigration, diving, and driving medicals.

Travel health including medical kits and travel immunisations Skin cancer screening and minor surgery for moles, lumps and bumps.

Management of psychological issues including anxiety and depression Specialist consultations for skin (dermatologist), mental health (psychiatrist) and final year student dietitians are available via referral from our doctors.

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The staff at SHS are dedicated to providing you with the best possible health care in order for you to achieve your academic goals. If you would like to talk to someone about your health contact us We care and we can help.

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1938: A.H. “Bonk” Scotney founds Salient 1952: Salient publishes a poem lampooning the ‘Red Scare’; is reprimanded

by Vice-Chancellor and sanctimonious letter-writers.

[sey-lee-uh nt, seyl-yuh nt] adjective 1. prominent or conspicuous: salient traits.

2. an organ of opinion at Victoria University; the uni magazine: that Salient magazine is pretty fucking cool

1963: Sir Geoffrey Palmer, the future Labour Prime Minister, laments the disadvantageous effects of higher education on a woman’s “femininity”; attempts to rectify the situation by introducing a ‘Girl of the Week’ to the magazine.

by Philip McSweeney

Greetings, distinguished new readers, and congratulations on picking up your first copy of Salient magazine! We’re tremendously obliged. If you’re anything like me, you will have given the magazine a cursory flick-through before committing to a closer read, and you may have some questions. The more lascivious among you might be wondering, ‘Why is this unfit to wank to?’, while the pragmatic might be ruminating upon the potential efficacy of the magazine as toilet paper (a long-standing joke that has been made on pretty much a weekly basis since the magazine’s inception, by the way; avoid making it). To those questions I can offer no solutions, but before you consign the rag to a convenient bin, allow me to answer the most pressing question of all: ‘What the fuck is this Salient business, anyway?’

Salient is Victoria University’s student magazine, and it has a rich and established history. It all began in 1938, when a disgruntled student staged a coup against the student magazine of the time, ‘Smud’, due to its perceived conservative nature. He was successful, and thus ‘Salient’ was born – the title chosen partly because it’s grandiose and snappy, and partly, I imagine, as a dig at the asininities that defined its forerunner. Since then, it’s been published on a weekly basis, although the magazine went through many changes in the years that would follow Salient: now with less xenophobia!’).

For example, in Salient’s early years it was a five-page little publication in the newspaper format – a far cry from the rather more voluminous tome you’re presently holding.

Some things, however, have remained consistent throughout Salient’s 77 years. The magazine as a matter of course generally leans more towards the left wing in ideological matters – unsurprising given its demographic – although right-wing columnists and writers are always allotted a voice, which refreshes the palette somewhat. While I know I run the risk of circle-jerking one cock too many, Salient also has a history of helping produce illustrious members of society – previous editors include Sir Geoffrey Palmer, Toby Manhire, Derek Freeman and Elle Hunt, and previous contributors include Michele A’Court, Michael King and Sue Kedgley.

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Not that their jaunt was a mere foray into greatness, but more on that later.

Salient has a history of living up to its ethos as an ‘organ of student opinion’. Brace yourselves for a pulping by the cliché train: Salient magazine is run by students, for students, and that’s something that’s vital not just to students but to overall discourse (shit; Salient is, at present, Wellington’s longest-running magazine). Student media is in a cool place where it doesn’t have the restrictions that are placed on mainstream media, but can also afford to tackle big issues in a contrary way to the vitriol and partisan opinion-pieces that seem to dominate most publications. That does not make us sycophantic to students. Au contraire, there’s a noted history of challenging them – but the focus is on issues that affect them.

Perhaps the most consistent attribute of Salient is its flexibility.

Though the central ethos remains the same, the magazine changes drastically year after year in the details. It’s an adaptable beast that changes with its student populace and the context of its production, and even its principles are loose and akin to change. Put it this way: no two years bear exact resemblance to one another, and that malleability is something pretty special.

All these elements ensure that Salient represents something vital to your student community. Long after the naughty thrill of reading the words ‘fuck’ and ‘cunt’ in a ‘professional’ publication has dissipated, you’ll hopefully come to appreciate the raw way in which Salient gets angry and argumentative on your behalf. It’s easy to get disillusioned with your place in the University – VUWSA, though I’m assured they do great work, operate mostly behind the scenes, while Chancellors, Vice-Chancellors and Deans seem to be elected based on their advancing decrepitude and how little of a fig they care about student’s wellbeing. Here in Salient’s burrow-cum-Sauron’s-tower we’re not exactly known for being generous with our coffee but otherwise we’re okay, and I predict our relationship will be fruitful and symbiotic. Just stay the hell away from our goddamn plunger, y’mongrel.

1973: Editor Roger Steele publishes US Army instructions on how to make a bomb.

1995: Editor Vic Waghorn is ‘dismissed’ following an investigation into her conduct.

In retaliation, she amends her final cover to include a cartoon depiction of cunnilingus.

U GO GIRL.

1992: Feature Writer pens a scathing critique of Christianity. The letter section erupts with implorations that the writer “get his soul saved”.

Salient does not know whether his soul was recovered at this time

1997: For the first time in the magazine’s history, an issue doesn’t make it to print fast enough.

Crushing shame befalls all involve

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2005: Salient attempts to publish information discovered in a leaked document that suggests University fees would rise by about ten per cent. The Vice-Chancellor manages to get an injunction, but it’s too little too late – though Salient recalls the magazines detailing the document, other student magazines publish the magazine and an uproar happens anyway. Salient returns the leaked documents to the Vice-Chancellor, but not before drawing erect dicks on the document first. Classic gag, team

2007: The very compassionate writer Lindsay Perigo writes a diatribe entitled ‘Death to Islamofascism’ in which he endorses sodomising Muslim people without their consent and describes Islam as “stinking and stupid”, proving that walking pieces of shit manage to infiltrate student magazines sometimes too.

2009: The infamous Lundy 500 incident. Then-editor Jackson Wood invites teams of vehicles to travel from Petone to Palmerston North, as, according to the prosecution at his 2002 trial, convicted double-murderer Mark Lundy had done in 2000 before murdering wife Christine and daughter Amber, in a valiant but perhaps misguided attempt to encourage people to “think critically about the [New Zealand] justice system”. After generating sufficient backlash, Wood called the event off and apologised to Lundy family members, but not before Salient’s social presence was propelled exponentially. COINCIDENCE?

if you'd like to get involved, send us an email at

editor@salient.org.nz thank you.

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CLUBS INDEX

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Act on Campus secretary@actoncampus.org.nz AIESEC Victoria wellington@aiesec.org.nz Aikido Adrian.slack@vuw.ac.nz Amnesty on Campus amnesty.at.vic@gmail.com Anthropology Society anthropology.victoria@gmail.com

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Badminton Club info.vubc@gmail.com Bahá’i club aarmacleod@gmail.com Basketball mel.peleti@gmail.com Business and Investment Club info@bic.org.nz

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Dance With Me@Vic dancewithme2009@gmail.com Debating Society contact@vicdebsoc.org.nz

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Fencing vuwfencing@gmail.com Film Society vicunifilmsociety@gmail.com Flying Disc Club vuwfdc@gmail.com Football victoriauniversityfootball@gmail.com French Club frenchclub.vuw@gmail.com

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Handball vuwhandball@gmail.com Hockey clubcaptain@victoriahockey.org.nz Huge!@Vic benc@arisechurch.org.nz Human FM studio@humanfm.co.nz

Canoe Club gemmajo.nz@gmail.com Capoeira gillarlaur@myvuw.ac.nz Chinese Students’ Association csavuw@hotmail.com Christian Club vuchristianclub@gmail.com Christian Union vuwchristianunion@gmail.com Cricket mshackl63@gmail.com

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Paintball Society Richardr@lyfords.co.nz ProLife lifechoice.vic@gmail.com Psychology Society vicpsycsoc@gmail.com

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Sailing Club vuwsailingclub@gmail.com Science Fiction info@vuwscisoc.org Society for Conservation Biology kerryecharles@gmail.com Student Life wellington@studentlife.org.nz Students for Palestine vicpalestine@gmail.com Surf Club o.c.shand@gmail.com

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Veg*ns@Vic Raquel.gunman@gmail.com VicLabour viclabour@younglabour.org.nz VicNats joel-rowan@hotmail.com Vietnamese Students’ Association svvn.wellington@gmail.com Volleyball eaglesvb@gmail.com

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Wellington Community Justice Project Incorporated studentdirector@wellingtoncjp.org Wellington Malaysian Students’ Organisation sharil_ace@hotmail.com

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Where to Drink 1. Bodega

10. Edison’s

Punk scene: sometimes gets good bands.

They put photos on social media

2. a JJ MURPHY

11. GP

Irish bar: live bands, request ‘Wagon Wheel’.

$10 Jugs, 7 - 9 pm. Don’t tell anyone.

2. b HOTEL BRISTOL

12. Matterhorn

First year watering hole/50 year-old watering hole.

Great vibe, love the outdoor area. You can’t afford to eat though.

3. a Good Luck

13. Electric Avenue

Hip hop; very sweaty.

Some of my friends rate it.

3. b MIGHTY MIGHTY

14. Library

Good bands, great music. Why is it closing?!?

2-for-1 cocktail Wednesday. Who doesn’t want to drink surrounded by books?

4. Little BeeR Quarter

15. Motel

Great beers and people, annoyingly corporate customers often.

Very romantic, intimate cocktail bar. Delicious popcorn.

5. Golding’s

16. Bruhaus

Delicious beer, bizarre light fittings. no outside at night though.

Lots of cheap drink/food deals.

17. Ivy 6. Hope Bros

Gay bar; always a blast.

Local gross club: the site of many blossoming relationships.

18. Hashigo Zake

7. Crumpet

Fancy craft beers, refreshingly not only from New Zealand.

Cute, quiet bar: shockingly yum crumpets.

19. Southern Cross 8. The Hunter Lounge Your local student institution: cheap handles, try the wedges.

Family-friendly vibe. Lazy Sundays in the sun.

20. The Old Bailey It’s open late. They do jars of sangria.

Good bar close to the Law School. They have pokies.

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21. Backbencher

They use the rewardjunkie! app here.

Political hacks, partisan wonks. Great fries.

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22.Kelburn Village Pub

Become the toy boy you always wanted to be.

Great local. Play some pool, enjoy a beer.

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9. Arthurs See Martha’s. Except for men!

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10. THE Hangar 1. a Milkcrate Lovely cosy cafe with off-thechain sandwiches and in a bookshop.

They sell coffee (nine different kinds); loud music.

20. a Oriental Kingdom Corkage: $5

11. Memphis Belle

Cheap and cheerful. They reuse your leftovers.

1. b Customs

Really nice coffee, positioned next to public toilets.

Best coffee in Wellington. They sell fun doughnuts.

20. b Phong Vu 12. Six Barrel SODA Corkage: $5

2. Espressoholic

Sundaes, sliders, sodas and spiders.

Yum Vietnamese. Really good brothy/soupy options.

13. Nikau

21. Ban Mai Thai Corkage: $5

An institution of the original Wellington vibe. Lots of High School kids smoke here.

The sage fried eggs will change your life forever.

3. Duke Carvell’s Amazing brunch. Try the rosti.

4. Olive Very chill outdoor area. Relaxing vibe.

With a name like that, what can go wrong?

14.Sweet Mother’s Kitchen 22. Ozeki Always busy: try the Snickers Corkage: $3 milkshake with curly fries.

Pricey but delicious Japanese.

Japanese mayo is so good.

15. Prefab 5. Midnight Espresso

Delicious, clean and tidy. Karori-Mum hangout.

23. CINTA Corkage: $3

I don’t understand why people go here. Loud music. Lots of vegan food.

16. Caffe L’afaree

According to MenuMania it’s the best Pad Thai in town.

6. Fidel’s Staple Wellington cafe. Great cabinet food. They do special milkshake flavours.

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Nice brunch; a bit dark inside

17. Smith the Grocer After shopping at Ruby, try the afghans here

7. Laundry

18. Vic Books

Similarly vintage/messy aesthetic to Fidel’s. Handcut fries right?

Great coffee people books food everything.

8. Marthas

19. Aro Cafe

Milkshakes and little morsels.

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Mount Victoria is one of the oldest Wellington suburbs, and you can tell. It’s everything that Wellington is loved for/mocked about: rickety wooden houses up hundreds of steps, roads too narrow to drive a single car down which are still inexplicably two-way, and, up in the green belt, a historic Lord of the Rings Filming Site. It’s lovely, but maybe not the best place to live. I’ve known Mt Vic flats in renovated dairies with only curtains demarcating bedrooms, it’s a bit far from uni, and the presence of the sublime Mt Vic Chippery (bottom of Majoribanks St) will play havoc with your bank balance and waistline.

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Mount Cook’s only tourist destination is a piece of graffiti, and that is all you need to know about this place. Home to Massey Wellington, the War Memorial, and not much else, Mount Cook is less of a suburb than a gateway to other suburbs. While its boundaries are murky and ill-defined (anywhere a bit dreary around the top of Te Aro seems to be counted as Mount Cook), up on the ‘mountain’ proper you do get some views and, if you live far enough south, you can get away with saying you’re in Newtown. Close to town, and rent is okay.

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The spiritual home of the Green Party, Aro Valley is a little liberal, artsy enclave within the liberal, artsy enclave of Central Wellington. Predictably, it’s full of cool stuff, like Garage Project – a brewery set up in an abandoned garage – great cafés, and AroVideo, which has far and away the best movie rentals in Wellington. Beware, though: the flats can be dark, dank and surprisingly expensive, and although Aro is this liberal, artsy enclave, it is also very aware of this reputation. Which essentially means: there are lots of really cool people there, and also a load of wankers.

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Newtown is everything. Large, noisy, diverse, it feels like a city distilled. With a large immigrant community, state housing, and the recent influx of wealthier students, artists, and YoPros, it’s incredibly heterogeneous. Almost all the eastbound bus routes run to Newtown, the food is cheap and delicious, and there are two supermarkets. It’s super-convenient, and it’s fun, but it’s not a quiet suburb. You’ve got the Wellington Hospital, the Newtown Fire Station, the zoo, and a population which is often pretty nocturnal, so there can be some loud nights.

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Lyall Bay isn’t Wellington’s best beach: for sand, swimming and general vibes, I’m going to have to go for Scorching Bay. But it is Wellington’s best beach which is easily accessible by a regular bus (the #3), and that counts for something. It’s also a great surfing beach, and is home to the Maranui Surf Lifesaving Club and corresponding Maranui Cafe. The iconic building was almost destroyed in a fire in 2009, but it was rebuilt and, despite suffering from fire damage again in 2012, Maranui Cafe is one of the best brunch spots in Wellington. Go for the sand, stay for the sandwiches.

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Kelburn, unlike other Wellington suburbs, has the benefit of being both on a hill (views!) and incredibly close to Uni. It is also close to town, but it’s not quite as accessible as other suburbs, since climbing back up that hill is a fucking mission. Demographically, it’s a weird mix of upper-middle-class families and students: the juxtaposition of signs outside the Deli advertising caviar and overflowing recycling bins from scummy student flats is slightly disconcerting. But, if you hang around for long enough, you’ll find that Kelburn’s abundance of really great dogs more than makes up for it.

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While this is surely great fun for baby Law students, Thorndon doesn’t really work as a proper suburb; it’s bisected by a massive motorway, which serves to crush any sense of community spirit the residents of Thorndon might’ve hoped to have with neighbour J Key. Side note: I’ve lived in Wellington for 20 years and I’ve seen sun in Thorndon twice. That place is grey as fuck.

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The biggest suburb in Wellington, New Zealand, and – this is probably apocryphal but it’d be cool if it was true – the Southern Hemisphere, Karori is really only one thing: big. If you’re into walking, the skyline track which loops right around the suburb takes about four hours and has great views of the South Island, but, if not, there is very little reason for you to come. The Vic Teaching campus is up there, but I think even Teaching students forget about it. Other highlights include: a sports park which used to be a dump, and the Karori Cemetery.

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Flat sharing agreement

TEAR OUT & SIGN

Between _____________________________________ (head tenant)

Flat sharing agreement by Dean Knight, VUW Law lecturer.

And _____________________________________ (flat-sharer) For the occupation of the flat at ________________________________________.

Right to occupy the flat

The flat-sharer is allowed to occupy the flat from ________________ [date] in common with the head tenant and any other members of the flat (collectively called the members of the flat).

The flat-sharer has the exclusive right to occupy their bedroom ___________________________ [describe]. The head tenant will not enter the flat-sharer’s bedroom except: if the flat-sharer agrees; in the case of an emergency; for the purposes of inspecting the state of the bedroom (but only after giving at least 24 hours’ notice).

The flat-sharer has no right to occupy other bedrooms which any other member of the flat has an exclusive right to occupy and will not enter these bedrooms without the flat member’s consent.

The flat-sharer cannot assign the right to occupy the flat.

Bond

The flat-sharer will pay a bond of $_________ [bond amount] to the head tenant. The bond is to be held by the head tenant on behalf of the flat-sharer to cover any damage or unpaid expenses under this agreement. The head tenant may deduct from the bond the cost of repairing any damage caused by the flat-sharer or any unpaid expenses or liabilities. The balance must be paid to the flat-sharer within 14 days of the termination of their tenancy.

If the head tenant wishes to increase the rent, they must give notice 60 days in advance. The rent may not be increased within 180 days of the commencement of the tenancy or any previous increase in rent.

Utility expenses

The flat-sharer will pay an equal share of expenses to go towards utility expenses on a regular basis.

Personal expenses

The flat-sharer will be responsible for purchasing their own food and items for their personal use.

Flat-sharer’s responsibilities

The flat-sharer: will keep the flat reasonably clean and tidy and share the household chores with all the members of the flat; will not interfere with the reasonable peace, comfort, or privacy of other members of the flat; will comply with the body corporate rules applying to the flat and common property; will not damage the flat or any of the contents of the flat; will not make alterations to the flat (unless the head tenant agrees to such alterations), and will not remove the contents of the flat (other than their own property).

Disputes

If there are any disputes under this agreement or between any members of the flat, they will first be referred to a flat meeting of all flat members. If the dispute cannot be resolved at the flat meeting, the members of the flat will seek to resolve the matter by mediation with the help of an agreed independent mediator (if a mediator cannot be agreed, then one will be nominated by the head tenant).

Termination of this agreement

The head tenant or flat-sharer can terminate this agreement by giving at least _________ [notice period] weeks notice.

Signed: ________________________________________ (Head Tenant) Date:

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H O S T E L S

by Charlie Lucy Wilkinson Living away from home for the first time is always going to be a daunting prospect. There are millions of questions milling around in one’s head. Will my neighbour be that douchebag whose overwhelming body odour perturbs the whole floor? Or will I be seen as that pretentious bitch who no one likes or wants to talk to? Chances are, most people will be going through those exact thoughts. Living with other people in a Hall of Residence for that first year has its perks, especially in an all-encompassing and accepting city like Wellington. The syndicate of Halls in Wellington can be compared to that of a family. And, like all dysfunctional, warped and crazy families, there is a place and title for each one.

Weir House is the granddaddy of the Halls. Those white pillars staunchly placed in the green garden, the rooms that are older than most of the other Halls put together, and the age-old myths told by photos lining the walls. But the quirkiness of new and ancient combined almost reflects the people inside the white marble mansion. The people here are not quick to judge, and have a strong academic focus but can balance this equally with the use of the double-sized bedrooms for a good time, party or… other. Just like one’s grandfather, the Hall is the dominant player in most of the inter-Hall events, but tends to let everyone know this as well.

Boulcott is the new addition to the family of Wellington. It has only had one year to make a name for itself, and that it has. It can be noted as the rebellious cousin of the family, kicking off the year with the label of ‘that Hall that had a guest-ban within the first two weeks of the semester’. It made a name for itself by making new drinking games, new traditions and new memories. Boulcott is close to town, thus (like the dropout cousin) rainy days would be spent in bed as opposed to walking up to University.

Te Puni is the ultimate little sister. It is the Hall that has all the refinements of the spoilt youngest child. There are beautiful views, modern décor and common rooms to start, not to mention a turf to play on just below. They are the closest to Uni, no doubt thoroughly thought through by the Vic Hall of Residence supervisors, learning from the mistakes of the elder children and lecture attendance. Te Puni also has a reputation of taking advantage of all these perks; they know how to utilise space for parties, and Te Puni gets away with a lot, just like the youngest sibling in the family.

No one really knows where Helen Lowry is, or who lives there.

Let’s be honest: the Hall can be compared to the old uncle, the one who you are meant to call, but can’t really be bothered. We

all know it’s somewhere in Wellington, because we are constantly reminded of its existence in things like Stage-Off. One would assume it’s somewhere in Karori, but to most of the first-year Kelburn-based students, that is too far away to even fathom walking.

Joan Stevens can be the kind aunty, the Hall that lets a stranger in when other Halls don’t. Because it is so conveniently placed before the hill that the Uni is on, it makes a great stopover when one is coming back from town at 3 am. It is also very earthquake-proof, a great asset to have in Wellington. Therefore, it acts as a shelter, much like those aunties you go to when you just need to chill out and have some space away from home.

Victoria is the mother of the Halls. The namesake of the Hall kind of reflects its character; aptly named and aged to suit the University. It might have had character in its glory days, but now the shine and glimmer has very much faded. Needless to say, the children of Victoria House have not. They are very much spirited and are a guaranteed rowdy time. The Dixon St liquor store’s close proximity may have something to do with this.

Then let’s not forget about Everton, the second-year Hall. This place is comparable to the grandmother of the family, taking in students who don’t know if they can flat yet, or haven’t thought about their futures. Everton is warm and everyone is in the same boat, much like the grandchildren to the grandma. It is close to Weir too, and reasonably close to both Pip and Kelburn, so is central to the second-year Hall of Residence living.

Last but not least there is Cumberland, also known as Willis Street.

This is the stepbrother of the Halls; noticed and valued, but a bit out on the side. The Hall is on Willis St, closest to town and the Architecture campus, which is a bonus. Cumberland has big spacious rooms and is very central, a benefit for the creative types that attend there. The Hall is quiet and undisturbed, like the stepbrother that you are kind to but don’t go out of your way to see. But alas, this is mostly because it is too far away from the other Halls.

There you have it. The family and collection of Halls that will be a first-year’s living premises for their initial experience away from home. But don’t worry, all the Halls are a guaranteed good time, and you will come away at the end of the year feeling like you are leaving behind a bigger and crazier family than the one that you started off with.

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After eight years as Victoria University’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Pat Walsh is leaving us. He sat down with Salient Editor Duncan McLachlan for his final interview.

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1. In ten years, when people look back on your time as Vice-Chancellor, what do you want them to remember?

I’m not sure people will look back. My experience is once you’re gone, you are gone. But that’s a fair question. I think they will say in my time as Vice-Chancellor, the University has developed a strategic focus and the way that we did that is we had a strategic plan. It meant we could be very focussed on our goals.

Secondly, I would say we developed a much greater sense of what kind of university Victoria is. Particularly around Victoria as a highly engaged university. The University is committed to public engagement, whether that be in terms of public-policy issues, science, and broader issues both nationally and internationally.

What I have tried to encourage here is a culture of excellence. Victoria has amazing people, both staff and students, who do amazing things. But it’s almost like we hide our light under a bush or don’t really celebrate the excellent things that people have done. So I have tried to build up that recognition of excellence.

The transformation to the research culture and the wonderful success in the PBRF. The strategic goal to achieve a dramatic improvement in research were the words that Council deliberately chose. They didn’t say they wanted a considerable improvement or a significant improvement, they said we want a dramatic improvement. So that gave us a real mandate to really make that the priority during the time that I was Vice-Chancellor. And I think we achieved that.

I think also the student experience. We developed a student-experience strategy. There were many aspects to this. Probably some of the more visible were the work that was done around the Victoria learning partnership, so: what goes on in the classroom, the extracurricular programme, the International Leadership Programme. And then of course the facilities: the Te Puni Village, the MacDiarmid building, and more recently the Hub. You know, people say that bricks and mortar only matter for what goes on inside them, but actually, the quality of the

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facilities can make certain things possible, and I think because of the huge improvement in the quality of our facilities, that really has created an environment that enhances the student experience.

2. Some people have said that the emphasis on research has come at the expense of the student experience. This is partly because the Government’s funding model sets some of its funding based on the amount of research produced. Do you think that has led lecturers to be pushed out of the classroom, sacrificing their time with their students in order to complete their academic work?

I don’t think so, no. We have very few research-only staff. Certainly one of the things I believe is that there is literally no point in doing research if you don’t take it into the classroom. I accept though that the huge emphasis we have had on research over the last eight or nine years has caused people to rebalance their time. Prior to this, many staff would have regarded teaching as their dominant activity at the expense of research, so I think we now have a better balance between teaching and research.

3. Do you have any regrets from your time here?

No, I don’t have any regrets. I think that’s because I regard regret as an unproductive emotion. I look back and see some things that we could have done differently, but I don’t have regrets about them. I am really proud of the way that Vic has developed as a university.

4. In 2010, you proposed changes to the University, which were later accepted, that involved abolishing the Gender and Women’s Studies Programme. Do you still think that was a wise move?

That was simply a case that very few wanted to study it, and it was becoming very difficult to continue to sustain it. It wasn’t singling out that area. It was facing up to the difficult issue that had to be dealt with.

5. Part of your role as Vice-Chancellor involved lobbying the

Government on behalf of the University. How have you found it working with the Government?

We have been frustrated at times with our engagement with the Government. The Government is moving ahead to restructure University Council against the clear opposition of each university and of vice-chancellors, without making a convincing case for it. So things like that you find frustrating.

6. Do you support any major changes to the tertiary sector?

I think the case that universities have been making, but without success, right through the time I have been Vice-Chancellor, is to calculate the present value of university funding or the decline in real terms of university funding, funded from the mid-’90s to now, and demonstrate that if the real value of that funding had simply been maintained, not increased, we would have across the sector somewhere between $250–300 million in extra funding.

That would reduce, clearly, the budgetary pressures that universities are under, and on the students side, it would mean that student fees would not need to have increased at the rate they have increased.

I think on student debt it’s a real mixed picture. I mean, the average debt is paid off in about five to seven years. On the other hand, it is true that some students, and leave aside those students who rack up their debt on things other than study, and I don’t think there are many of them, but students who go into high-cost study certainly do leave with high levels of debt, and I think that’s a real concern. I do think there is a limit to the debt level that can be reasonably sustained. I think it is very much bound up with the level of funding that the Government is willing to make into universities.

7. How has the student experience changed since you were at uni?

I was a student at Canterbury in the 1970s, so that’s a long time ago. The world was different then, I can tell you. So it was a very different experience. It’s very hard to compare. For example, when I was a

“I think the academic pressures on students are much more consistent now. When I was a student, fees were not nonexistent but they were very low.”

student, your whole grade depended on the final exam. That meant you could, if you chose to, cruise along in a fairly leisurely way for the first six or seven months and then around about August, you suddenly had to realise that they were serious. So you had two or three months of furious activity to make up for what you hadn’t done earlier in the year. I think the academic pressures on students are much more consistent now. When I was a student, fees were not nonexistent but they were very low. I could be very confident that I could get a job over the summer and, if I chose, in the holidays during the year, which would see me through without any difficulties.

So financially it was easier. On the other hand, we didn’t have the social and cultural life that a city like Wellington has to offer.

Christchurch was a pretty boring place.

8. Now having looked back, let’s look forward. Where to from here for you?

In the short term, I am going to have a couple of months’ break. Then my wife and I are going on a Victoria study tour of Turkey. And then have a holiday in Rhodes.

Then I will come back in June and see if anyone wants me to do anything. I have always, throughout most of my life, followed the principle that you should be open to new experiences. So I don’t want to be a Vice-Chancellor anywhere else. I don’t want another full-time job as a chief executive of any organisation. I want to do a variety of different things, whether it be on boards, whether it be doing some consulting, doing some mentoring, working for voluntary organisations. I am open to a new set of experiences.

Do you have any final advice for students at Vic? I would say be open to new experiences.

The old Latin term carpe diem. Seize the day. And be optimistic. Things are never as bad as you think.

Quick questions: Go-to meal after a long day?

Lamb on the barbecue with a variety of vegetables also cooked on the barbecue, and a Greek salad. Matched with a Central Otago Pinot noir.

Favourite Wellington restaurant?

Boulcott Street Bistro – lamb shank.

Drink at a bar?

If I’ve just come off the golf course, then a beer. If I am sitting down in the evening after work, more likely a Pinot noir.

Star sign?

Pisces (only on the cusp though) [editor’s note: THANK GOD].

Smooth or crunchy peanut butter?

I don’t eat peanut butter.

Favourite sport?

9. What are your thoughts on the new Vice-Chancellor, Grant Guilford?

To do is golf; to watch is cricket.

Love Actually or Notting Hill?

I think he will find his own way. It is a very good appointment. I think he will be a very good Vice-Chancellor. He is very experienced. He is very well regarded. But he will make changes. He will do some things differently, though, and that’s the way of any new chief executive. And I won’t be sitting on the sidelines saying, “Ooh, don’t do that.” I will just keep well out of it, and I think Victoria will be in good hands.

Love Actually [editor’s note: wrong answer].

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EXPOSE Simon Ellison utilised multi material 3D printing methods to bring forth the idea of a new manufacturing technique into the realm of speaker driver.

ON THE COVER Jake Evill created the Cortex for his third year Industrial Design project. The Cortex significantly improves the treatment of broken limbs. A 3D printer scans the limb, producing a digital reconstruction of the limb. This allows a bespoke cast to be made: one that is breathable and snug, and not itchy and clunky. Evill won the New Zealand James Dyson Award for the Cortex.

BLOOM Bloom, by Jess Hunt, comes to life when the wearer’s companion places their arm around them. The integrated LEDs gradually illuminate to full bloom, and then fade away once contact is broken. Jess is an MDI candidate in 2014, specialising in Industrial Design.

^167 PENDANT ^167 Pendant, by Jimmy Irvine, aims at exploring the unique properties of recycled PET felt through CNC manufacturing processes.

The shade has been fabricated from a single sheet of 6 mm PET felt which has been heated and stretched over a 3D modelled and milled mould.

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Ngai Tahu Education Centre, Christchurch The Te Pa O Rakaihautu is an education centre designed for the Ngai Tahu iwi in Christchurch, and overlooks the Avon River running through Victoria Square. The facility is aimed at creating a constructive and highly recreational space for the children of Ngai Tahu in which a cooperative learning system is adopted through the programmatic layout of the school. The angled planes enforce a shared cultural identity to the Wharenui, and relate to the strong simulative gable structure of traditional Maori architecture. The formal positioning of the buildings help locate a more sanctioned and private courtyard area away from busy traffic on Durham St. Oliver is a third-year Architecture student in 2014.

DEVO STAPLES Devo Staples proposed this design for the New Zealand School of Music, located on the corner of Ghuznee and Leeds Streets in Wellington. The design concept is an expression of the process from practice to performance.

Devo Staples is a MArch (Prof ) candidate in 2014, in his fourth year.

LEVEILLA TABLE Simon Ellison was awarded second-runner-up at the 2013 Dowse Craft Awards for his Leveilla Table. Simon specialises in Industrial Design.

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If the thought of overflowing port-a-loos and wasted kids who look as though they should still be watching Dora outweighs your desire to party next to some grapes, Rhythm and Alps is the festi’ for you. Nestled in the heart of Cardrona Valley with capacity for about 7000, and with the same headline acts as RnV, RnA presents RnV for the faint-hearted, and Glastonbury for the Southern Man. THE GOOD: Any initial concern over the BYO ban was quickly alleviated when security staff told us to “just hide it somewhere” upon our arrival in a large yellow bus.

Sunshine. Chilled-out campers and good vibes. Five-minute walk from your tent to pretty much anywhere. Outdoor showers = prime opportunity for checking out babes.

Shapeshifter. Tahuna Breaks. Zane Lowe sounded good from the comfort of my airbed, too.

THE BAD: Major embarrassing-dad moment when headline act, Rudimental, addressed the crowd by its big sister’s name.

Telecom refused to believe 7000 people would ever be in Central Otago. As a result, the entire network crashed, leaving attendees with little recourse beyond actually speaking. Those without a bus were limited to six cans of beer/RTDs at a time from on-site vendors. –1000 degrees at night. A limited range of extracurricular activities; but would you have done them anyway?

THE UGLY: A bit of a downer on the last day when we push-started our bus straight into the caravan parked behind it. But everyone needs a good festi’ story. 4.5/5.

Camp is – was – a world unto itself. Three days, four nights. Around a thousand people. A secret lineup of 70 ‘official’ acts, and countless ‘Renegade’ acts. Wainuiomata. All Ages. BYO. DIY. Drugs. And this year – mud. Mud beyond belief.

2014’s Camp (8–10 February) was the eighth and last ever. It rained constantly from Saturday to Monday, but was still the most fun I’ve had all year. Also the least.

The best thing about Camp, the thing that really sets it apart, are the stages. Located all over a sprawling campground, they range from the intimately sweaty (Noisy – tiny classroom floor), to the intimately *naturey* (Journey – a platform on the banks of a stream), to the intimately *buzzy* (Forest – in a forest, with lights), to the intimately summery (Lagoon, by a lagoon).

You can view every stage from all angles, and the timetabling/crowds are relaxed enough that you don’t miss anything you don’t want to.

Rain cancelled a lot of the good stages (and created a new one) this year. But what about the music? 85 per cent of it was fucking excellent, as always, particularly: Spermaids, Swimming, Mesa Cosa, Career Girls, Gains, Skymning, Circle Jerk and anything that Eddie Johnston touched.

La De Da seemed like the perfect New Year’s festival for us. Working up until the 31st, we felt it had the right amount of practicality being only an hour away from Wellington, but also made us think we were being pretty YOLO, despite buying our tickets in October.

For a small festival in the middle of the Wairarapa, the line-up was pretty good. The biggest international acts, Flume and A$AP Rocky, were performing on the 30th and we were only going for the 31st. Apparently it was decent, but I wasn’t there so I don’t really care. We partied in the New Year with Dead Prez. The duo said “What up Nu Zeeland” 1000 times, but were actually quite fun.

Why anyone would camp in ‘Lullaby Lane’, I don’t know. You couldn’t take alcohol onto the campsite. You smuggled it in, or you had to buy it all in there, which was outrageously expensive. However, my friend learnt that you could pop a tit to get what you needed for free.

See you when Blink misses us in two years.

People compare La De Da to a very, very amateur version of RnV. It’s a lot smaller, but this meant there were not as many douchebags or sluts. It’s not a festival to travel far for, but the weather was nice, the people were relaxed, and it was definitely better than spending New Year’s on Courtenay Place.

- Henry Cooke

- Issie Grundy

- Penny Gault

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S U M R Y E M Against my better judgment, I attended Rhythm and Vines 13/14. You’d think I would have learnt my lesson the first two times, but in the end, the allure of “sun, sluts and real mean pills bro” was too much to pass up.

The line-up was as good as could be expected for the largest New Year’s festival in a country located in the middle of fucking nowhere. Wiz Khalifa was touted as “the absolute shit” and “the only reason I came”.

There was something for almost everyone.

House, rock, trance, pop and a liberal dose of grimy DnB all ensured there were always people at the St John tent with lower-back problems. Some festival-goers were there to appreciate the music, but the majority were content attempting to eat their own eyelids.

The weather provided the perfect excuse for gym jocks to show off just how much they had been shredding for Rhythm. It also helped with the lesser-endowed participants in the attempt at breaking the world skinny-dipping record.

On the whole, it was exactly what you would expect it to be: heaving masses of 18-to-20-somethings writhing in a mass of Jim Beam, singlets and a cocktail of whatever would fit up their hooters before lining up. 5 stars.

- Ethan Fett

What better way to mark the beginning of summer and 2014 than with a music festival? Well, that’s something Auckland isn’t short of. As the name so obviously suggests, the one with the biggest acts, location and crowds is Big Day Out. After a year’s hiatus, BDO was back and bigger than ever, in a brand-new location – Auckland’s Western Springs. Auckland weather did not disappoint, treating us with a cloudless sky all day.

Even without headliners James Blake and Lorde, who at the last minute found better, Grammys-centric plans, the line-up at Laneway 2014 had me excited. To scratch my electronic itch, there was Mount Kimbie and Jamie xx. To sate my indie-rock cravings, there was Daughter, Kurt Vile, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Chvrches and Haim—the latter of whom, strutting across the stage like some legends of classic rock, put on one of the best festival sets I’ve seen.

The lineup included Pearl Jam, Arcade Fire and Snoop Lion. The crowd came to party.

Although having to wait over an hour for a drink was a downer, BDO proved that you don’t always need alcohol to have a good time.

There was hip-hop too—although the decision to place Danny Brown and Run the Jewels on the smaller, side stage was an odd one, as the crowd was left either standing awkwardly by the port-a-loos or fighting for their lives in the middle, trying desperately to not be stampeded or terminally crushed.

I nearly died. Earl Sweatshirt’s afternoon set on the main stage was less life-threatening, if not less exciting—which somebody should probably let Immigration NZ in on.

There was definite nostalgia watching Snoop Lion perform ‘Drop it Like it’s Hot’.

The highlight for me would have to be the final act, Major Lazer. Commanding the crowd like I had never seen before, we were taking our tops off and running around in circles.

My evening finished with Cat Power, whose solo acoustic set was slightly at odds with the rest of the line-up. However, despite the shapeless bass emanating from The Presets on the main stage, which filled the silence between songs, it was an intimately powerful performance.

Thank God BDO didn’t leave us forever.

Sore knees, sore feet, but a good day. Three thumbs up.

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MON 24 FEB Mature Students’ Orientation Hunter LT 323, 9am

Orientation

(continues all week) Murphy 632, 8.30am

Te Aro Campus, 10.00am

MyVictoria IT Session

Commerce Faculty Orientation

WGTN Hall

Kirk LT301, 9.00am, 11.30am, 1pm, 2pm

The Hunter Lounge, 9am

Maori Students’ Powhiri

Tourism Managemen Faculty Orientation

Welcome to Victoria

Te Herenga Waka Marae (46 Kelburn Parade), 10.00am

Law Faculty Orientation

Kelburn Park, 12.30pm

Maclaurin LT 101 & 103, 1.00pm

Maclaurin LT 102, 2.00pm

Pasifika Orientation Welcome

Essay Writing Workshop

Maclaurin LT 101 & 103, 2.00pm

Hunter LT 323, 10.00am, 2pm

Get Involved Workshop

Maclaurin LT 103, 5.30pm

Study Skills Workshop

Murphy 101, 10.30am, 1.00pm

Hunter LT 323, 11.00am

MyVictoria IT Session

Campus Coaches

Get Involved Workshop

2.30pm

Murphy 101, 12.00pm, 3.30pm

Kirk LT 301, 11.00am, 12.30pm, 2.00pm, 3.30pm

BA/Music/Teaching—Kirk LT 301 & 303 Commerce & Tourism—Maclaurin LT 103 Architecture & Design—Memorial Theatre, Student Union Bldg Science—Maclaurin LT 101 Biomedical Science—Maclaurin LT 102 Engineering—Cotton LT 122 Laws/Arts—Hunter LT 323 Laws/Commerce—Hunter LT 220 Laws/Science—Hunter LT 119

Library Tours (every day) 10.30am, 11.30am, 12.30pm, 1.30pm, 2.30pm Level 2 Library Entrance, The Hub

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Postgraduate Students Orientation Memorial Theatre, Student Union Building, 3.00pm

Essay Writing Workshop Hunter LT 323, 11.30am

Campus Tours

Campus Tours

Level 1 Library Entrance, the Hub, 9.30am, 12.00pm, 1.00pm

Level 1 Library Entrance, The Hub, 10.00am, 12.00pm, 2.00pm

THURS 27 Feb

WED 26 FEB

DRAX PROJECT with ED ZUCCULLO and NAME UL

BAAUER and RYAN HEMSWORTH

$5 on the door with student I.D Mighty Mighty

$25 tickets online & at VUWSA & MAWSA receptions Hunter Lounge

NZ School of Music Orientation

Maori Students Orientation

Mt Cook Concert Hall, 8.40

(continues all week) Te Herenga Waka Marae (46 Kelburn Parade), 8.30am

Maclaurin LT 103, 9.30am

Smart Start Architecture & Building Science Faculty Orientation

VUWSA NEON TOGA PARTY with TOMMY ILL and MAREK

Study Skills Workshop

Te Aro Campus, 10.00am

Hunter LT 323, 10.30am

$18 tickets online, Hunter Lounge

Design Faculty

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BA/BTeach Orientation Cotton LT 122, 2.45pm

Bachelor of Education Faculty Orientation Alan MacDiarmid room 103, 3.00pm

Bachelor of Science Faculty Orientation Maclaurin LT 102 & 103, 3.00pm

Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) & Computer Science majors Maclaurin LT 101, 3.00pm

MyVictoria IT Session Kirk LT 301, 11.00am, 3.00pm

Get Involved Workshop

SAT 1 MAR GOLD PANDA with PIKACHUNES, LAURIER, SKYMNING & BASTIAN $15 Tickets online and from the MAWSA & VUWSA receptions 171 Cuba Street (formerly SFBH)

RED SKY BLUES, THE DIGG and SOLSONA with SPECIAL GUEST DJ $5 on the door with student ID Mighty Mighty

Murphy 101, 11.30am, 12.30pm, 3.00pm

ELECTRIC WIRE HUSTLE with SPECIAL GUESTS $15 Tickets online & from the MAWSA & VUWSA receptions 171 Cuba Street (formerly SFBH)

SAT 8 MAR DAVID DALLAS & THE DAYLIGHT ROBBERY with SPECIAL GUESTS $25 tickets online Bodega

WED 5 MAR

PCP EAGLES with D BURNMESTER and GUESTS

10.00am, 12.00pm, 1.30pm, 4.00pm

KAYTRANDA

$10 with student ID Mighty Mighty

Adam Art Gallery Tour

$25 Tickets online & from the MAWSA & VUWSA receptions Ivy

FRI 14 MAR

Campus Tours Level 1 Library Entrance, the Hub,

Adam Art Gallery, 3.00pm

FRI 28 FEB RUFFHOUSE, HAZ’ BEATS, WHOKNOWS, BAY ROAD CLIQUE & KWOE $5 on the door with student ID 171 Cuba Street (formerly SFBH)

THURS 6 MAR

BATHS with SPECIAL GUESTS

THE WANTED SESSIONS feat EP and SPARROW & guests

$25 Tickets online & from the MAWSA & VUWSA receptions Bodega

Free Mighty Mighty

SAT 15 MAR

FRI 7 MAR MyVictoria It Session Kirk LT301, 10.00am Kelburn Park, 11.00am

MINISTRY OF SOUND RADIO SESSIONS with GENERAL LEE & MIKAEL WELLS

Campus Tour

$10 Tickets online & from the MAWSA &

The Big Play Out

@PEACE with RACE BANYON, JAY KNIGHT, TOM SCOTT & DAM G $20 student tickets available online Bodega

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Listen to jazz upstairs by the antiquarian books. Camp out on the sofa next to poetry anthologies and museum catalogues. Come away with lots: a dog-eared, disintegrating paperback will set you back $6 or $7.

cookbooks – not to mention all the pretty stationery. It’s the best place to spend ten minutes between lectures, though you’ll accidentally come away with half your course-related costs evaporated into thin air. Take a minute to have a look at the shelf devoted to new titles from our very own Victoria University Press.

5 NZ WRITERS WEEK EVENTS YOU CAN’T MISS: Writers from New Zealand and all over the world are coming to Wellington from 7–12 March for Writers Week, part of the 2014 New Zealand Festival. See festival.co.nz/writers-week for more info.

Quilter’s Bookshop - 35 Ghuznee Street Quilters is smaller and darker than Arty Bees. But there’s an adjoining café, and you’ll find more interesting non-fiction and New Zealand literature than genre fiction. Mr Quilter’s preferred soundtrack is National Radio. Get comfy on a spindly wooden chair at the back of the shop where there are no windows. With serious patience and perseverance, tackle the massive pile of paperbacks on the bargain table. There are $5 treasures to be found.

Pegasus Books Bouquinerie - 204a Left Bank, Cuba Mall Pegasus is tucked away in a dark corner where slightly scary people hang out. It took years for me to discover it – and once I did, I knew I’d found the one. Lose track of time inside its cosy, cluttered rooms. There are stands helpfully labelled “BOOKS EVERYONE SHOULD READ”, a room full of literary fiction stacked to the ceiling, a jar of lollies by the front door, and a shelf devoted entirely to Beat poetry. Books on the bargain table are around $5 but real gems will cost you $10–15.

Unity Books - 57 Willis Street Unity is a place of beauty and sadness. Almost every book you want (need) is probably around $30. Hover over their alluring centre table of brand-new New Zealand fiction; linger over glossy full-colour cookbooks in their great cooking section. Their young-adult section is particularly great. You leave considerably poorer, but so much happier.

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2014 NZ Book Council Lecture: Eleanor Catton: Monday 10 March, Embassy Theatre This annual lecture has a different theme each year.

Eleanor Catton’s talk will be about how change manifests itself in fiction, and it’s bound to be unmissable.

Jung Chang: Saturday 8 March, Embassy Theatre Chinese/British historian Jung Chang is best known for her seminal autobiography Wild Swans about the Cultural Revolution. Hear her talk about her radical new book, Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China.

Kei Reira NgA Weriweri: Sunday 9 March, Hannah Playhouse A captivating storytelling event for kids and grown-ups alike. Put your te reo skills to the test and listen to a Māori reading of Where the Wild Things Are.

The Exercise Book Live: Friday 7 March, Hannah Playhouse Poet James Brown joins students of Victoria’s International Institute of Modern Letters in an interactive session based on The Exercise Book, a book of thought-provoking creative-writing exercises released by Victoria University Press.

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television and cinema history with screenings and exhibitions running throughout the year. Perfect to explore by yourself when in a pensive mood.

7.Aro video store - 97 Aro St, Aro VaLley With the rapid disintegration of the video store’s existence, many a DVD player sits unused and confused. However, this place holds an impressively diverse collection of many films which may not have reached the mainstream big screen. At least go for a nostalgia trip (they rent VHS). Also, with their offer of home delivery, you have no excuse.

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2. Roxy - 5 Park Rd, Miramar The Roxy is a renovated original suburban cinema with a phenomenal 1920s Art Deco style artfully preserved by Weta Workshop. Being the favourite of many and easily one of the best cinemas in the country, splurging on a taxi to get there if necessary is unquestionably worth it. It is the perfect spot for a complete, escapist and incredibly memorable film experience.

Her: A Spike Jonze film where Scarlett Johannson proves herself to be as irresistibly seductive as usual (even when you can’t see her face). Part of the soundtrack is ‘The Moon Song’, featuring the equally beautiful voices of Karen O and Ezra Koenig, which you should check out if not yet convinced. Released 27 February.

Blue is the warmest colour: Awarded Best 3. Embassy - 10 Kent Terrace, Mt Vic With the largest screen around (hence the premieres) and a newly updated sound system (high tech dolby atmos apparently) this cinema promises you a grand experience especially with those blockbusters which can only truly be honoured on the big screen.

Picture at the Cannes Film Festival in 2013, this film examines the ambiguous nature of sexuality in the context of a modern love story. Embedded within it lies a positive message about the beauty of individual sexual orientation. In cinemas now.

Inside Llwelyn Davis: Will be the latest from the 4. Paramount - 25 Courtenay Place Located on Courtenay Place, with a grungy and faded glamorous feel, this cinema sits outside the mainstream featuring foreign, independent and arthouse films which are bound to expand your cultural comfort zone.

5. Reading cinema - 100 Courtenay Place If there is really only one decent movie on and this is the only cinema with a session at the only convenient time and after researching all other options, including streaming and a cheeky torrent, then maybe consider gracing this tween hangout with your presence.

6. Film archives - 84 Taranaki St Immerse

Coen brothers, innovatively teasing out Carey Mulligan’s darker side. Released 20 February.

Transcendence: Every year there emerges a sci-fi wannabe epic, inevitably featuring someone like Johnny Depp (not in a Tim Burton for once); this movie could be the one for 2014, taking utopian computer intelligence to a dangerous and even more humane level. Released 24 April.

Nymphomaniac: Featuring an interesting cast with Shia LaBeouf appearing alongside Charlotte Gainsbourg and Uma Thurman, this is already very controversial because it is extremely raunchy. Released 20 March.

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Well, here we are, New Zealand’s self-proclaimed cultural capital and what do we have to show for it? Quite a bit, as it happens. Whether you’re in need of shade, shelter or an education in pretending to be sophisticated, Wellington has art space for you.

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City Gallery Civic Square, open 10 - 5 daily Located in Wellington’s former public library, City Gallery is a gauche mix of neoclassical grandeur and Spartan steel and glass. As New Zealand’s largest non-collection gallery, there’s plenty of room for an exhibition programme that’s compelling and broad. Right now: catch Turner Prize winner Simon Starling’s retrospective In Speculum (until 18 May) and South of no North featuring William Eggleston, Laurence Aberhart and Noel McKenna (until 9 March).

While you’re there, head along to the adjoining Nikau Cafe. It’s the best. Apparently. I can’t personally endorse the kedgeree, but I can, without hesitation, tell you I’m sick of hearing people telling me how great it is.

Adam Art Gallery Kelburn Campus (between Student Union and Old Kirk), open 11 - 5 Tues-Sun So you have an hour or so between lectures; the Hub is overstimulating, the Overbridge smells weird: what do you do with yourself?

Well, you could take a stroll around Adam Art Gallery. Featuring a regularly changing programme of works from leading international and local artists, as well as frequent film screenings, lectures, and artist talks, Adam provides a means to withdraw from the cacophony of campus life and to engage with world-class contemporary and historical art. Or you could do something else; I don’t know, I’m not your mother.

On right now: Cinema and Painting, art from the intersection of the moving and static image, featuring work from Len Lye, Jim Davis, and Judy Millar.

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The Dowse Art Museum 45 Laings Rd., Lower Hutt, open 10 - 5 daily Take a 20-minute bus ride out of the city and you’ll find yourself among one of the most innovative and engaging spaces in the country. As a work of architecture, the building is stunning. The Dowse was completely remodelled in 2013, and features a façade by artist Simon Morris. The museum has a particularly strong ceramics and textiles collection, and displays large-scale exhibitions from local, provincial and international artists. On now: Slip Cast, recent work by New Zealand ceramicists, Peter Robinson: Tribe Subtribe.

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Enjoy has one of the most consistently articulate, challenging and thrilling exhibition programmes in the city. It’s a pretty tiny space, and kind of difficult to find (Level 1, 147 Cuba St), but I promise you won’t be disappointed. (Or maybe you will be; I don’t know you.) Wellington’s home of outsider art, ROAR! (189 Vivian St), presents work from artists, many of whom are self-trained, operating creatively outside of institutional frameworks. How kooky.

Thistle Hall (293 Cuba St) is a community art space which hosts a regularly changing programme of work from emerging local artists and groups. Matchbox Studios (166 Cuba St) may be the cutest little gallery in town; they welcome all sorts. With a twoweek exhibition schedule and a relatively open brief, there’s always something worth seeing. 30 Upstairs is a collector-run gallery on Courtenay Place. The space is not-for-profit run, and therefore isn’t restricted to presenting work for a market. Rather, their interest lies in showcasing exciting work from emerging artists with shows that are expansive, ambitious and intriguing.

Dealer galleries are a little trickier. You see, unlike public institutions, they don’t really rely on you to justify their existence (unless of course you recently won a couple of Grammy Awards, or your parents own three homes). They’re hardly welcoming places, but they’re worth a look if you can summon the courage. The big five – Bartley + Co, Hamish McKay, Bowen Galleries, Peter McLeavey and {Suite} – are all located near the Cuba/Ghuznee intersection, and between them represent some pretty big names, including Ans Westra, Fiona Pardington, Robin White, Julian Dashper and Peter Trevelyan. My suggestions to make the experience sufferable: drape yourself in your finest black linens; scowl a lot; if anyone tries making eye contact, release a banshee wail from the deepest part of your lungs.

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Wellington has a vibrant theatre scene. So turning up in O-Week and trying to figure out where you’re going to put your talent can be hard. I’ve made a list of buzzwords you have probably heard of and then tried to explain briefly what they mean and how you can take part in them. Here goes:

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Fringe Go see some Fringe Festival shows. Right now. They’ll inspire you, bewilder you, and give you something to talk about with your trendy new Theatre friends and tutors. Plus, heaps of them are koha. Make one yourself next year. The festival runs from 7 February to 2 March. www.fringe.co.nz 1.

At Vic If the 10% performance requirement in THEA101 isn’t enough to satiate your passion for performance, then keep your ears pricked for other performance opportunities on campus. 300- and 400-level papers in Writing and Directing are always looking for actors, and this provides really great experience and exposure for blossoming young students. If you’re patient, the 200-level Theatre papers provide some really fantastic show opportunities in acting, tech work, writing, collaboration and devising, so take those.

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Bats: Affordable theatre in a great spot, brilliant staff, and a decent house Merlot: what more could you want? It’s a hub for students and just generally a great place to hang about and do shows. They’ll call for submissions regularly, so if you’re a budding writer or devisor get amongst by going to www.bats.co.nz and signing up to their mailing list.

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and Hungry: Go online and register for the Wellington Season taking place 18 July – 2 August at Bats. You could be an actor, designer, stage manager, crew member, publicist, or even a puppeteer, bloody eh! In summary: someone funds a bunch of really talented writers to write things so that people aged 15 to 25 can be in shows and make beautiful theatre and develop as young creative types. It’s a big friendly valuable learning-thing, and brings some of the brightest young sparks together. www.youngandhungry.org.nz/festival-of-new-theatre/ wellington-2014 Auditions and production/crew interviews will be in April. Register ASAP. Shoestring: You have to make a 10–15 minute show, in a month, with a maximum budget of $20, and then you get together on 22 June at 19 Tory St for a free one-off night of magical theatre as everyone shares what they’ve created. It’s really great. Really. www.thebigidea. co.nz/work/jobs-opportunities/theatre/comedy/129776-take-the-shoestring-theatre-challenge Register by 19th May. 7.

Hot tip: Keep your eyes on the walls at Fairlie Tce and sign up to all the Theatre-y Facebook groups (including Victoria University Theatre Students’ Association and the broader Wellington Actors’ Group). These spaces will provide you with audition notices within and outside University, show information, and the opportunity to sign up for ushering so you can save those pennies and see shows for free!

I n Improv Throw caution to the wind, contact improv troupes like Playshop (playshopnz@gmail.com) and Wellington Improv Troupe (www. twitter.com/WITonline/) and get involved. They’re run by wonderful welcoming people who will happily provide you with audition information.

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go see shows, turn up to auditions even if you’re intimidated, don’t be afraid to tell someone you loved something they did (this is how you will meet people to make shows with in the future), and hunt around the internet (via StarNow, Facebook, The Big Idea etc.) and in theatres for opportunities. BE BRAVE.

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If you want to send something to the Salient Notices Page, please do. Notices must be 100 words or less. They must in by Wednesday at 5 pm. Send them to us at editor@salient.org.nz This year is going to be a super-social one with movie nights and parties, so even if you can’t make lunch spaces there’ll be an opportunity to hang out with us all some other time! Come and find us at Clubs Week and add your name to our mailing list!

WGTN HALL WGTN Hall offers a great opportunity for non-Halls students to be involved in lots of exciting activities and events throughout the year…

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Musicians Wanted So now I have the CD, I’m looking for the musicians to come and help me to promote it around New Zealand. It is of course paid, and will be quite fun too if the suitable party also enjoys music, whiskey and rock climbing!

Cello, trumpet and percussion is ideally what I’m after, but I have played with bass, flute, violin and various other instruments to great effect before, so I’m not too pedantic.

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STREET KNOWLEDGE

INFIDEL CASTRO

DOMO ARIGATO

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with Mr Robato

TBC

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DEAD MAN MONDAYS

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with Casey & Joss

THE SALIENT SHOW

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With Duncan & Cameron

DEAD BOYS’ PIRATE RADIO with Will

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SIGNAL SOUNDS with Hollyy, Stumble, Goosehead & Vic Seratonin

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THE B-SIDE REVOLUTION

with Tim & Alex

with Richard

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contributors editors: Duncan McLachlan & Cameron Price d e s i g n e r : I m o g e n Te m m news editor: Sophie Boot c r e at i v e e d i t o r : C h l o e Dav i e s c h i e f s u b - e d i t o r : N i c k Fa r g h e r distributor: Joe Morris f e at u r e w r i t e r : P h i l i p M c S w e e n e y ( c h i e f ) , P e n n y G a u lt , Alex Hollis n e w s i n t e r n s : S i m o n D e n n i s , S t e p h Tr e n g r o v e

arts editors: Nina Powles (Books)Charlotte Doyle (Film) H e n r y C o o k e ( M u s i c ) , R o s e C a n n ( Th e a t r e ) , S i m o n G e n n a r d ( Vi s u a l A r t s ) , E l i s e M u n d e n ( Fa s h i o n ) general contributors: B e n A l l n at t, S t e l l a B l a k e - K e l ly, C a m e ro n C e d e r h o l m , L u c y C o n n e l l , D e x t e r E d wa r d s , S i m o n E l l i s o n , J a k e Evill, Ethan Fett, Issie Grundy, Jess Hunt, Jimmy Irv i n e , D e a n K n i g h t, A n d rew M a h o n ey, M o l ly M c C a rt h y, C h r i s M c I n t y r e , O l l i e N e a s , J a m i e N e i k r i e , C at h e r i n e N e l s o n , A l i c e P e aco c k , D evo S ta p l e s , C h a r l i e L u c y Wi l k i n s o n

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