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Calming Fields in Greyscale:The Atmospheres and Music of Babe Martin
by Liam Hansen (they/them) associate editor Courtney Rodgers (they/them) photography It’s impossible for me to shut up about music. Half...
Liam Hansen
Aug 14, 20238 min read


Debate Catches Up With: Misty Frequency
by Liam Hansen (they/them) feature writer There is nobody in the Tāmaki Makaurau drag scene quite like Misty Frequency (Ngāti Kahungunu,...
Liam Hansen
Jul 17, 202310 min read
In conversation with your student president: Sara Youssef
Debate’s graphic designer, Charlie Ratahi, sat down with AUTSA President Sara Youssef to discuss the hardships students face today,...
Debate Magazine
May 22, 20236 min read


Robinson on the Power of Music & What it Means to 'Make It'.
by Thomas Giblin (he/him) culture & lifestyle writer In the pantheon of famed New Zealand artists, Robinson is an anomaly. With 700,000...
Thomas Giblin
May 8, 20233 min read


Debate catches up with: Jujulipps
by Liam Hansen (he/they) features writer Tāmaki Makaurau’s Jujulipps has only been in the local rap scene for a couple of years, but the...
Liam Hansen
May 8, 20239 min read
Open letter: The New Zealand government does not care about students
By Sara Youssef, AUT student president As the student president at AUT, do I think the government, who are supposed to be ‘by the people,...
Debate Magazine
Oct 5, 20222 min read


“It Was AUT Or Bust,”Says Aotearoa’s First Pasifika Vice-Chancellor
By Justin Hu (he/him) and David Williams (he/him) AUT’s new vice-chancellor Dr. Damon Salesa says he wants to regularly meet with...
Justin Hu and David Williams
May 3, 20226 min read


Meet Always Be Grateful: your local Korean Indie collective
By Nam Woon Kim (he/him) Friends, food, and having a supportive team are just some of the things the new music collective are grateful...
Nam Woon Kim
May 3, 20227 min read


Where West Auckland meets Midwest Emo: An interview with Melanie
By Reece Skelley (he/him) Self-proclaimed semi-professional music guy Reece Skelley trekked to Morningside to have a chat with...
Reece Skelley
May 3, 20228 min read


Bright side presents - Your sex questions answered (by a real sex therapist )
By Alana Rae (she/her) If you’ve got questions about sex, you’re definitely not alone. Sometimes at university it can seem like everyone...
Alana Rae
Mar 30, 20226 min read


WWPD? What would Papatūānuku do?
By Vivien Whyte (she/her) Viv sat down for a kōrero with Dallas Abel, the Project Coordinator for the Kai Ika project, to talk about...
Vivien Whyte
Mar 14, 20225 min read


Meet Your New AUTSA President
Debate has a tradition of offering a space for the AUTSA President to introduce themselves to the student community. Alana caught up with...
Debate Magazine
Mar 2, 20222 min read


Bright, Breathless, and 3D: an Interview with Smurgy
By Alana McConnell (she/her) Debate interviewed Smurgy, an artist based in Tāmaki Makaurau, hailing from Ōtautahi. We talked about his...
Alana McConnell
Oct 11, 20212 min read


Aotearoa’s Fracking Capital
New Short Film by AUT Alumni Goes on the Ground in Taranaki to Decipher Our Climate Emergency By Justin Hu (he/him) In 2018, in response...
Justin Hu
Sep 27, 20214 min read


Winning the Long Game: Mental Health in Sports
By David Williams (he/him) Professional athletes push themselves to the limit in their quest for greatness. But when does that push for...
David Williams
Sep 27, 20215 min read
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