Look at Her Whakapapa In All Its Glory
By Briar Pomana (she/her) AUT graduate and Debate’s new Culture and Lifestyle Writer Briar Pomana shares the intricacies of whakapapa and...
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Briar Pomana
- Mar 2, 2022
- 3 min
A Love Story to the 25L
By Briar Pomana (she/her) At first I was terrified of you. You with staggering height and thunderous breath, dominating the dominion and...
Briar Pomana
- Oct 11, 2021
- 3 min
Summers at Nanny’s House
By Briar Pomana (she/her) When Mum and I arrive in Gisborne, the town's pothole-ridden roads are the first to greet us. We've come from...
David Williams
- Oct 11, 2021
- 4 min
Architecture and Style
By David Williams (he/him) We encounter countless buildings throughout our life, each with its own style and a team of architects who...
Nam Woon Kim
- Oct 10, 2021
- 5 min
2021 Song Round-up: Points for Style
The year isn’t over yet but with Debate wrapping up, I wanted to run through some of the coolest music from this year that highlights the...
Alana McConnell
- Oct 10, 2021
- 3 min
Reviews
By Alana McConnell (she/her) Phoebe Bridgers - That Funny Feeling On first listen, if unfamiliar with Bo Burnham, one may not realise...
Alana McConnell and Nam Woon Kim
- Sep 13, 2021
- 6 min
Reviews
By Alana McConnell (she/her) and Nam Woon Kim (he/him) What to watch: Pen15 (2019-) A while back I stumbled across a trailer on YouTube...
Alana McConnell
- Aug 23, 2021
- 5 min
I'm Sorry, Taylor Swift
By Alana McConnell (she/her), illustrated by Kwok Yi Lee (he/him) We’ve done Taylor Swift dirty. And she’s not the exception, with...
Lucy Wormald
- Aug 23, 2021
- 5 min
#Tokyo2020: Rings of Failure
By Lucy Wormald (she/her) I remember watching the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games. I was fourteen. The lights...
Nam Woon Kim
- Aug 8, 2021
- 1 min
The Next Coming of Age Movie you Should Watch!
By Nam Woon Kim (he/him)
Briar Pomana
- Aug 8, 2021
- 3 min
Small Towns, Burning Rubbish & River Rats
By Briar Pomana (she/her) Briar Pomana offers a love letter to small town folk in this short story. She highlights the significance of...
Alana Rae and Kubra Iqbal
- Jul 25, 2021
- 3 min
Your Favourite Classical Authors Were Probably Gay
There has been a lot of speculation around the queerness of female authors in the 18th–20th century. Our diagnosis? Gay as fuck.
Andrew Broadley
- Jul 11, 2021
- 4 min
Why Are All the Ships From Panama?
By Andrew Broadley (he/him) If you’ve ever watched the cargo ships coming into the docks (you probably haven’t) you may have noticed one...
Nam Woon Kim
- May 30, 2021
- 4 min
Is this... K-pop?
By Nam Woon Kim (he/him) There are two types of K-pop fans: Those who tell you they listen to it without telling you they listen to it...
Nam Woon Kim
- May 30, 2021
- 5 min
The Best Use of Music in...
By Nam Woon Kim (he/him) Spoilers for Portrait of a Lady on Fire, The Double Life of Véronique Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Vivaldi’s...
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