ARTS | ANAMATA / THE FUTURE Written & illustrated by Stella Roper (they/she) | @stellyvision / @dodofrenzy  | Arts Editor There is an unmatched, twisted and complex nature contained in the English language, with its cruel rules, ifs and buts and “i’s before e’s” – you’d wonder how any of the literary greats got anything done.  I think back to high school, in moments looking over reading materials in class, and remember having thought that the author's writing was leagues bey

FEATURE | ANAMATA / THE FUTURE Written by Elise Sadlier (she/her) | @elise_sadlier | Contributing Writer Rejection. I’ve never been good at it. I spent the summer on the couch, popsicle dripping down my wrist, refreshing Seek and offering up prayers. I had high hopes for the year. I saw each month stretched out before me, clean and full of potential. I fantasized about a working holiday in Bali, a cute gallery job, money flowing into my account. I was finally free from unive

AUTSA | ANAMATA / THE FUTURE Written by Alicia Lemmer | AUTSA President 2024–2025    As I reflect on my time as AUTSA President over the past two years, I feel a deep sense of pride and gratitude for what our student community has achieved together. The journey has been one of learning, resilience, and growth, not just for AUTSA as an organisation but for every student who has helped shape campus life, advocacy, and positive change.  Serving as President through 2024 and 2025

EDITORIAL | HANGA / CRAFT Written by Liam Hansen (they/them) | @liamhanse.n | Editor-in-Chief & written by Stella Roper (they/she) |...

OPINION | ARTS | HANGA / CRAFT Written by Vik Sazhina (she/they) | @vik.sazhina  | Contributing Writer Illustration by Ann Mariya Shammy...

COMIC | ARTS | HANGA / CRAFT Written & illustrated by Stella Roper (they/she) | @dodofrenzy / @stellyvision | Arts Editor

OPINION | ARTS | HANGA / CRAFT Written by Jack Lai (he/him) | @jackaltheblackal | Contributing Writer Illustrations by Mikaela Stroud...

OPINION | ARTS | HANGA / CRAFT Written by Julianna Extross (she/her) | @autcraftcollective | Contributing Writer Guys, I love  craft....

FEATURE | HANGA / CRAFT Written by Joshua Black | Contributing Writer Illustration by Scarlett Kean | Contributing Illustrator As a...

FEATURE | REVIEW | HANGA / CRAFT Written by Ricky Lai (he/him) | @rickylaitheokperson | Contributing Writer ‘You need to be bigger, you need to be bolder, and you need to be everywhere’ , declared Kaine Thompson, Chair of the 2025 board of the Whānau Mārama New Zealand International Film Festival on its opening night in Tāmaki Makaurau. These words were their vision statement as accrued from the previous year’s feedback, and yet I, who couldn’t have been sizzling more with e