REVIEW | NZIFF | ISSUE TEN | ISOLATION This is part of a series of roundtable discussions and extended dialogues conducted by Ricky Lai (@rickthelai), Trevor Pronoso (@CleverGurl), Madeline Smith (@prime4illusion), and Caeden Tipler (@ctipler) on films that have premiered at NZIFF 2026. The following exchange is between Ricky, Trevor, and Madeline on Jane Schoenbrun's latest film, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma. Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026) dir. Jane Sch

NEWS | ISSUE ELEVEN | MAHIMAHI / SEX Written by Liam Hansen (they/them) | @liamhanse.n I met Helen White at Crave in Morningside, and immediately apologised for embarrassing myself when our tables were next to each other at the Sem 2 Clubs day and I couldn’t properly respond to her korero as I had a Musashi mint chocolate protein bar taking up every corner of my mouth. It was good to catch up properly - I’ve seen her across billiards for years, and despite conservative leani

COMIC | ISSUE ELEVEN | MAHIMAHI / SEX Created by Tashi Donnelly (she/her) | @tashi_rd | Editor

EDITORIAL | ISSUE ELEVEN | MAHIMAHI / SEX Written by Tashi Donnelly (she/her) | @tashi_rd | Editor In 1959, a New Zealand writer published a novel about gay love. Two years later, that novel was banned in New Zealand for being indecent. Now, 67 years after its original publication, A Way of Love is being republished, and its story is an important piece of Aotearoa’s queer literary history. Written by James Courage (1903–1963), A Way of Love was first published by Jonathan Cap

COMIC | ISSUE ELEVEN | MAHIMAHI / SEX Created Sophia He (she/her) | @meoskyan_art | Graphic Designer

COMIC | ISSUE ELEVEN | MAHIMAHI / SEX Created by Emannuel Telea (he/him) | @eman_drawsart | Contributing Artist

NEWS | ISSUE ELEVEN | MAHIMAHI / SEX Written by Liam Hansen (they/them) | @liamhanse.n On the western side of the Auckland Isthmus, the electorate of Mount Albert stands as the culmination of its namesake suburb, Point Chevalier, Waterview, Wesley, Ōwairaka, Sandringham, Morningside, Kingsland, and a chunk of Mount Eden and Balmoral taken out of Epsom’s back side. I, and many of you, live in this area, owing to its proximity between the relaxed Waitakere Ranges and bustling

COLUMN | ISSUE ELEVEN | MAHIMAHI / SEX Written by Ricky Lai (he/him) | @rickthelai on IG & Letterboxd | Columnist Toute Une Nuit (Chantal Akerman, 1982) Belgian pioneer of avant-garde film, Chantal Akerman, left behind a legacy of stillness in both domestic (kitchens and bedrooms) and transitory (train platforms and corridors) spaces, with critics' appeal commonly bestowed on her career centrepiece, Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975). And yet I find th

DEGENERATE GUIDES & ALTERED STATES COLUMN | ISSUE ELEVEN | MAHIMAHI / SEX Written by Isaac Tenzing | Drugs Columnist Illustrated by Tashi Donnelly (she/her) | @tashi_rd | Editor-in-Chief Holstered within his work belt: 4 Asahi Super Dry cans and a singular joint. My friend tottered into the living room of this particular North Shore house party and proclaimed, “I DON'T WANT TO DIE TILL I'VE HAD SEX ON METH.” He might not have been a wise man, but at this moment, to me, he was

FEATURE | ISSUE ELEVEN | MAHIMAHI / SEX Written by Anonymous Illustrated by Tashi Donnelly (she/her) | @tashi_rd | Editor-in-Chief Abstinence is a good thing. … …. …… WAIT … wait … hear me out! Abstinence is a good thing if you’re doing it for yourself. In the same way sex is a good, nay, a great thing if you’re doing it because you truly want to. For me, primary school sex-ed was one of those Kiwi experiences that you assume is universal until you casually reference l