NEWS | ISSUE SIX | MAHI Ā-RINGA / CRAFT Written by Liam Hansen (they/them) | @liamhanse.n | Associate Editor Friday, 8 May saw finance minister Nicola Willis announce they would abandon the Fees Free Scheme by way of Winston Peters, roughly eight years after its introduction in the first year of the Ardern government. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon claims that the scheme didn’t meet its goals, reflecting reports in 2023 that the rates of students at decile 1-6 schools enrolling in...

NEWS | ISSUE SIX | MAHI Ā-RINGA / CRAFT Written by Liam Hansen (they/them) | @liamhanse.n | Associate Editor Students and faculty across AUT, UoA, and VUW were locked out of Canvas over the weekend, as parent company Instructure was hit by a data breach, leaving troves of personal information at risk. The trials began at the start of the month, when 3.65 terabytes of information, including students' names, email addresses, private messages, and ID cards, were seized in a major international...

NEWS | ISSUE FIVE | PUORO O AOTEAROA / LOCAL MUSIC Written by Liam Hansen (they/them) | @liamhanse.n | Associate Editor Marlon Williams - Image courtesy of Independent Music New Zealand The Taite Music Prize has held stature as Aotearoa music's scrappiest little award show for over a decade and a half. With New Zealand Music Month just around the corner, indie musicians packed into the intimate Q Theatre, celebrating the incredible records of 2026 whilst keeping all award winners, losers,...

NEWS | ISSUE FOUR/20 | RONGO Ā / DRUGS Written by Liam Hansen they/them | @liamhanse.n | Associate Editor One in seventeen people live with rare disorders in Aotearoa - a catch all term for the thousands of specified health conditions that, on their own, affect a small handful of Kiwis that are left without a unified health organisation to provide them with support, care, and community. Rare Disorders New Zealand fills this gap, fighting for over 300,000 Kiwis through education, campaigns,...

NEWS | ISSUE FOUR/20 | RONGO Ā / DRUGS Written by Liam Hansen they/them | @liamhanse.n | Associate Editor Student presidents and representatives of various university student associations across the motu have united in their call for targeted student support amidst the cost-of-living crisis. While students have been struggling to stay afloat since the economic ramifications of the pandemic (and a good bit before then), the recent increase in fuel prices due to the US/Israel attacks on Iran...

NEWS | ISSUE THREE | WHENUA Written by Liam Hansen they/them | @liamhanse.n | Associate Editor The university experience isn’t moulded to every student’s needs. It varies from course to course, but the overreliance on readings, tests of rote learning, and reflections tend to serve the needs of most students fine . But the number of students who feel like they’re working against a brick wall has increased year on year, and with AUT’s cohort of domestic and international students climbing once...