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Feature Columnist: Sir Roger Douglas

Feature Columnist: Sir Roger Douglas

I am always bemused to see people who pay homage to revolutionary leaders like Ernesto Guevara, Fidel Castro, Mao Tse Dong etc. by wearing clothes or eating at trendy restaurants that bear their face. Despite killing millions, they continue to be revered. Maybe it is for their good looks or revolutionary zeal. It is hard [...]

Feature Columnist: Gareth Hughes

Feature Columnist: Gareth Hughes

VSM. Three little letters that stand for Very Silly and Malicious, as well as Voluntary Student Membership. Sir Roger Douglas has a Bill to ram through VSM and this will have a massive negative impact across the country.

Games: Monaco Interactive 5: Game Previews

Games: Monaco Interactive 5: Game Previews

As Craccum’s Games Editor, the closest I usually get to fancy industry parties is drinking a bottle of vodka while watching YouTube and playing Pokemon. And while there’s nothing wrong with that, I was overjoyed when I recently received an invitation to Mi5 (or Monaco Interactive 5), the Kiwi equivalent of E3. What it boiled [...]

Panda Diplomacy – Not So Black and White

Panda Diplomacy – Not So Black and White

China loves Pandas. So much so that they are given to other nations as diplomatic gifts to strengthen ties between two nations. Nixon got one, Edward Heath got one, and not too long ago, Prime Minister John Key was desperate to get his hands on one. This is known as called Panda Diplomacy, but there [...]

Reel Brazil Festival

Reel Brazil Festival

The Reel Brazil Film Festival runs for a week from Thursday (August 26) in Rialto Newmarket, and features films seen and celebrated at festivals all over the world—such as the music documentary Beyond Ipanema: Brazilian Waves in Global Music, and Jean Charles, which tells the story of the man mistakenly killed by British police in [...]

Entering The Corporate World

Entering The Corporate World

It is the second semester, and in a few months many students will be graduating and heading out into the work force for the very first time. If you are doing a non professional degree such as science, arts or commerce then often it is up to you to ensure that you have the right [...]

Your Protest Sucks.

Your Protest Sucks.

When trying to articulate your point just doesn’t work or you don’t understand the arguments involved, there’s nothing like a good old fashioned protest. Don’t think that just walking down Queen Street will cut it though. If you’re going to do something, you might as well do it right. Just follow our guide below and [...]

Sir Rogerotica

Sir Rogerotica

Don’t hate the player, hate the harsh regulatory environment. I’d just come off a double tutorial session of Accounting 311 and Accounting 312. I had been waiting for lift before I realised I had no way of knowing if the elevator contract was awarded as the result of a lowest-priced competitive tender. Then, on my way [...]

Music: Katy Perry – Teenage Dream

Music: Katy Perry – Teenage Dream

23 August 2010

Katy Perry Teenage Dream Capitol My initial thoughts with regards to Perry’s lead single, “California Gurls” was fairly negative, and the respective music video didn’t really aid it, even though the whipped cream can guns were quite the attention grabber. However, Perry and her producers have undoubtedly formulated an excellent summer single, the prime reason for the [...]

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The Craccum Open – Something Old, Something New

The Craccum Open – Something Old, Something New

23 August 2010

I love finding new places to buy wine. I’d come across Lovrich’s ads in the papers occasionally, but never visited their website. Walking though the forecourt at the Newmarket BP, I happened upon a roller door in the street behind the station with a small plaque with the Lovrich Wines logo next to it. It’s certainly [...]

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Food: Mai Thai

23 August 2010

Restaurant Review: Mai Thai Students are, by definition, perennially poor. This often makes dining out difficult, especially if you want to have your wine and drink it too. And that is why God created the BYO restaurant. A step up from cheap and cheerful, and rarely cheap and nasty, BYO restaurants are one of the few [...]

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Amnesty – Systemic racism in Europe: EU countries target Roma

Amnesty – Systemic racism in Europe: EU countries target Roma

23 August 2010

The Roma (Gypsy) people are Europe’s largest, and probably most vulnerable, ethnic minority. They number an estimated twelve million, they’ve been in Europe for 500 years, and they’ve been subject to racism and intolerance for most of that time. Now, despite the European Union’s raft of human rights instruments, many European governments are turning against [...]

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DVD: Ecopolis

DVD: Ecopolis

23 August 2010

“Ecopolis” is a blueprint of what our cities might look like in the future if we continue with our current patterns of mass consumption and excessive carbon emissions. It’s not good: the city struggles to meet demands for food, water, and oil, and is prone to blackouts. By 2050, 75 per cent of the population [...]

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NEWS: Eye On Exec

NEWS: Eye On Exec

22 August 2010

Last week’s meeting kicked off with a guest talk from a representative of the Tertiary Education Union (TEU) who discussed the “Fairness at Work” campaign. It is understood that the TEU and AUSA want to work closely on matters regarding changes to the Employment Relations Act. Concerns raised were around National’s 90 day trial policy, [...]

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