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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 [...]

NEWS: Elections Over For Another Year, Thank Christ

NEWS: Elections Over For Another Year, Thank Christ

22 August 2010

The AUSA Elections are done and dusted for another year, with results announced after Craccum went to print.

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NEWS: Craccum Columnist Still Out In The Cold As ACT Implodes

NEWS: Craccum Columnist Still Out In The Cold As ACT Implodes

22 August 2010

Deputy Leader of the ACT Party Heather Roy was sacked last Tuesday and replaced by John Boscawen, after a bust-up within the ACT Party saw accusations of bullying leaked to the mainstream media.

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NEWS: Bus Lane Signs Appear on Symonds Street

NEWS: Bus Lane Signs Appear on Symonds Street

16 August 2010

The Auckland City Council has tacitly acknowledged there are some issues with the 50m rule when entering bus lanes. A huge public outcry has prompted the City Council to trial markers and signs on some bus lanes to notify drivers where the 50m point is where they can enter the lane in order to make turns [...]

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The Glenn Gould Effect

The Glenn Gould Effect

16 August 2010

“I know only how to reflect: I am a mirror” —Sviatoslav Richter “I cannot say I am in total agreement with Mr. Gould’s conception. And this raises the interesting question: What am I doing conducting it? I’m conducting it because Mr. Gould is so valid and serious an artist that I must take seriously anything he conceives [...]

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Fin.

Fin.

16 August 2010

An audience with Raymond: For our politics theme, we arranged an interview with Senior Politics Department lecturer Raymond Miller. Due to an administrative error on our part, we ended up with an interview with Raymond, the talking Kiwibank SMART car.

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Feature Columnist: Sir Roger Douglas

Feature Columnist: Sir Roger Douglas

16 August 2010

On the 28th August 2008 student debt reached over ten billion dollars. That number is steadily increasing. This huge figure is worrying not only to students but to all of New Zealand. We need to think carefully about the policies that we put in place and the goals that we want to achieve.

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