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We are always looking for new contributors on any and all topics. Flick us an email on [email protected] for more info. Missed out on your hard copy of Craccum? Never fear, you can read up on what we talked about online at www.craccum.co.nz

We are located on the top level of the Student Union Building at 34 Princes Street, aka two levels above the quad next to 95bFM and C-Space/

“Intimate, Sensual, and Immersive”As the audience stepped into the performance space, there were no fixed seats — only s...
30/07/2025

“Intimate, Sensual, and Immersive”
As the audience stepped into the performance space, there were no fixed seats — only six angular acrylic panels scattered across the open floor. Before the show began, we were invited to interact with these panels, choose our position, shift perspectives, and move freely through the space, like navigating a quiet, tactile maze. The panels stood like frosted barriers: blurred, semi-opaque, and obscuring what lay beyond.

Article written by Lee Li
Image courtesy of Rongo Whakapā
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English actress Harriet Walter spoke on her book She Speaks! What Shakespeare’s Women Might Have Said. She spoke with Ne...
29/07/2025

English actress Harriet Walter spoke on her book She Speaks! What Shakespeare’s Women Might Have Said. She spoke with New Zealand actress Jennifer Ward-Lealand about her motivations and her process of writing the book, as well as how her own performances of Shakespeare’s female characters influenced her choices in writing it. Having played many of these characters herself, she started to notice that none of these women ever took centre stage and started to wonder why. She realised that every woman in Shakespeare’s play was there in connection to a man, whether it was her father, her brother, her husband.

Article written by Rose Taylor-Meade

Image courtesy of Auckland Live

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Auckland Night Markets is under fire after a small clothing brand shared a negative experience in a viral TikTok video, ...
29/07/2025

Auckland Night Markets is under fire after a small clothing brand shared a negative experience in a viral TikTok video, alleging mistreatment and exploitation by the markets organiser. The post has sparked widespread concern online, and a former employee has come forward with serious concerns about safety failures and mismanagement behind the scenes.

“I Almost Died Twice”
At the Mt Wellington Market site, the former employee says the safety conditions were dire, citing exposed electrical wires that once shocked a storeholder, luckily without serious harm. “Someone did get electrocuted while I was there,” they recalled. “It wasn’t life-threatening, but it could have been...

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Let’s be real, adolescent brains are simply undercooked. Yet, what is lost in the process of ‘maturity’ nevertheless evi...
29/07/2025

Let’s be real, adolescent brains are simply undercooked. Yet, what is lost in the process of ‘maturity’ nevertheless evinces an unmistakable ‘authenticity’ of emotional growth and newfound knowledge. The film’s plot almost reads like a fairytale story you’d be given in your average CompLit course: poor boy loves rich girl, rich girl loves poor boy, both parents forbid their relationship due to irreconcilable class differences, poor boy climbs atop a the village’s tallest building and professes his love for the entire town to hear, the villagers gossip and reappear throughout like a Greek chorus, and both lovers live happily ever after (We still disagree whether the film resolves into a “happy ending”, but our adolescent characters do have us questioning our preconceived notions regarding familial security and personal freedom.)

Article written by Trevor Pronoso & Lewis Creed

Image Courtesy of Films Boutique

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🎭 DOUBLE PASS GIVEAWAY 🎭Time travel, trauma, and talking dildos? Med R***e 2025 is back with Back to the Suture — a come...
28/07/2025

🎭 DOUBLE PASS GIVEAWAY 🎭
Time travel, trauma, and talking dildos? Med R***e 2025 is back with Back to the Suture — a comedy-packed, chaotic ride through med school history with sharp satire, a brilliant cast, and just the right dose of inappropriate humour.
We’re giving away a Double Pass for 14th August to the wildest night out of the year!
🩺To enter:
1. Like this post
2. Follow
3. Tag a mate who loves a bit of med school madness
4. Bonus entry: Share to your story and tag us!
📅 14–16 August | Doors Open at 6:45pm | SkyCity Theatre
📲 | www.medrevue.co.nz
Get ready to laugh, cringe, and maybe cry (from laughter… or burnout).

Media themed illustration by JQ Macarubbo. Media Issue Out Now. Read the full issue at www.craccum.co.nz
28/07/2025

Media themed illustration by JQ Macarubbo.

Media Issue Out Now.
Read the full issue at www.craccum.co.nz

In the reclaimed serenity of Auckland Art Gallery following a busy opening weekend, Craccum spoke with Dr Sophie Matthie...
28/07/2025

In the reclaimed serenity of Auckland Art Gallery following a busy opening weekend, Craccum spoke with Dr Sophie Matthiesson, Senior Curator of International Art, about the new exhibition of iconic paintings that have journeyed all the way from Toledo, Ohio. As we moved through the space to stop in front of masterpieces, so too did our conversation, meandering from art’s evolution in the wake of new technology to the ongoing human pursuit of documenting and decoding the world through images.

Article by Judy Zhang

Image by Vincent van Gogh

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Craccum Office Hours – Semester 2, 2025📍Top Level, Quad - Oppsite 95BCome hang out, pitch an idea, ask a question, or ju...
22/07/2025

Craccum Office Hours – Semester 2, 2025
📍Top Level, Quad - Oppsite 95B
Come hang out, pitch an idea, ask a question, or just vibe with us 🩷

🎭 DOUBLE PASS GIVEAWAY 🎭Is culture skin-deep? Is he Māori? Is this a musical comedy? TBA.We’re giving away 2x double pas...
21/07/2025

🎭 DOUBLE PASS GIVEAWAY 🎭

Is culture skin-deep? Is he Māori? Is this a musical comedy? TBA.

We’re giving away 2x double passes to the show He Māori? – a hilarious, heartfelt, very North Shore journey of identity, culture, and mistaken appropriations, from rising performer Īhaka Martyn.

🗓️ Aug 7–9 at Q Theatre

To enter:

✨Follow and
✨Tag a mate in the comments you’d take to laugh, cry, and rethink their whakapapa.

Student tix available too: https://www.qtheatre.co.nz/shows/he-maori

Giveaway closes on the 28th of July, the winner will be notified via DM.

CRACCUM’s Media Edition - Issue #6 has landed 🛜In an age of AI, deepfakes, and media overload, the landscape is shiftin...
20/07/2025

CRACCUM’s Media Edition - Issue #6 has landed 🛜
In an age of AI, deepfakes, and media overload, the landscape is shifting fast—and not always for the better. This issue, we’re diving into the chaos: the UBIQ liquidation (RIP Our Beloved Bookstore), an exclusive interview with the curator behind Auckland Art Gallery’s latest exhibition, and a look into how dating apps are reshaping our love lives.

We may have won Best AI Usage at the 2024 ASPAs (in absentia), but more importantly, we’re asking: what does ethical media even look like anymore? Pick up a copy before reality gets too glitchy. ⚡️

This issue’s cover and centrefold are brought to you by:

Cover by Maisarah Madawi
Centrefold by Ricki Ridgway, .racket

Copies of our “Media Edition” this week are available for pick up from the New Arts Building, Kate Edger, the Library, OGGB, the Quad, the Humanities building, the Engineering building and the Halls. You can also find it online at www.craccum.co.nz

Wednesday Student Night is back! ... AND Giveaways ⛸️❄️Hit the Aotea Square Ice Rink for just $19 with your student ID –...
09/07/2025

Wednesday Student Night is back! ... AND Giveaways ⛸️❄️

Hit the Aotea Square Ice Rink for just $19 with your student ID – Wednesdays from 7–10 PM.

This time we’ve teamed up with our friend to give away a double pass for next week’s Student Night (Wed 17 July) ⛸️

Like this post and tag a friend to enter :)

Giveaway closes this Sunday, 13th midday, the winner will be notified via DM 

Only two nights left before it’s gone (20 July!), so don’t miss your chance to skate under the city lights! ✨

For more info please visit: https://www.aucklandlive.co.nz/show/aotea-square-ice-rink

We’ve got a double pass to giveaway to the annual World Press Photo Exhibition when it makes its way to Auckland this Ju...
01/07/2025

We’ve got a double pass to giveaway to the annual World Press Photo Exhibition when it makes its way to Auckland this July.

On display in over 60 cities across the world each year, this exhibition offers a striking window into the past year’s defining and often overlooked moments and news events, capturing stories of conflict, climate, culture and community.

Simply like this post and tag a friend to go in the draw.

On from 26 July – 24 August at 131 Queen Street.

More info and tickets at: https://worldpressphotoexhibitionauckland.co.nz/

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Giveaway closes on 15th July at 11:59pm, winner will be notified via DM.

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Want to contribute to your student magazine? We are always looking for new contributors on any and all topics. Flick us an email on [email protected] for more info. Missed out on your hard copy of Craccum? Never fear, you can read up on what we talked about online at www.craccum.co.nz