Massive Magazine

  • Home
  • Massive Magazine

Massive Magazine Massey University's national student magazine. Visit www.massivemagazine.org.nz or email [email protected] to get involved!

Meet Massive’s 2026 Editor and Designer!!! 🎉🤩❤️🫶😻After two years of being in the roles, Sammy and Luka are passing the t...
13/11/2025

Meet Massive’s 2026 Editor and Designer!!!

🎉🤩❤️🫶😻

After two years of being in the roles, Sammy and Luka are passing the torch onto their mini-me’s: Jessie and Olive 😻

Massive 2025 is signing off, see you next year with a fresh new team 🎉🎉❤️❤️⭐️⭐️⭐️

News, design, and multimedia — this is where Massive shone in 2025, taking home 19 awards at the Aotearoa Student Press ...
10/11/2025

News, design, and multimedia — this is where Massive shone in 2025, taking home 19 awards at the Aotearoa Student Press Awards 🏅
 
Six team members flew down to Dunedin this weekend, representing the many hands that created Massive this year. Thank you to for hosting, and to the many writers and artists who took the time to judge and give feedback ❤️
 
🥇
Best Design – Luka Maresca  
Best Multimedia Journalism  
Best Social Media Presence  
Best Investigation – Sammy Carter  
Best Individual Artist – Olive Bartlett-Mowat  
Best Photographer – Georgia Andersen  
Best Māori Coverage  
Best Personal Essay – Lee Judi  
Best Cover  
Best Sports Coverage  

🥈
Best Publication  
Best News Coverage  
Best Feature Writer – Jessie Davidson 
Best Feature  
Best Culture Writer – Maisie Arnold-Barron  
Best Illustration  
Best Centrefold  

🥉
Best News Reporter – Claire Taylor  
Best Science Journalism

Massive turned 13 this year! And with teenagehood came rebellion. This year, staff ate aphrodisiacs with Hinge dates, pr...
22/10/2025

Massive turned 13 this year! And with teenagehood came rebellion. This year, staff ate aphrodisiacs with Hinge dates, pretended we all had nits for April Fools, explored the depths of Grindr, went full bush on a cover, and ate tomatoes to get over a ni****ne addiction. We boogied at our own gig with our favourite Massey bands, hosted an art exhibition, tried medieval sword fighting, rode a mechanical bull, and investigated Palmy’s dead student party street.
 
Thank you to everyone who picked up an issue, clicked on a link, contributed, submitted a s*xcapade, or wrote a question to Fergus ❤️
 
See you next year with a new look and fresh team!
 
Much love, the Massive 2025 team 😘

17/10/2025

CW: Mentions of racism; censored slurs

Masskerade was Massey’s annual graduation magazine for 47 years, closing shop in 1985. It was published during ‘Capping Week’ — a celebratory period of student antics marking graduation.

From facing one of the harshest censorship rulings not seen since WWII, costing the university thousands in fines, being banned in some of the South Island, and even drawing a warning from New Zealand’s Catholic Church... Massey’s capping magazine had no shortage of controversy.

Once a hotly debated publication, Masskerade now lies almost forgotten in Massey University’s Tamiro archives.

Story by
Video by

🔗 Link in bio to read more

In your news section this week… claims of an unethical hiring for the new Auckland VP, University staff demand superannu...
15/10/2025

In your news section this week… claims of an unethical hiring for the new Auckland VP, University staff demand superannuation provider Unisaver divest from Israel, complaints lodged against a social work lecturer, a recap of the Palmy Casino themed ball, the struggle of moving out for summer, and your club winners for 2026

🔗 Link in bio to read more

13/10/2025

Students will get to have their say on a preferred model this Wednesday in all student lounges and online at 1pm 📢

The refresh has been a long time coming, with a working group of eight student reps, two Massey reps, and an external lead facilitator going back and forth since July.

The restructuring brought to light a lot of financial issues in the current system.

Reps hourly rate will go down to $24 an hour, just above minimum wage.

Whichever model is picked, representation is projected to cost around $245,000 yearly, give or take a few thousand.

🔗 Link in bio to read more

Massive is hiring the Editor-In-Chief and Head Designer for 2026! Find all details on Seek 👀
13/10/2025

Massive is hiring the Editor-In-Chief and Head Designer for 2026!

Find all details on Seek 👀

rAWr XD Get nostalgic this week In this issue you’ll find… revisiting 2000s browser games, a trip down NZ’s iconic elect...
12/10/2025

rAWr XD Get nostalgic this week

In this issue you’ll find… revisiting 2000s browser games, a trip down NZ’s iconic election moments, what your childhood dream shoe says about you, a profile on the student who models Fergus the Ram, a deep dive into Massey’s old capping magazine, more news than ever (8 pages!), puzzles, horoscopes and more

Cover by
Centrefold by .fm

The objects left lying around bathroom sinks all tell a story about the people who left them there🚰Fine Arts Master’s st...
11/10/2025

The objects left lying around bathroom sinks all tell a story about the people who left them there🚰

Fine Arts Master’s student Ruby Millichamp is making slapstick and absurd art about common spaces

Story by

🔗 Link in bio to read more

From moans and groans, to shaking your neighbour’s paper-thin walls — university halls house hundreds of s*xual firsts, ...
10/10/2025

From moans and groans, to shaking your neighbour’s paper-thin walls — university halls house hundreds of s*xual firsts, fantasies and regrets 🏠

Massive has got you covered with this unofficial guide to getting your freak on in Massey halls 😉

Story by
Art by .fm

🔗 Link in bio to read more

Don’t forget to wash your hands and pick up the ‘Housing’ issue 🧼🫧In this issue you’ll find… the Fine Arts Masters stude...
05/10/2025

Don’t forget to wash your hands and pick up the ‘Housing’ issue 🧼🫧

In this issue you’ll find… the Fine Arts Masters student making portraits using sinks, Massive’s unofficial s*x etiquette for halls, an opinion piece on Māori spaces at Massey halls, a DIY chore chart for your flat, news, puzzles, and more

Cover and back cover .millichamp
Centrefold .fm

Come see our centrefold competition winners in person tonight at the ‘Art’ issue launch, 6pm @ Fishcube gallery 🖼️👨‍🎨In ...
28/09/2025

Come see our centrefold competition winners in person tonight at the ‘Art’ issue launch, 6pm @ Fishcube gallery 🖼️👨‍🎨

In this issue you’ll find… a look at the loss of niche art electives at Massey, two unique student artist profiles, why Māori and Pasifika artists at Massey feel underrepresented, the cost of selling your art, a quiz, puzzles, horoscopes and more

Ngā mihi to our guest editor (and designer every week) .kiss

Cover by Gina Martinovich

Address


Telephone

+64212588267

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Massive Magazine posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Business

Send a message to Massive Magazine:

Shortcuts

  • Want your business to be the top-listed Media Company?

Share