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Issue 11: Hanga/Craft - Submissions open!Anybody else getting tired of all these robots? As so much of our lives get tra...
29/08/2025

Issue 11: Hanga/Craft - Submissions open!

Anybody else getting tired of all these robots? As so much of our lives get transferred over to our phones, and major businesses encourage the responsibilities of decision making and action-taking should be performed by algorithms, young people are increasingly turning to physical media as a way to escape AI slop.

We want to hear about the ways you express yourself, explore hobbies, make things, and enjoy life through physical media and handmade creations. Think about fashion and style curation in Tāmaki Makaurau (style issue fans, this one's for you), collections you’ve been building since childhood or just started, short films your friends are making - anything to do with arts, crafts, creation, and curation.

Pitches are due on the 8th of September.
Pieces are due on the 15th of September.

Submissions are open for Issue Ten: Pūrakaū/Mythology!Let’s be honest, there isn’t much good to turn to in reality right...
19/08/2025

Submissions are open for Issue Ten: Pūrakaū/Mythology!

Let’s be honest, there isn’t much good to turn to in reality right now. If we look at the stories, narratives, and legends passed down between generations, we can understand the ways that mythology has shaped - and accidentally foretold - our modern world.

Think along the lines of:

- Neighbourhood ghost stories whispered throughout Tāmaki Makaurau
‘- Percy Jackson’ should be adapted as a stage musical, and here’s why
- How Creepypasta never dies
- Cryptids of AUT
- Mythology passed down through your whanau
- That one time you realised you came from a prolific ghost town
- How Cartoon Saloon captured Irish legends

Pitches are due on Monday, the 25th of August.
Pieces are due on Monday, the 1st of September.
If there are any delays or caveats just let us know!!

Issue 9: Tangata Whenua / Local is out now!Featuring cover artwork by Rakel Mou-HiAnd articles by .n, , , , Daniel Tang,...
18/08/2025

Issue 9: Tangata Whenua / Local is out now!

Featuring cover artwork by Rakel Mou-Hi
And articles by .n, , , , Daniel Tang, , , Joshua Black, , , , @, , , & Scarlett Kean

More from issue 7: Rongoā / Dr*gs💊 's comic "Previously On Dr*gs"🪧 An anonymous interview with a student who turned thei...
17/08/2025

More from issue 7: Rongoā / Dr*gs
💊 's comic "Previously On Dr*gs"
🪧 An anonymous interview with a student who turned their dr*g use into protest
,💉 A new edition of 's Bread & Circuses column, in which he examines doping in sport

More from Issue 8: Rongoā / Dr*gs!🚬 An anonymous contributor laments the renewed rise in smoking as vapes fall out of fa...
16/08/2025

More from Issue 8: Rongoā / Dr*gs!
🚬 An anonymous contributor laments the renewed rise in smoking as vapes fall out of fashion.
🧿 Contributing Columnist shares five picks from the in the 8th installment of Rocks Reel Recommendations
☀️ Feature Editor answers a question about busy schedules as a summer fling turns into a long distance relationship

Read all these articles and more at debatemag.com!

More from #8: Rongoā / Dr*gs!• Feature Editor talks unmasking her autism through recreational MDMA-use• Contributing W...
15/08/2025

More from #8: Rongoā / Dr*gs!
• Feature Editor talks unmasking her autism through recreational MDMA-use
• Contributing Writer talks the struggles of living with migraine disease, and non-funded treatment options staying out of reach for those who need them
• Contributing Writer Stu Paul does a deep dive on the history and practice of salvia divinorum.

Read these articles at debatemag.com now!

In #8: RONGOĀ / DR*GS:Editor-in-Chief .n reflects on the w**d referendum, with art by News Editor .vdp fact checks vir...
13/08/2025

In #8: RONGOĀ / DR*GS:
Editor-in-Chief .n reflects on the w**d referendum, with art by
News Editor .vdp fact checks viral rumours about cancer-causing contraceptives
And Te Ao Māori Editor , in the 8th edition of the Kotahitanga Column takes the edge adding new Te Reo verbs and adverbs to the kite.

Read every article now at debatemag.com!

In this final set of columns from issue seven: Matariki! talks Matariki and the new year in the seventh installment of K...
07/08/2025

In this final set of columns from issue seven: Matariki!
talks Matariki and the new year in the seventh installment of Kotahitanga ✨
talks the empty seduction of words, and getting led on in the 10th installment of Whinging & Dining 🍷
gives advice on fracturing friendships in the 7th installment of Spill the Tea With Tashi ☕

Read each article now at debatemag.com, and stay tuned for more reviews and the articles from our 8th issue!

Contributor and Debate 2024 News Editor joins the crowd in a sold out Civic, reflecting on Jacinda Arden’s leadership o...
07/08/2025

Contributor and Debate 2024 News Editor joins the crowd in a sold out Civic, reflecting on Jacinda Arden’s leadership of Aotearoa through crisis after crisis through the political documentary Prime Minister.

While some crowd members joined a standing ovation, others have come away noticing how some communities were left out of frame. Thankfully, the audience were united in booing David Seymour.

Read the full review, alongside a multitude of other contributors reflections on the film festival, at debatemag.com.

Our next two reviews see contributor Vik Sazhina .sazhina dive into two of the most sapphic films in the 2025 programme...
05/08/2025

Our next two reviews see contributor Vik Sazhina .sazhina dive into two of the most sapphic films in the 2025 programme - ‘Dreams (S*x Love)’, and ‘Little Trouble Girls’.

Read the full reviews, and many more reflections on the NZIFF this year, at debatemag.com.

Throughout August and our next couple issues, Debate is celebrating Whānau Mārama the New Zealand International Film Fes...
05/08/2025

Throughout August and our next couple issues, Debate is celebrating Whānau Mārama the New Zealand International Film Festival with a series of reviews, features, and probably other stuff as well.

First up, reviews the opening night film It Was Just An Accident, reflecting on how it celebrates Iranian culture, maintains drama and comedy, and succeeds alongside its contemporaries.

Read the full review, and many more NZIFF reviews from the past few days, at debatemag.com.

Issue Eight: Rongoā / Drugs is out now!Featuring work from .n, .vdp, , , , Stu Paul, Anonymous, , , , .inconvenience, , ...
04/08/2025

Issue Eight: Rongoā / Drugs is out now!

Featuring work from .n, .vdp, , , , Stu Paul, Anonymous, , , , .inconvenience, , &

Read every article at debatemag.com or pick up a copy of the mag on stands around campus!

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