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Le Jardin
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PHOTO FEATURE - Photography by Sarah Burton. Model: Lydia. Makeup: Ruby Tautuhi-Lloyd. All garments by Massey University students and graduates. Shoes kindly supplied by Ultra - Manners... Read More
09/09/2010
 
SEARCH AND SEIZURE (KISS MY GLASS)
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EXPOSÉ - Magneto’s Matt Shand has found Residential Assistants at The Cube to be acting in violation of New Zealand residential law: RAs have been... Read More
09/09/2010
 
Two candidates battle for 2011 Student President
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MAGNETO NEWS HIGHLIGHT by Matt Shand This year’s student elections will be a hotly contested event as two candidates have thrown their hats... Read More
08/09/2010
 
Fuel added to 90-day trial opposition
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MAGNETO NEWS HIGHLIGHT by Kelly Olatunji A Burger Fuel restaurant in Mission Bay, Auckland has been named and shamed by Unite Union for dismissing... Read More
08/09/2010
 
FREE STUFF - SEPTEMBER 2010
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SEPTEMBER FREE STUFF: This month we have on offer: Three good books about journalism, three double movie passes to the Embassy and three bags of... Read More
08/09/2010
 
Top modelling of the Great Hall
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MAGNETO NEWS HIGHLIGHT by Kelly Olatunji Massey University Wellington’s Old Museum Building was featured in the season two premiere of New Zealand’s Next Top... Read More
08/09/2010
 
Massey scientist to help save 'Darwin's muse'
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MAGNETO NEWS HIGHLIGHT by Jared Nicoll Massey University conservation biologist Luis Ortiz-Catedral is joining the Charles Darwin Foundation in the Galapagos Islands to help... Read More
08/09/2010
 
Massey Veterinary Professor named a fellow
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MAGNETO NEWS HIGHLIGHT by Jared Nicoll Professor Kevin Stafford has been made a fellow of the Australian College of Veterinary Scientists (ACOVS). The Queensland-based fellowship... Read More
08/09/2010
 
Government announce sweeping alcohol reform
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MAGNETO NEWS HIGHLIGHT by Alana Smithee The Government has announced a sweeping reform for the sale of alcohol within New Zealand, the most radical... Read More
08/09/2010
 
17.2 million affected in Pakistan floods
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MAGNETO NEWS HIGHLIGHT by Mary Bess Bolling Pakistan is drowning in the worst floods the country has seen in over 80 years, but the... Read More
08/09/2010
 
Alcohol a problem in Nelsonians over 20
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MAGNETO NEWS HIGHLIGHT by Emma Beer. The government may be pushing to raise the drinking age to 20, but young people are not the... Read More
08/09/2010
 
Tenant dumps 500 tonnes of junk, bails
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MAGNETO NEWS HIGHLIGHT by Alan Smithee. A landlord was left with a six-figure clean up bill after an tenant dumped around 500 tonnes of... Read More
08/09/2010
 
UFO-shaped motion simulator built in AK
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MAGNETO NEWS HIGHLIGHT by Emma Beer. Ever wanted to experience life in a UFO without the creepy aliens? By the end of the year,... Read More
08/09/2010
 
Carmen Thomas' killer still at large
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MAGNETO NEWS HIGHLIGHT by Jared Nicoll. Police are continuing the hunt for the killer of 32-year-old Auckland escort Carmen Thomas. There have been no corroborated... Read More
08/09/2010
 
Le Spiderman arrested for scaling 57-storey tower
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MAGNETO NEWS HIGHLIGHT by Alan Smithee. Alain Robert, a French stuntman known for climbing skyscrapers has been arrested in Sydney after he scaled a... Read More
08/09/2010
 
Katrina remembered five years on
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MAGNETO NEWS HIGHLIGHT by Alan Smithee. It has been five years since New Orleans was devastated by Hurricane Katrina and the survivors are marking... Read More
08/09/2010
 
Greener grass in US means more Mexican immigrants
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MAGNETO NEWS HIGHLIGHT by Jared Nicoll. The number of Mexican nationals immigrating to the United States appears set to skyrocket as global warming threatens... Read More
08/09/2010
 
STUDENT ELECTIONS 2010 - EXEC -
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CANDIDATE REPORT - Make sure you catch the campaigns leading up to Elections Week:  20-24 September. Here, we give the VP and Executive candidates a... Read More
07/09/2010
 
STUDENT ELECTIONS 2010 - PRESIDENT -
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PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE REPORT - The 2010 student elections season has begun, which begs some questions: Who’s going to do what they say they will? And... Read More
07/09/2010
 
POMPARKOUR
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VIDEOS When you take parkour (free running) and add a ladder.. you get Pomparkour. We've put a few videos on the subject in one... Read More
17/08/2010
 
ISSUE 06 HITS THE STANDS
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MAGNETO 06 OUT NOW! TRENDS  -  FASHION  -  FACTS  -  FIGURES + THE TRUTH ABOUT CHINESE FACTORY LABOUR PHOTO FEATURE BY EMMA ANDERSON VOX POPS REORIENTATION PHOTOS THE... Read More
09/08/2010
 
FUTURE POPCORN: SUCKER PUNCH
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FILM IN PRODUCTION from David Randall Peters. SUCKER PUNCH Release date: March 2011 Directed by Zack Snyder (300, Watchmen) Written by Zack Snyder & Steve Shibuya. Starring: Emily... Read More
09/08/2010
 
MAGNETO CRIME MAP - JULY 2010
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MAGNETO CRIME MAP - JULY 2010 CLICK HERE TO VIEW CRIME MAP IN MORE DETAIL
09/08/2010
 
CRIME MAP DATA COMPARISON
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CRIME MAP DATA COMPARISON - AUGUST 2010 CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAIL There have been fewer thefts from vehicles reported this year and the June... Read More
09/08/2010
 
A SINGLE MAN
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FILM REVIEW by Saradha Koirala. Directed by Tom Ford (2009) Screenplay written by Tom Ford. Based on a novel by Christopher Isherwood. 5 / 5 stars Tom Ford... Read More
06/08/2010
 
THE FLAT FILES No.3: The Nineties.
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COLUMN by Flattie No.3. As we sway in our rocking chairs, sip on Earl Grey and share stories of youth with our elderly homies,... Read More
05/08/2010
 
THE FLAT FILES No.2: Streaking.
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COLUMN by Flattie No.3. INCLUDES VIDEO Since Adam was hooning Eve and munching on her apple, life’s single best ingredient for any given situation has... Read More
05/08/2010
 
THE GREAT GATSBY
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THEATRE REVIEW by Saradha Koirala. Friday 30 July at Circa. Written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Adapted by Ken Duncum. Directed by David O’Donnell. 3 / 5 stars All I... Read More
05/08/2010
 
REORIENTATION PHOTOS 2010
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PHOTOGRAPHY by Courtney Hooper, Melissa Irving & Alexandra Gonzalez. CLICK HERE TO LINK TO FLICKR GALLERY
05/08/2010
 
FREE STUFF - AUGUST 2010
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AUGUST FREE STUFF: This month we have on offer: A washable computer keyboard, 3 Bennetts lecture packs, 3 NZ Healthy Food Guides and a so-called... Read More
04/08/2010
 
Man, 60 goes missing - man, 70 still missing
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MAGNETO NEWS by Saradha Koirala. KAIAPOI & GREYMOUTH - Canterbury police fear for the safety of a 60-year-old man who was last seen at a... Read More
04/08/2010
 
Swine flu outbreak in Marlborough school
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MAGNETO NEWS by Saradha Koirala. SEDDON - An outbreak of swine flu at Seddon School in Marlborough has started to wane after nearly half... Read More
04/08/2010
 
Naked pie man gets in line, remains naked
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MAGNETO NEWS by Saradha Koirala. PALMERSTON NORTH - Palmerston North residents can dine with ease, knowing that the city no longer has any D-grade... Read More
04/08/2010
 
Party organisers operating illegally
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MAGNETO NEWS by Saradha Koirala. HAMILTON - More questions about the sale of liquor to young people have been raised after an all-night party... Read More
04/08/2010
 
Teens take back town from drugs, booze
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MAGNETO NEWS by Saradha Koirala. WHANGEREI - Pro-active Whangarei teens are working to change the image of their town. Head prefects from the area’s five main... Read More
04/08/2010
 
Two buildings razed by arson, pies stolen
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MAGNETO NEWS by Saradha Koirala. DUNEDIN - Dunedin police are appealing for witnesses to two fires that occurred within 24 hours of each other, both... Read More
04/08/2010
 
MADE IN CHINA - Chinese labour in popular demand
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INVESTIGATIVE ESSAY by Erin Cretney AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CHINA WORKER China’s manufacturing capability has been massive for decades. Increased demand from international clothing companies... Read More
30/07/2010
 
mawsa Executive Elections 2010 - Role Descriptions
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MAWSA ELECTIONS INFORMATION The mawsa Executive Elections are coming up soon, so we thought it timely to (re)introduce you to the Executive roles that... Read More
29/07/2010
 
MAWSA EXEC COLUMNS - AUGUST 2010
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EXEC COLUMNS - AUGUST 2010 Max Busby College of Creative Arts Exec 3rd year Design This issue, let’s talk about change. Art is in a constant state... Read More
29/07/2010
 
New sportsground opens in Newtown
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MAGNETO NEWS by Jared Nicoll. It was eight months in the making but Mayor Prendergast officially opened Newtown’s new artificial sports field on July... Read More
29/07/2010
 
New sanctions imposed on North Korea
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MAGNETO NEWS by Jared Nicoll. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced new sanctions are to be placed on North Korea. The sanctions will attempt... Read More
29/07/2010
 
Massey lands big medical training contract
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MAGNETO NEWS by Jared Nicoll. Massey University landed a contract with the World Bank to limit the spread of infectious diseases. The deal could... Read More
29/07/2010
 
Cuba releases 52 political prisoners
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MAGNETO NEWS by Jared Nicoll. Cuban President Raul Castro has agreed to release 52 political prisoners after meeting with Havana’s Roman Catholic Archbishop, Cardinal... Read More
29/07/2010
 
24/7 liquor ban in Mt. Cook and Newtown - Aug 10
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MAGNETO NEWS by Courtney Hooper. A citywide liquor ban proposed by the Wellington City Council was dismissed last month after they received negative reactions... Read More
29/07/2010
 
Payout for lesbian not allowed girlfriend at prom
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MAGNETO NEWS by Courtney Hooper. Mississippi student Constance McMillen, 18, has won a US$35,000 payout from her high school. Itawamba County Agricultural High School... Read More
29/07/2010
 
Man caught smuggling 18 monkeys
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MAGNETO NEWS by Courtney Hooper. Airport security at Mexico City’s international airport arrested a man after finding 18 small, endangered titi monkeys in his... Read More
29/07/2010
 
Massey students put concerns to VC Maharey
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MAGNETO NEWS by Katie Mitchell. For a second year, students have had the opportunity to put forward their questions, concerns and ideas to Vice... Read More
29/07/2010
 
TWO CARS, ONE NIGHT
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SHORT FILM Two Cars, One Night is a short film about a couple of young boys and a girl who meet in a carpark... Read More
28/07/2010
 
BAD JELLY
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PHOTOGRAPHY by Emma Anderson. Model: Whitney Nicholls. Bad Jelly showcases the magical creations and styling by fourth year fashion design students Lauren Hooper and Jess... Read More
27/07/2010
 
MULATU ASTATKE - Yègellé Tezeta
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AUDIO TRACK. Mulatu Astatke is an Ethiopian musician and arranger. He is known as the father of Ethio-jazz. Born in the western Ethiopian city... Read More
26/07/2010
 
INCEPTION
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FILM REVIEW by Robert Foster. Written and Directed by Christopher Nolan. 4.5 / 5 stars A generic online dictionary defines the word inception as “an event... Read More
26/07/2010
 
Shock Closure of Summer School Enrolments
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MEDIA RELEASE by Ralph Springett. President of Massey University Extramural Students Society. Massey University announced on 22 July that enrolments in the 2010 Summer School... Read More
23/07/2010
 
MUSIC VIDEO: GRIZZLY BEAR - Two Weeks
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Grizzly Bear is a Brooklyn-based folk rock band, comprising Edward Droste (vocals, guitar, omnichord, keyboard), Daniel Rossen (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Chris Taylor (bass,... Read More
23/07/2010
 
MAURITIUS
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THEATRE REVIEW by Dana Moran. 4 / 5 stars Directed by Ross Jolly. By Theresa Rebeck. Circa Theatre. Who would have thought that a play about stamps would... Read More
23/07/2010
 
SEPTEMBER ISSUE
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FILM REVIEW by Emma Beer. Directed by R.J. Cutler. 2009. 4 / 5 stars “Fashion is a religion. This is the bible.” Vogue has set fashion trends for... Read More
23/07/2010
 
TRI-NATIONS: NZ vs. South Africa
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RUGBY REVIEW by Coffee. It was cold and it was wet as a near-capacity audience packed into Wellington's Westpac Stadium to witness the All... Read More
22/07/2010
 
GZA - Liquid Swords
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ALBUM REVIEW by Adam Burns. 5 / 5 stars “He whips out his sword and relieves his victims of their heads!!  It’s impossible to keep... Read More
22/07/2010
 
SINGLE SENTENCE TRACK REVIEWS 03
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TRACK REVIEWS by Shaun D Wilson. Agree? Disagree? Suggest a track you think should be summed up in a sentence in the comments field... Read More
22/07/2010
 
FOOD INC.
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FILM REVIEW By Robert Foster. 3 / 5 stars Directed by Robert Kenner. 2008. Written by Robert Kenner & Elise Pearlstein. The way we eat has... Read More
22/07/2010
 
EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF - Te Pae Mahutonga
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ALBUM REVIEW by Jared Nicoll. Every Man for Himself’s debut album Te Pae Mahutonga | The Southern Cross is a savage slice of Auckland-based... Read More
21/07/2010
 
VENETIC - Signs and Pointers
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ALBUM REVIEW by Shaun D Wilson. 2.5 / 5 Stars. Signs and Pointers is the sixth album put out by Wayne Stuart McCallum under the... Read More
21/07/2010
 
Entries are open for the BNZ Literary Awards
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Entries are open for the BNZ Literary Awards $13,000 of prizes are up for grabs... Entries close soon. After 51 years, the BNZ Katherine Mansfield Awards... Read More
21/07/2010
 
EN MASSE - part of ReOrientation 2010
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EN MASSE - MULTI-GENRE | MULTI-ZONE DANCE PARTY Levels 1 & 2 Student Services Building ReOrientation 2010 brings about the debut of Massey University Wellington’s... Read More
21/07/2010
 
Australia acquires first female Prime Minister
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MAGNETO NEWS By Katie Mitchell. As ex-Prime Minister Kevin Rudd stood down as Labor leader at a caucus meeting on June 24th, he left the... Read More
21/07/2010
 
EYE CANDY 02
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21/07/2010
 
Gov't suspected in journalist assassination in Rwanda
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MAGNETO NEWS By Amy Jackman. A journalist was assassinated outside his home in the Rwandan capital Kigali on June 25, 2010 by two men who... Read More
21/07/2010
 
Flooding in Brazil leaves 44 dead, 120,000 homeless
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MAGNETO NEWS. By Katie Mitchell. Storms dumped a months worth of rain in two days in Alagoas and neighboring Pernambuco state in Brazil, killing at... Read More
21/07/2010
 
Peters speaks frankly at mawsa club breakfast
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MAGNETO NEWS. By Amy Jackman. The Rt Hon Winston Peters spoke to a group of Massey University students at a Potential Massey Business Society breakfast... Read More
21/07/2010
 
Violent protests in Greece over level of debt
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MAGNETO NEWS. By Katie Mitchell. Riots in Athens over harsh new austerity measures have left three bank workers dead and 12 others injured, while angry... Read More
21/07/2010
 
Labour Credit Card Scandal
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MAGNETO NEWS: By Katie Mitchell. Labour credit card spending was released on June 10th, showing what the ministers used their credit cards for during the... Read More
21/07/2010
 
US Oil Spill May Not Be Capped Until August
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MAGNETO NEWS UPDATE: By Katie Mitchell. It has been estimated that between 67 million to 127 million gallons of crude oil have spilled into... Read More
21/07/2010
 
INTERVIEW: Ewen Gilmour
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New Zealand's favourite Westie will be gracing us with his comedic presence on the Friday of ReOrientation Week. And so Shaun D Wilson conducted... Read More
21/07/2010
 
ARTIST PROFILE: Thijs De Koning aka YELZ
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You know those little doodles all through your Massey student diary? Yeah - this is the guy who did them... He’s a talented fellow -... Read More
21/07/2010
 
400,000 People Flee Ethnic Violence in Kyrgyzstan
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MAGNETO NEWS By Amy Jackman. Violent riots between ethnic Kyrgyz and Uzbeks throughout June have caused thousands to flee their homes and maybe as many... Read More
21/07/2010
 
INTERVIEW: John the Baptist
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Starting their musical odysey in the charming Hawkes Bay, Juan El Bautista has made their way to Wellington City to really kick some... Read More
21/07/2010
 
INTERVIEW: Polter
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Inspired by the more psychedelic and progressive aspects of Zappa, Floyd, Tool and Volta, Polter promise to take us on a twisted journey... Read More
21/07/2010
 
FREE STUFF – JULY 2010
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WIN!!! YELZ STICKER PACK A resealable plastic bag containing a stack of sweet stickers made by local pop/street artist Yelz! Also contains a doodled-upon customs declaration... Read More
21/07/2010
 
MAGNETO POLL - AUGUST 2010
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THE 2010 MAGNETO READERS POLL We're very interested in knowing what you're interested in.. We want to make a magazine that totally floats your... Read More
21/07/2010
 
Single-Sentence TRACK REVIEWS 02
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SINGLE SENTENCE TRACK REVIEWS By Shaun D Wilson. http://vimeo.com/11730491 Young Blood – The Naked and Famous Thankfully for those who aren’t fans of the lengthy ramblings of... Read More
21/07/2010
 
GRAYSON GILMOUR - No Constellation
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GRAYSON GILMOUR No Constellation Flying Nun Records 3/5 Reviewed by Shaun D Wilson. You know those acts that you want to check out but have never bothered to... Read More
21/07/2010
 
JANELLE MONÁE - The Archandroid
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JANELLE MONÁE THE ARCHANDROID (Suites II and III) Bad Boy/Wondaland * * * * Reviewed by Shaun D Wilson. Beware the hand of Sean ‘Insert Current Stage Name’... Read More
21/07/2010
 
LETTERS to MAGNETO - MAY 2010
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THIS MONTH’S WINNER OF 250gms OF PEOPLES COFFEE! TEENAGERS Dear Magneto, Where is the line with teenagers these days? Yesterday I came to move my car from... Read More
21/07/2010
 
My Life With Madonna - CD Review
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MY LIFE WITH MADONNA - various artists 3/5 Reviewed by Shaun D Wilson. My Life with Madonna is a compilation of covers and other types of... Read More
21/07/2010
 
The Sun Sets on the Student Dream
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The price of failure is high, but the cost of gradual success is higher. University exclusions are on the rise which threatens to... Read More
21/07/2010
 
Mental Wealth
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Alex Sorensen reports. Massey University design student has come up with a creative way to raise awareness of NZ’s high rates of mental illness... Read More
21/07/2010
 
DAYBREAKERS
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Dirs. Michael & Peter Spierig. 2009. 3.5/5 Reviewed by Saradha Koirala. Vampires are the new zombies as far as I can tell. With a plague of... Read More
21/07/2010
 
FASH 'N' CHIPS
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PHOTOGRAPHY by Sarah Burton. - Massey photography student. Model: Ruby Tautahi-Lloyd Stylists: Jennifer Morgan and Kelly Olatunji Hair & makeup: model’s own Stockists: Good as Gold and The... Read More
21/07/2010
 
NOWHERE BOY
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NOWHERE BOY Dir. Sam Taylor Wood. 2009. 3.5/5 Reviewed by Emilie Marschner. The untold story of John Lennon’s childhood: a tragic, passion-filled ordeal. A spirited John, in... Read More
21/07/2010
 
CLAP CLAP RIOT - gig review
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CLAP CLAP RIOT MIGHTY MIGHTY Thursday 25 March 4/5 Reviewed by Ryan Crawford. Photo by Aaron Parker. At the end of a nationwide tour was a pot of... Read More
21/07/2010
 
HENRY ROLLINS - show review
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HENRY ROLLINS PARAMOUNT THEATRE Sunday 25 April 4/5 Reviewed by Jared Nicoll. Henry Rollins is a genre unto himself. I know him as the front man of ‘80s... Read More
21/07/2010
 
HLAH - gig review
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HEAD LIKE A HOLE SAN FRANCISCO BATHHOUSE Friday 19 March 3/5 Reviewed by Jared Nicoll. Photo by MR FRUMPY Head Like a Hole (or HLAH) and their reputation... Read More
21/07/2010
 
THE PYRAMID SCHEME: Massive Reminders...
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THE PYRAMID SCHEME: Massive Reminders of a Virile King 4.5/5 Reviewed by Adam Burns. Belonging to an eclectic musical family tree which includes proggy mind... Read More
21/07/2010
 
THE PHOENIX FOUNDATION: Buffalo
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THE PHOENIX FOUNDATION: Buffalo 3.5/5 Reviewed by Adam Burns. Upon the release of this latest long player, it had been three acclaimed albums from three for... Read More
21/07/2010
 
PETER GABRIEL: Scratch My Back
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PETER GABRIEL: Scratch My Back 2.5/5 Reviewed by Shaun D Wilson. Scratch My Back is not a bad album. It’s just… alright. It’s nice to have... Read More
21/07/2010
 
THE DRUMS: "Summertime"
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THE DRUMS: "Summertime" 4/5 Reviewed by Shaun D Wilson. With their first EP The Drums seem to have appeared fully formed. The merger of 50s pop,... Read More
21/07/2010
 
BRIGHT STAR
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BRIGHT STAR Dir. Jane Campion. 2009. 4/5 Recent release. Reviewed by Saradha Koirala. A poem needs understanding through the senses. The point of diving into a lake is... Read More
21/07/2010
 
RECIPE: nasi goreng
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As students, we all feel the financial pinch. In celebration of International Food Month, Rose Morris has put together this simple recipe, with... Read More
21/07/2010
 
RECIPE: spaghetti with garlic and chilli
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As students, we all feel the financial pinch. In celebration of International Food Month, Rose Morris has put together this simple recipe, with... Read More
21/07/2010
 
MAGNETO WORLD NEWS - APRIL 2010
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LHC REACHES A MILESTONE The particle geeks at CERN have kicked their beastie collider up to seven-trillion-electronvolts (TeV)..that is; they’re smashing two tiny... Read More
21/07/2010
 
Single-Sentence TRACK REVIEWS
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By Shaun D Wilson. Telephone – Lady Gaga ft. Beyonce No one notices that Lady Gaga for the most part makes fairly standard electro-pop dazzled... Read More
21/07/2010
 
Garrett Suggests Bribe to Neuter Abusive Parents
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By Amy Jackman On the 3rd March David Garrett, ACT List MP, stated in a post on Kiwiblog that abusive parents should be paid... Read More
21/07/2010
 
NASA Sets its Sights on Phobos
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By David Randall Peters. Obama’s new ‘space budget’ will see NASA facing a shortfall of around US$3bil per year, which puts a serious... Read More
21/07/2010
 
mawsa Orientation 2010 a “Damn Good Time”
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By David Randall Peters mawsa Events Manager Dan Rainey amassed 14 separate events for Orientation 2010 and has described the eight-day period as a... Read More
21/07/2010
 
New Scheme Penalises Slack Tertiary Institutions
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By Amy Jackman. Hon. Steven Joyce announced a change in the funding model for Tertiary Education in his first speech to Parliament as Minister... Read More
21/07/2010
 
Geophysical Extremes Abundant Worldwide
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By Katie Mitchell. Over the last couple of months, the world has experienced the most bizarre collection of deadly natural disasters that has been... Read More
21/07/2010
 
TRON - Legacy [new trailer]
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A heads-up from David Randall Peters. Many of you will be too young to have caught the original [1982] TRON flick [directed by Steven... Read More
21/07/2010
 
VOX POPS - March 2010
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Adriana Weber is Magneto's freshly appointed Vox-Pops girl! For her first round of Vox Pops, she thought she'd find 5 first-year Massey students... Read More
21/07/2010
 
A guide to growing your own herbs
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Mum always told you to eat your greens. How about taking it that one step extra and growing your own? Rose Morris has honed... Read More
21/07/2010
 
Letter to the Ed. - Massey chicks ♥ Dan Rainey
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Dear Magneto I am writing to enquire about the blond haired, blue eyed bean poled personification of sexyness who sits at the back of... Read More
21/07/2010
 
GORILLAZ - Plastic Beach
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A recollection and anticipation by Shaun D Wilson. It’s 2001. I’m in my second year of intermediate. Gorillaz have released the giddy one-two wonder... Read More
21/07/2010
 
Orientation Photos
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Well, we got a crap load of photos last week.. and they're still coming in! We also recorded a bunch of video footage for... Read More
21/07/2010
 
One Love
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The sevens may be the kiwi bloke’s excuse to wear spandex, but One Love is a day for all closet rastas to jam... Read More
21/07/2010
 
Moon
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MOON Dir. Duncan Jones. 2009. 4/5 Reviewed by Saradha Koirala. Ah The Moon. Mysterious, magical, deadly. Directed by David Bowie’s son, Duncan Jones, Moon is less Ziggy Stardust... Read More
21/07/2010
 
INTERVIEW: dBridge
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Magneto catches up with one of the founding figures in drum & bass - Darren White - aka dBridge - of Bad Company... Read More
19/07/2010
 
SEX - With Hally Mills - Episode 14
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Harry Houdini. This column marks the final episode of SEX with Hally Mills. She first wrote her column for Magneto in Issue 08 in... Read More
19/07/2010
 
The Ramblings of Reuben Bonner
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As a nod to An Emerald City's big gig at Bodega tomorrow night we're posting an excerpt from frontman Reuben Bonner's tour diary.... Read More
19/07/2010
 
Tolley pulls a Palin, drops tertiary portfolio
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By Sarah Robson of Salient Education Minister Anne Tolley has had the tertiary education portfolio taken off her hands in a cabinet reshuffle by... Read More
19/07/2010
 
INTERVIEW: An Emerald City
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Shimmering... undulating... intoxicating.. where the fuck am I... and what... the fuck... are you? Adam Burns asks the hard questions with Reuben Bonner... Read More
19/07/2010
 
INTERVIEW: Cairo Knife Fight
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Rarely is it that rock is reformed and you have to take another look at what you are listening to - to actually... Read More
19/07/2010
 
INTERVIEW: Fitness Guru David Driscole
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We caught wind of some changes in Massey University's sports, recreation and fitness centre. David Randall Peters caught up with the new guy... Read More
19/07/2010
 
INTERVIEW: Sampology [includes audio]
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Sam Poggioli [see what he did there?] is considered one of australia’s most skilled turntablists... and he’s playing at orientation 2010. In addition... Read More
19/07/2010
 
INTERVIEW: Kate Parker - Red Leap Theatre
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Kate Parker is one of the two Red Leap Theatre Artistic Directors, and a wonderful, warm person to talk to. We had the priveledge... Read More
19/07/2010
 
INTERVIEW: Shaun Tan - The Arrival
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Shaun Tan is an Australian freelance author and illustrator who shot to fame with The Arrival, a wordless graphic novel full of surreal,... Read More
19/07/2010
 
LANEWAY FESTIVAL
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Reviewed by Shaun D Wilson Photos via Neon Sleep The origins of Laneway Festival are on the streets of Melbourne - where it was started... Read More
19/07/2010
 
2010 Massey fee hike an ‘outrage’
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By Rory MacKinnon. Students at Massey University say they are “outraged” by a decision last month to increase fees across the board by five... Read More
19/07/2010
 
Crime on the rise near campus - students
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By Tessa Gudsell. High rates of burglaries and sexual at­tacks in Mount Cook are raising concerns about students’ safety both on and off campus. Local... Read More
19/07/2010
 
Nats back union-busting bill
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National has made its first public show of support for a bill to dismantle compul­sory student unions. Associate education minister Wayne Mapp broke the... Read More
16/07/2010
 
School Shootings - 10 Years Since Columbine
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A decade on from the Columbine massacre, high school shootings still make the headlines with alarming frequency. Saradha Koirala asks why? Ten years ago,... Read More
16/07/2010
 
Cut The Magician Some Slack
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Michael Laws, the jewel in the talkback crown! The Grand High Priest of The River City! The Devil’s Advocate from beyond the badlands... Read More
16/07/2010
 
The Disgusting Truth About White-Tailed Spiders
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In the absence of any animals with real punch, New Zealanders have long clung on to the image of a fiery-tempered, highly-venomous, flesh-eroding... Read More
16/07/2010
 
SOLA ROSA: Get It Together
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Album reviewed by Adam Burns Those familiar with Sola Rosa (aka Andrew Spraggon) should welcome this with open arms. Get It Together, album number... Read More
16/07/2010
 
RAEKWON - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Pt. II
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Reviewer: Jimmy Anderson When you are a pre-teen it’s perfectly acceptable to love a celebrity or whatever. If you are over 18 and you... Read More
16/07/2010
 
MOBY - Wait For Me
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Reviewer: Michael Crawford Seldom do I eagerly anticipate an album whose artist resides more in the electronica genre than any other, however, when word... Read More
16/07/2010
 
Find Me Before I Die A Lonely Death Dot Com
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Reviewer: Adam Burns We all know Minuit are a bit deeper and weirder than your average break­beat act. 2003 debut The 88 and 2006’s... Read More
16/07/2010
 
DJ T - The Inner Jukebox
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Reviewer: Adam Burns Put ze’ hands up for Berlin? German dance advocate Tho­mas Koch or DJ T. to those not on first-name basis, showcases... Read More
16/07/2010
 
FALLING DEBRIS - David Kilgour and Sam Hunt
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Reviewer: Matthew Theunissen Straight up verse can be a little inaccessible, or impen etrable, and many people prefer to get their dose of poetry... Read More
16/07/2010
 
MUSE RADiO update
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A message from MUSE RADiO Station Manager Sod Oscar. First of all, I would like to thank everyone who attended mawsa Clubs Day on... Read More
13/07/2010
 
WOMEN'S SAFETY - A Call To Refocus
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This is a complicated subject - and a tricky one to tackle; sexual attacks against drunk women. I have learned something important (things are... Read More
13/07/2010
 
The Strandbeest - A New Walk of Life.
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Magneto's Amy Jackman landed an exclusive chat with the ingenious engineer and kinetic sculptor Theo Jansen. - includes video - One afternoon in Holland, twenty... Read More
13/07/2010
 
NEON INDIAN - Psychic Chasm
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An album review by Tom Furnish. 4.75 / 5 Neon Indian were my summer love. We walked through parks, drove through the night and... Read More
12/07/2010
 
MORE ORIENTATION PHOTOS
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The photos are still coming in - but we've got some new ones up.. Bookmark our Flickr photostream and stay tuned in for more... Read More
12/07/2010
 
YOUR RIGHTS AS A TENANT - A Guide to Flatting.
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It’s the beginning of another semester, and for many of you, the start of a new flatting experience. Some of you may be old... Read More
12/07/2010
 
AD/DC - Finding my Inner Bogan.
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An AD/DC gig review by Ben Caldwell. Every couple of years, Wellington hosts an event that brings out my inner boganness. Having grown up... Read More
12/07/2010
 
THE FLAT FILES No.1: Freshers.
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COLUMN by Flattie No.3. Who would have thought a casual stroll to the Ware Whare would prompt the first major discussion of the flat... Read More
12/07/2010
 
DESIGN PROFILE: ISO 50
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by David Randall Peters. Here's one for the designers among you. During one of my adventures on ye worlde-wide-web, I came across this guy... Read More
12/07/2010
 
Michael Laws and the Media - A Kooky Symbiosis.
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Mention Michael Laws to anyone and you’re bound to get some kind of impas­sioned reaction. He’s as polarising as he is paradoxical: he... Read More
12/07/2010
 
The Plight of the Elephants.
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Facing absolute habitat loss and the associated fallout, Thailand’s elephants are on the brink of extinction. Julia Peters explains. Thailand. It’s a country of... Read More
12/07/2010
 
MUSE: The Resistance.
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By Sarah Taane. It’s hard to encapsulate the sheer balls this band has when it comes to creating something new. ‘Ambitious’ is probably the... Read More
12/07/2010
 
INTERVIEW: Spartacus R
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WIN TICKETS TO SPARTACUS R! Just post your email in the comments below and be in to win a double pass to Spartacus... Read More
14/03/2010
 
SPARTACUS R - When the Fever Takes Hold
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Reviewer: Adam Burns Pretty tough task finding anything crap that has come out of Lee Prebble’s recording studio The Surgery. And no; I’m not... Read More
14/03/2010
 
Alice in Wonderland
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ALICE in WONDERLAND Dir. Tim Burton. 2010. 2.5 / 5 In cinemas now. Reviewed by Alex Sorensen. When asked what I think of the well anticipated Alice in... Read More
14/03/2010