News20 hours ago

Blocking the block on puberty blockers

A big bit of the rhetoric used to push the regulations of puberty blockers is the medical angle. “There just isn’t enough long-term research about the benefits and risks involved with supplying these drugs

News20 hours ago

Pride and Alleyship

To start off with, I think you need to talk about the difference between queer and being gay. Because being queer is the political identity that is rooted in the whakapapa of

Reviews20 hours ago

The Moment

+4  Charli XCX’s new film The Moment is both a cringe-fest and a beautiful commentary on modern pop music, set to bratty beats we know and love. While the British popstar isn’t the greatest actress of all

Shows20 hours ago

Bridgerton: Do Better 

1/5  The fourth season of Netflix’s Bridgerton takes us beyond the surface-level luxury of the Ton and into the servant’s quarters, showing us the Cinderella-esque Sophie Baek and her blossoming romance with one

Reviews20 hours ago

Heated Rivalry: It’s gay, not queer 

-4/5  If you’ve had any internet access in the last few months, you would have heard of the mega-hit TV show Heated Rivalry. What you might not have heard about it, is that it’s pretty

Entertainment20 hours ago

Recipe - Chicken and Rice

Cheap, easy  Prep time: 10 minutes  Cook time: 20 minutes  Total time: 30 minutes  Serves: a lot  Estimated cost per serve: $ not much   Why This Slaps?  It doesn’t, in fact it’s quite shit, however when you’re sitting in your flat on

Nexus Breaks the News - 09/03/26

The US, Iran and Israel are almost in full-blown war.  I know there’s always a lot of chat going around about how WWIII is probably on the way at some point, but

News21 hours ago

Iran, So Far Away

Last issue, in a chat with Al Gillespie, it seemed like the possibility of conflict in Iran was 50-50. In the weekend between that mag going to print and arriving

Entertainment21 hours ago

Horoscopes - 9/3/26

Aries: You will receive a complex and cryptic email from studylink this week. Begin gathering a group to decipher it.  Taurus: Do not give in to the temptation of watching Heated Rivalry.

Editorial21 hours ago

One Foot Back in the Closet

The last time you read an editorial of mine I was out as a gay man. Now, I’m bi. What changed? Well, a lot really.  It’s funny because people who have been in

Entertainment1 week ago

Recipe - Chicken Patties

Alright gang, this is a snack that I grew up eating, and it is the best and easiest comfort food to make at home with minimal ingredients.  Ingredients:  Cooking Time:  2

Entertainment1 week ago

Horoscopes - 02/03/26

Capricorn:  Aquarius:  Pisces:  Aries:  Taurus:  Gemini:  Cancer:  Leo:  Virgo:  Libra:  Scorpio:  Sagittarius: 

Te Ao Māori1 week ago

Tauira Māori on campus

There’s a strong Māori presence on campus and plenty happening this week, from Cultural Hour to weekly wānanga and study spaces. If you want to meet other tauira, build your reo, or spend

Reviews1 week ago

Wuthering Heights

Rating: +2 “Come Undone” reads every poster for director Emerald Fennell’s latest venture, a film adaptation of Emily Brontë’s 1847 novel, “Wuthering Heights”. But this tagline begs the question, “will I, really come undone?”.  What

Reviews1 week ago

Willoughby Tucker Forever Tour 13/02

Southern Gothic meeting dream-pop meeting drone has landed in Auckland. Ethel Cain enchanted Auckland Town Hall on the two sexiest days of February 2026 – Friday the 13th and Valentine’s Day.

News Maker1 week ago

Newsmaker: Georgie Dansey

Nexus met Labour’s new Hamilton East candidate Georgie Dansey entirely by chance. Being Nexus, we bothered her with 13 questions, some relevant to the upcoming local election, and others not at all.

Nexus Breaks the News - 02/03/26

Wellington resident’s toilet explodes, shit literally hits the fan  If I had a nickel for every time I’ve heard about a toilet or sewage exploding this week, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird it happened twice. Looks

News1 week ago

That Sticky Summer was not the last

Written By Cerys Gibby “What happened to summer?” Is the question on the tip of every New Zealander’s tongue. The summer of 2025/2026 seems to have been stickier than usual,

News1 week ago

MOVE ALONG

It’s official, and it’s not surprising. After what must have been plenty of whining during wine-and-steak dinners in nice Auckland suburbs and Golf games on barren turf, the government have given cops the authority and directive to issue ‘move on’ orders to unhoused people aged

News1 week ago

CHECK OUT THESE NEW APARTMENTS

Maybe you’ve noticed some fancy new buildings along Knighton Road. Maybe, if you’re one of our readers who lived in Studvill last year, you got to have study sessions soundtracked by machinery, hammers, and worksite JBL speakers. These are the University’s new apartments. Billed as accommodation for students

News1 week ago

2026 NEXUS SUMMER ROUNDUP

While we might have been sleeping, partying, and recovering from Covid over Summer, the world did not pump the brakes to wait for us to get over our hangovers – I

Editorial1 week ago

A love Letter to Nexus Readers

My Dearest Reader,  Permit me a moment of shameless vulnerability.  I have been noticing you – your curiosity, your late-night scrolling fatigue, your quiet suspicion that the world is louder than

Reviews3 weeks ago

“We’re here, baby!” - Lorde, Ultrasound Tour (11-2-26) 

It’s a warm Auckland Wednesday, and Spark Arena is buzzing with excitement, and the smell of Ariana Grande perfume.      The Auckland-born singer Lorde (29) played the iconic New Zealand venue,

News5 months ago

Shawn Gets His First Kickflip

Skater Shawn from Ohio (@punks.sticks_) battles gravity, concrete, and his legs, to land his first kickflip. He had this to share about the haunting process, “every fail made me try

News5 months ago

ASTROTURDS: The kiwi grifter’s desire to be a Yank

Recently, ACT party leader David Seymour half-earnestly plead to Parliament that they recognise the assassination of Charlie Kirk, a move which was blocked by The Greens and Te Pāti Māori.

News5 months ago

(national is) CRUNCHING OUR NUMBERS

The economy is a daunting thing for most people, not only are econ majors usually really, blood-boilingly insufferable, but the big wigs running the show love dressing up what’s going

Interviews5 months ago

The Shadow:Auckland’s Goth Scene From the 80s to Early 2000s

What is gothic and what does it mean to be a goth?This very question has been the source of many disagreements and no small amount of gatekeeping, and I think

Editorial5 months ago

Editorial - 23/58

Gothic culture is one of complex meanings, presentations, and cultural associations. The style originated in France in the 12th century, being characterized by pointed arches, stained glass, and ribbed vault

News5 months ago

NEXUS BREAKS THE NEWS 

OOPS, ALL PEDOPHILES  Following multiple statements from the Trump admin calling the Wall Street Journal’s accusation of a lewd letter exchanged between the President and Jeffrey Epstein ‘libelous!’, the estate