5 MINUTES WITH HARRY POTTER ALUM KATIE LEUNG by Hazel Reid We caught up with Katie and I was asked to audition for a stage Leung when she was in town show, Wild Swans, which is an adaption of a novel. Then being on stage, I to meet fans at the annual realised how much I missed acting and Armageddon Expo in Auckland how much I enjoyed being on stage in October. We chatted about alongside other actors, having some her Harry Potter experience kind of impact on the audience. I love that feeling so I went to drama school... and post-Potter ventures. OPINION: LIFE IN CHINA - How did you discover your passion for acting?
LGBTQ+ YOUTH Post-Potter, I wasn’t actually sure if I by Ben O’Connell wanted to continue. I thought that I’d just gotten lucky and was in the right place at the right time. Then I decided About Hazel I knew about China’s anti-gay stances to go study photography which I really From tour managing boybands These conversations to working massive events and before embarking on my travels. enjoyed and my heart was set on doing that and then I came to my last year interviewing international talent, made me realise I “ at university. It was the last semester HAZEL REID is in love with the I made sure to educate myself on the craziness that is the entertainment was asking the wrong and I was doing the final degree show potential dangers of traveling to a country industry. Some of her other work like China as a gay man. I talked to Chinese questions. The word includes: people, LGBTQ+ people, and members of ‘gay’ is largely taboo, Click to read more of w both communities, and made sure to keep but the concept of love, Katie’s interview Emma Cameron from Decades: up with current events. People like my new High-Energy Rock THEIA: Taking it on Tour! buddy Chloe* (who would help me prepare for example, is not. for China just as much as I could help her settle into New Zealand through a pre- trip programme) opened my eyes to such Read more of Ben’s ” realities. As both a Chinese-born student and a lesbian, Chloe confirmed as many thoughts here beliefs I had about China as she debunked. She also told me she’d just broken up with her first girlfriend and expressed her About Ben gratitude for her time in New Zealand. BEN O’CONNELL is an Specifically, she told me about how intensely international business and she dreads travelling back home, forced to psychology student and youth face a probably angry family and certainly councillor with a passion for intolerant society as a result of living an puzzles, improv, reality television, unabashed, authentic life in New Zealand. and all things Internet. Loves to The way Chloe presents herself, uses social talk about politics, Thursday’s in media, and understands the world has Black, and how much he hates changed so drastically that living life in any bathing. other way is unthinkable... 1 2 Disclaimer: The content of this article may not reflect the views of TEARAWAY. WHERE AM I RIGHT NOW? I live part of a community that provides for their kids in the A POEM BY RUSHIKA BHATNAGAR way they know best, in a country very different to their own; They bring with them a need for a better future, values of I live on a planet huffing and puffing its last breath; diligence and a culture close to their heart. It cries everyday, wailing and begging for help and love in Some use this culture in combination with the loud obvious ways; one they live in, giving their children a chance at freedom, identity and self acceptance; Its cries are heard by all. Some wade cautiously in this mix of cultures, Some scream to save it, crying alongside a force more never allowing the two to combine; powerful than all mankind; Some create a wall- they separate either Some do nothing at all and watch it burn around them as themselves from culture or culture from their they look with pity; understanding. Some claim the planet isn’t crying in pain but that it’s always ***It’s important to note here the last of all, been this way. at the best, manages to preserve their own idea of their culture- never fully acknowledging the ***It’s important to note that, whether it is to console cost at which this comes for the future themselves or to live in denial, those mentioned second are generations. far more dangerous to this planet than the others;
– They see but lack empathy. I now break off to talk about me as an individual... I live part of a civilisation, a being that fights within its people based on the colour of their skin and who they choose to love- to name a few;
This society celebrates the good, the bad and the ugly in some and believes itself to thrive off the conformity in any that are seemingly feminine in nature. Some love and fight alongside the weakest of us; Read more of Rushika’s poem here! Some turn a blind eye and allow for these injustices to take place;
Some fight for their hatred, the kindest of these for their misunderstanding. Originally published in Oscen Magazine Illustration by Jennifer Cheuk ***It’s important to note that here it is harder to distinguish which of the latter two causes more pain and suffering to its own;
– One slaps the face and the other let’s it happen. 3 5 WĀ COLLECTIVE: ENDING PERIOD POVERTY, PERIOD WASTE, AND PERIOD TABOO Saving money, saving the Wā Collective started in at Massey environment, and breaking University’s students’ association when by Joanna Li Olie was still a student there. “I was boundaries of things once taboo. staring at the bowl of free condoms, What’s not to love? Wā Collective, and wondering why there were no free a New Zealand social enterprise menstrual products nearby. I mean, sex is a We’re sick of how the marketing industry founded in 2017, is doing all three choice, and periods aren’t, right?” is always telling us how to perform our “ things at once. I caught up with Olie and her friends then put out a survey genders. We wanted to be focused on founder Olie Body over tea and which gathered a thousand responses – jaffa hot chocolate to chat about and a third of the students who responded something grounded – not the pink wash how a grassroots Wellington said that they had skipped classes because of their lack of access to menstrual you see on the supermarket shelves. We are enterprise is creating change, one products. Suggested solutions such as a blank slate, meaning people can decide menstrual cup at a time. traditional menstrual products like tampons and pads were quickly rejected – they were who they want to be, without us dictating seen as a 4 to 8-hour temporary fix, with that to them. huge consequences for the environment. So Wā Collective was born out of the need ” to address the problems of students while Read more here still holding true to a clean, green, New 5 Zealand... 62 WHITECOAT: CHANGING THE FROM #METOO TO DELIVERY OF HEALTHCARE? #MIGRANTTOO by May Lin Tye by Nidha Khan
#MeToo is undeniably opening In July, Whitecoat, a new service Whitecoat is supported by nib insurance, the door for women to share their Cross-culturally, rape labelled the ‘Tripadvisor of and has over 10,000 healthcare providers across several services including personal stories of sexual harassment culture can exist in any healthcare’, made its debut in New general practice, specialist, dental, and assault. But is it only doing so for “ community, but the Zealand. and physiotherapy. This aims to fill a a select group of women? gap in information, transparency, and responses to sexual Australia-based Whitecoat is an online comparability when it comes to healthcare. Mengzhu Fu, national youth coordinator for violence and the form it platform redefining patients as consumers, This means that patients, as consumers Shakti, an organisation for Asian, African, by enabling them to review, rate and of healthcare services, can make more and Middle Eastern women, believes that takes might be culturally compare healthcare providers. With informed choices. Patient-centredness “to say #MeToo, I’ve also been sexually specific. autonomy and empowerment at the and autonomy in healthcare is crucial, and assaulted and harassed, is difficult for heart of Whitecoat’s mission, it invites a with platforms like Whitecoat, patients now anyone. But for migrant women of colour, transformation of patient experiences in have a unique opportunity to influence their speaking up and disclosing violence is often - Mengzhu Fu New Zealand, and CEO Matthew Donnellan healthcare experiences. The Whitecoat more complex than for mainstream women ” answered some of our questions about the website allows users to leave reviews, and or Hollywood actresses”. launch. to search for providers in their area. She’s recently launched #MigrantToo which aims to include migrant women’s experiences into the growing conversation Read more about Whitecoat here on sexual violence. In particular, drawing Read more here attention to the ‘double silencing’ that migrant women face from both mainstream and immigrant communities.
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9 10 2018 IN SCIENCE by Mackenzie Steele
2018 is finally over, and many 3. Bad news almost all round things happened. The world of with global warming and sea science made a lot of progress levels rising. too, so here is a summary of some of the most important discoveries and events in 2018. 4. The year brought us epic artifical intelligence and 1. We made leaps and robots bounds in Biomedical Science. 5. One of the Ignobles awards for wacky science 2. New Zealand had a few went to a group that used of its own contributions to roller coasters to help kidney science, including making stones coloured X-rays. THE UPSIDE – GOOD NEWS Click to read more of the advances made in 2018 STORIES WE MISSED IN 2018 About Mackenzie Mackenzie is TEARAWAY’S resident evil by Marie Ysabel Landingin Aspie queen. Mwahaha! She’s dead set on becoming a geneticist, but she’s interested Start off the new year with a bang. 4. Positive moves in politics in other things too. Like Sims, cats, owls, We’re here again to deliver a warm Sims, books, music, Sims, Ancient Roman reminder that the world’s not all life, Latin, Sims… 5. The good stuff in pop Wild Fence Girl - Poetry Submission doom and gloom. Here’s seven culture Diwali: The Festival of Lights news topics you might’ve missed in 2018 to remind you that there’s a lot to celebrate on the upside. 6. For us Kiwis: some good news from our part of the 1. Epic wins for the world environment 7. Science and tech made 2. A lot of things done right for more leaps and bounds human rights
3. Global shift in living standards
7 Read the specific news articles here 712 IN REVIEW: A SUMMER’S DAY LIVE by Ethan Griffiths
A Summer’s Day Live – Dragon, Jefferson Starship & Toto Location: TSB Bowl of Brooklands, New Plymouth Date: January 11th, 2019 Rating: 4/5 stars
While Dragon likely found the heat weak in comparison to the April Sun in Cuba, it didn’t dampen their energy whatsoever. Performing to a sea of 12,000 sweat-ridden shining foreheads, the band had the entire natural amphitheatre in the palm of their hand, singing along to classic hits such as Rain and Are You Old Enough. While the main queue for drinks extended well beyond 500 people, the remainder of the audience vibed out to much lesser known Dragon hits, enjoying a cold Click to read more glass of wine or a chilled Tui. THE GREAT NZ FESTIVAL ROADTRIP – HOW YOU CAN DO IT FOR YOURSELF by Hannah Powell
To celebrate the New Year, I went IN REVIEW: A WHOLE NEW WORLD About Hannah on a festival road trip with my HANNAH POWELL is your OF ALADDIN mates to bring in 2019 in the best local film and theatre gal gone by Kitty Jan way possible. hippie, complete with bangs Title: Disney’s Aladdin – The Musical Three mates, one car, two state highways and at least one pair of Docs. Music festival enthusiast, Location: Auckland Civic Theatre and nine whole days travelling up and down the South Island ahead of us. It’s green tea drinker and avid horoscope reader. Will most Rating: 5/5 the freshly graduated student’s rite of likely be found at the next gig. passage, and we were about to leave Disney’s Aladdin – The Musical is everything I could Check out Hannah’s other behind responsibility to embark. First up TEARAWAY piece: have wished for – a night of glitz, glamour, and was three days camping at Rhythm and The Common Room: What a magic. It really is a whole new world! Alps before finishing up at Bay Dreams month of Tinder taught me in sunny Nelson. Now that we’ve done it, The stage was a magical sight that more than we wouldn’t trade it for the world. Here’s matched the opulence of its location at the Civic what I did, what I learned as a first-time Theatre. My eyes were glued to the stage as I was festival goer, and how you can do it for taken on a journey to a whole new world. I sang yourself next summer to become the wild along to the five cherished songs from the original thing that you are... Aladdin soundtrack and found myself captivated Click to read about the trip here with the songs specifically crafted for this stage Click to read more performance. 13 14 EZEL KOKCU, SERIAL ENTREPRENEUR by May-Lin Tye It takes a lot of self-motivation Ezel Kokcu felt similar to a lot of us and not expecting that people when she was leaving school. “ are going to give you a pat on At 18, it’s hard to figure out the next step. the back… It’s just having that Fast forward 7 years and the now 25 confidence to really just keep Ezel, who after a gap year and a short stint at university doing a computer going against all odds. It’s not science degree, is already a successful rosy, like it was three years entrepreneur working on her third business. Growing up in Nelson, and now dividing before I started paying myself a her time between Auckland and Wellington, decent-ish salary. her story is an inspiring demonstration of how young people can follow their own #METOO: ALISON MAU ON path to create and achieve. Most recently ” becoming the entrepreneur in residence GIVING WOMEN A VOICE at Te Papa, helping to foster new start- by Joanna Li ups, it was no surprise that she was super by Nidha Khan kind, well-spoken, and her passion for her About May Lin Health tech analyst and wannabe What is the common thread amongst the mission was evident when we chatted to The #MeToo movement created patissier. Usually found drinking too stories that you’ve heard? her over the phone... much coffee or dreaming up elaborate global shockwaves with individuals desserts. everywhere, from New Zealand An Interview With Anna Neistat: Part 1 New Zealand’s organisations (corporate and Read more about Crisp Gene Editing: Changing DNA for to Iceland, standing together in public) have very poor sexual harassment Ezel here Better or for Worse? solidarity and sharing their stories practices. These “zero tolerance” policies they of sexual harassment and abuse. talk about are mostly just words and do not work to support survivors. Most end up more These stories, both together and traumatised by the complaints process than individually, have the ability to move the original behaviour. people – to stir feelings of anger, shock, hope, and compassion. They also make us feel less alone. About Nidha Earlier this year, broadcaster and journalist, A public health graduate and policy Alison Mau, alongside a team of talented student who spends her time journalists, launched a nationwide writing about human rights, youth #MeToo investigation into workplaces. activism, and social issues. She’s We were fortunate enough to have Alison also a lover of puns, a terrible cook, answer some of our questions about the and is on a mission to hug every pug in sight. Check out some more investigation. of Nidha’s work for TEARAWAY: Octaves Sylver: The Journey Home The Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty: Time to Change the World Read more of the Directing Change: An Interview with Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy interview here 2 16 THE COMMON ROOM: ANSWER THE COMMON ROOM: by Lydia Rogers WHAT A MONTH OF TINDER
TAUGHT ME Wisps of words – Silence devours to; in turmoil. cast, across a by Hannah Powell black sky. Submerge me in you. Will you hold my Credence crumples on my sheets / Your soul safely? So Death will whisper “see silence derides my dignity you again” After 5 weeks traversing the boot. A tad ironic, but I’d made a friend Cerulean walls instead of “goodbye.” topography of a pretty decent too. The deletion of Tinder came with the oppress You created mountains and the skies, new wave; a bit of right person wrong me daily your fingertips brush my eyes yet… I portion of Europe, I came home time occurred, and the joint decision to like cannot see. with one solid decision: I didn’t focus on being best mates rather than a a want a relationship before I “something that’ll end in tears once the Swimming pool . . . My loyalty e r o d e s from your was off to uni at the end of the suitcases come out two months down the line” was made. What I learned from lying on the absence; summer. Flings? Welcomed. that? Never underestimate the value of bottom an oblivious atmosphere cocoons. fueling anxiety and coiling my Flirting? Always. But something friendships. You can love and care for heartstrings. that required investment and someone without it being romantic, and I call for you? heaviness for a fixed term? Nope. perhaps that is the best relationship of all. But fall deeper into the void of uncertainty. I don’t deserve your And with that, I realised Tinder had to go... presence? I’m eighteen, young and restless Kneeling in a desert & waiting for rain after catching the travel bug big I am a bulb projecting light (contained) time. “Holy spirit wash over me” in my own glass sphere. Destruction promptly lingers at Summer and its casual feel was tempting, Read more of Hannah’s Soak my sins, saturate my soul. these fingertips to grasp attention. and as someone who invests like it’s Please… shatter my sphere. an addiction, I took to Tinder for an thoughts here Jealousy seethes through these veins Time is consistent / feelings stretch. absolute laugh. I had a few matches, (a turbulent tension from your absence Awaiting your reply, steadfastly fickle. a few good chats, and an assurance strains my jaw and fists) compassion there are many more fish in the pool of and contempt know no balance, they Answer me. shallow millennials (haha) out there to oscillate… 17 18 IN REVIEW: EPIC HIKES OF THE WORLD by Sophie Stone
Title: Epic Hikes of the World Author: Lonely Planet Review: 5/5 stars
Lonely Planet’s newest installment of their Epic series, Epic Hikes of the World is out, and you’ve got my strong recommendation to read it. This stunning book compiles stories from 50 amazing hiking routes across the world, in addition to 150 further suggestions for all you people who can’t get enough of the outdoors.
With 50 awesome guides to hikes across the globe bound into one book, it’s hard to pick a favourite THE COMMON ROOM: section. Some of the hikes which stood out to me purely based on the photos were the hikes of Mt REVENGE PORN, CONSENT, Kinabalu in Malaysia, China’s Huangshan Mountain range, Choquequirao: The Crowd-Free Inca Trail, and Click to read more AND SAFETY IN THE DIGITAL AGE Canada’s Skyline trail. by Brianna Stewart
No crime is victimless, and revenge pornography is no SPARKING A PASSION FOR HIGH VOLTAGE – exception. In the instance Read more of Brianna’s where a person’s nude images are posted online without their piece here ELECTROTECHNOLOGY AT SIT consent, only one person is at Kara Donaghy is studying the New Zealand fault, and it is not the person who Certificate in Electrical Engineering Theory at features in the photograph. Southern Institute of Technology (SIT).
Often, the response to a nude image Our digital society is constantly changing, More commonly referred to as a ‘pre-trade electrical leak is that the (predominantly female) and so are our laws and behaviours. The course’, students studying this programme use it victims should not have taken the photos way we perceive women who choose to as a stepping stone towards gaining an electrical in the first place, and that this is the photograph themselves in the nude is apprenticeship, learning both theory and practical skills risk they take in doing so. This notion lagging behind and this must change. It is integral to the work they will undertake in their journey is not only harmful for the victims of not an offence to take and share a nude to becoming a fully qualified electrician. revenge pornography, it demonstrates a image, so those who do should not be gross misunderstanding of the nature of condemned by society for their actions. As a female in a male-dominated field, Kara doesn’t let communication in the digital age. Consent to view an image does not equal that worry her; she knows what she is good at and what consent to share the image and everyone she enjoys. Having come first in her high school STAR whose naked body has appeared online electronics class, she had some idea of what she was without their consent, is a victim of getting into when she enrolled in the full-time course revenge pornography. No exceptions. Read more of Kara’s after finishing high school. 19 story here 20 HOW TO KEEP UP YOUR MUSIC PRACTICE OVER WHITECLIFFE COLLEGE OF ARTS & THE HOLIDAYS DESIGN – 2018 STUDY GUIDE
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