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FREE INTERNET Police on 111. https://www.facebook.com/AreYouThatSome1 CONTENTS | ISSUE 04 NEWS & OPINION FEATURES 06 Syrian Refugee Crisis The Human Garbage Recepticle Working in fast food chain taught 07 Execrable Anthony Gordon a whole lot more than how to flip a burger, p18 08 Hyde St Reiki’n It In 10 News What happened when Lucy Hunter became a non-believing Reiki practitioner, p24 12 News In Brief 14 Sports Breaking News Amber Allott discusses why so 1 6 many of us choose to ignore the Politics most important news stories, p28 REVIEW COLUMNS 38 Books 32 Something Came Up 35 Dear Ethel 39 Film 33 The Weekly Doubt 36 Letters 40 Technology 04 33 Science Bitches 36 David Clark 41 Games 34 Matters of Debate 46 Love Is Blind 42 Food 35 Sexcellent 44 Art 45 Music ISSUE 04 CONTRIBUTORS EDITOR HUGH BAIRD DEPUTY EDITOR LUCY HUNTER NEWS EDITOR JOE HIGHAM SUB EDITOR LAURA STARLING TECHNICAL EDITOR TASH MURACHVER FEATURES DESIGNER CERI GIDDENS CHIEF REPORTER HENRY NAPIER NEWS TEAM HUGH BAIRD, JESS THOMPSON, INDI LEISHMAN SECTION EDITORS JESSICA THOMPSON, CAMPBELL CALVERLEY, ANTHONY MARRIS, NITA SULLIVAN, KIRSTEN GARCIA, JOEL MACMANUS, SEAN NUGENT FLAG CHAT CONTRIBUTORS LISA BLAKIE, JESSICA COMES TO AN THOMPSON, TOM LORD, AMBER ALLOTT, TED WHITAKER, HAYLEIGH END CLARKSON, ANDREW KWIATKOWSKI, isappointingly this week the second thought that the decision would be governed DAVID CLARK flag referendum will finally come to an solely on the basis of whether or not you believed DISTRIBUTOR CHARLES ELTON D end. Personally I’m rather impartial to it is time for a new flag and if so, whether or not ONLINE CONTENT MANAGER either flag, but for the past few months I’ve been the proposed design is something that you think increasingly amused by some of the antics and represents all New Zealanders. AMAN JAMWAL peculiar arguments surrounding the flag The argument that some people choose not ADVERTISING SALES change project. to vote in this referendum as a protest against HANNA GRIFFIN, ELAINE BYRON, Take for example the story that hit the head- the costs involved is also bizarre in my opinion. PETER RAMSAY lines just last week. One individual, who had an Regardless of your protest, the project is going eye for making a quick buck, had become so ahead and the money is being spent. I know and disgruntled at the flag referendum process that understand the argument that the money in- he decided to have a crack at selling his vote on volved could be used in different fields and for CONNECT Trade Me to the highest bidder. Sadly though, better purposes, but the same could be said for READ ONLINE after topping $97 the page was detected and a lot of things that are funded with taxpayers’ CRITIC.CO.NZ subsequently pulled by website money. ISSUU.COM/CRITIC_TE_AROHI administrators. And then there are the conspiracy theories, GET IN TOUCH Days later I read that Police are investigating which I’m sure that if you’ve read the comments [email protected] [email protected] Z multiple cases in which individuals have decided section on any the national news agencies lately FACEBOOK.COM/CRITICTEAROHI to steal referendum papers out of mailboxes and you’ll understand what I’m on about. TWEET: @CRITICTEAROHI used them to cast votes. One intelligent human, The United States have theories such as the 05 (03) 479 5335 to my amusement, even decided he would take faked moon landing, 9/11 or who shot JFK for P.O. BOX 1436, DUNEDIN to Facebook to declare proudly the fact that he example. Now New Zealand has its own. Some had stolen over 300 voting papers, something believe that changing the flag is simply the first that if he was to be convicted of carries a max- step in removing our constitutional rights and imum sentence of two years jail or a $40,000 fine. creating a smokescreen, making it easier to I am however a little bewildered by those who usher in the TPPA. oppose any idea of changing the flag solely on Whatever the outcome I hope that those from the basis that John Key has championed it. both sides will be able to respect the democratic Basing your decision on whether or not we as a process and get on board, be it a new flag or the country should change the flag because of your original.