KICKIN’ IT WITH KORA
One of New Zealand’s most popular bands, Kora, return to stages this summer, with a performance at Homegrown among others. We spoke to bassist, Francis Kora, about the new line-up, the songwriting...
View ArticleSEAN KELLY: MUCH TALENT, FEW WORDS
Project Runway season 13 winner, and Massey graduate, Sean Kelly, first started making patterns out of newspaper as a kid, living on a farm in South Taranaki. After completing an exchange to Denmark...
View ArticleGet in touch with the world of cinema
The Wellington Film Society is your best chance to see a wide range of films from around the world, including many rare prints and unique cuts, that you’d otherwise have no chance to see at the cinema....
View ArticleGroeni: Q + A
Wellington-based band Groeni consists of Al Green, James Paul, and Mike Isaacs – three guys in their late 20s. The project originally began as a solo thing of Al’s, and he released the first...
View ArticleUrzila Carlson Mans Up
South-African born Kiwi comedian, and self-titled ‘lesbiterian,’ Urzila Carlson got into comedy in 2008, when her co-workers booked her a five minute spot at the Classic’s Open Mic night. Little did...
View ArticleAlan Davies – Little Victories
You know him as the permanent panellist on the much loved TV series QI, and as the eponymous magician with an interest in solving crimes on Jonathan Creek, yet British comedian Alan Davies began his...
View ArticleCosentino interview
What can audiences expect from your new show? Yeah, Twisted Reality, it’s a mix of four different things: grand stage illusions; close up sleight of hand street magic, which is kind of projected onto...
View ArticleAnt Timpson – Cult Cinema’s Ambassador of Bad Taste
Although he sees himself incredibly straight and normal in real life, a look through Ant Timpson’s collection of movies might make you think otherwise. His role as the ambassador for cult film in New...
View ArticleDialogue with David
As Labour’s current spokesperson for tertiary education, research and development, and science and innovation, David Cunliffe hasn’t let last year’s election loss stop him from pursuing “a new era of...
View ArticleYour Living Room and the Local Music Scene
A new approach to live music has swept through the capital in the form of house parties. Oscar Mein explores the new trend and the various reasons behind its recent popularity. Wellingtonians are in...
View ArticlePalmerston North Vox Pop: Orientation
What’s surprised you most about Massey so far? What’s the one thing you must do this year? Where will you spend more time: At the library or at the pub? Not too much. I’ve done [...]
View ArticleLucy Keane loves Palmerston North
Lucy Keane loves herself some Palmerston North. She loves it so much that she even swims in its river. Now living in exile in Wellington, Lucy has a multitude of reasons for her crush on [...]
View ArticleOnline intercourse with David Seymour
David Seymour is the current leader of the ACT Party. At only 32-years-old, he is one of the youngest members of parliament and has been touted by many as a rising star in New Zealand [...]
View ArticleOnline intercourse with Andrew Little
Andrew Little is the current leader of the Labour Party. The Labour Party will turn 100 this year, and Little is hoping to lead them back to power at the 2017 General Election. Little visited [...]
View ArticleOnline intercourse with Josh Chandulal-Mackay
Josh Chandulal-Mackay is the current Youth Officer of the Palmerston North Labour Electorate Committee. Josh moved to Palmerston North in 2013 to study a BA in Politics and Psychology. He is currently...
View ArticleOnline intercourse with Kim Parkinson
Kim Parkinson is the former editor of Massive, holding the role throughout 2015. This year, Ms Parkinson has returned to full-time study, all while holding down the role of Wellington campus reporter...
View ArticleOnline intercourse with Mitchell Hopping
Mitchell Hopping is the current chairman of the Manawatu Young Nats, having taken on the role in March of this year. Mitchell was born on August 23, exactly 173 years after Mexico declared its...
View ArticleNZIFF2016 – The 5th Eye – Q+A
New Zealand’s participation in the Five Eyes intelligence alliance is the subject of Errol Wright and Abi King-Jones’s new documentary The 5th Eye, which makes its world premiere at the New Zealand...
View ArticleNZIFF2016: Babak Anvari Interview – Under the Shadow
Set in Tehran during the Iran-Iraq War, Under the Shadow might just be the indie horror hit of 2016 after a strong reception at Sundance and a streaming deal with Netflix. Babak Anvari’s film uses [...]
View ArticleSkipper’s mid-year report
Nikita Skipper is the current MUSA president, having now been in the role for all of 2016. Skipper caught up with Massive to discuss her thoughts on the year so far. 1. Nikita, you have held [...]
View Article