Irene Eats: Nick's Kitchen
Trying the chicken adobo budgie meal from Nick's Kitchen!
Latest
Open letter to TKR AUSA & WTR UOA
Addressed to Te Rōpū Kahikatea – Auckland University Students' Association and Waipapa Taumata Rau | The University of Auckland from Craccum Magazine & allies
Review: Tanja McMillan’s Forbidden Fruits
A short review of Forbidden Fruits, available at Bergman Gallery until September 27.
Irene Eats: Needo
What can you get for $30 at Needo? Come along with me on this week's edition of Irene Eats to find out!
Interview with Gabriel Boyd | AUSA President
Learn more about what its like to work at TKR AUSA!
Paula Vogel’s Mother Play: Theatre Review
Lease, liquor, legacy. Paula Vogel’s Mother Play is a tragicomic house tour through love and loss.
Beauty Under Heavy Clouds
A lyrical meditation on fleeting beauty, the contradictions of an East Asian woman’s identity, and the intertwined threads of aesthetics, history, and freedom in Taiwan’s post-colonial journey.
Clubs on Campus 2025 | Sem 2 Week 7
Check out these 5 cool clubs at Waipapa Taumata Rau | University of Auckland!
Interview with Matthew Lee | AUSA Undergraduate Education VP
AUSA Interview Series. Learn more about what it's like to work at AUSA.
Living Fearlessli: Interview with Lee Li on Her New Documentary and Forbidden Identities
Craccum's very own Lee Li opens up about her creative process on her journey as an asylum seeker in her coming documentary film
My Camelot Era
A poetic essay on Jackie Kennedy, Taiwanese girlhood, and the longing to reclaim history with grace. Camelot, to her, was not a fairytale, but a resistance imagined in silence and lace.
NZIFF 2025 Craccum Coverage | What Marielle Knows
Parenthood according to assholes: ego first, child second, love optional.
Voices
Girl From East Asian.
A personal reflection on navigating the weight of Confucian traditions and the longing for liberation.
NZIFF 2025 Film Review
NZIFF 2025 Craccum Coverage | Kontinental '25
Camus said life is absurd; Radu Jude agrees—but adds neoliberalism, CapCut-edited memes, and EU development funds to the mix.
NZIFF 2025 Film Review
NZIFF 2025 Craccum Coverage | Urchin
The Civic sells you homelessness at box office price; the city gives it away for free.
NZIFF 2025 Film Review
NZIFF 2025 Craccum Coverage | The New Year That Never Came
Realpolitik political cinema.
NZIFF 2025 Film Review
NZIFF 2025 Craccum Coverage | Abraham's Valley
Between stillness and inevitability, Abraham’s Valley renders existence as a long pause before the final 'cut'.
Archive
Craccum Throwback | Brett Buckmaster: a counter-protester's tragedy in two acts
During the first weeks of the 1981 Springbok Tour protests, an 'ordinary, non-political student' named Brett Buckmaster campaigned against AUSA's funding of anti-tour student protests. He did not succeed. [Craccum #18, 1981]
NZIFF 2025 Film Review
NZIFF 2025 Craccum Coverage | Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958-1989
THIS IS NOT A FILM REVIEW. THIS IS A MONTAGE OF VARIOUS SELECTED TEXTS CURATED BY TREVOR. YOU CAN WATCH ISRAEL PALESTINE ON SWEDISH TV 1958-1989 FOR FREE ON SOLIDARITY CINEMA. A PRIORI IS DIALECTICAL, EVERYTHING IS EXPLOSIVE. DIALECTICS IS A PRIORI, EXPLODE EVERYTHING. Meta's content enforcement system
News
"Editorial Independence?" | AUSA Staff Pause Craccum Election Coverage
A non-student AUSA staff member pressured the student magazine to hold back interview coverage, saying it was 'unfair'.
Film Review
'Sorry, Baby' - A Film Review
'Sorry, Baby' by Eva Victor, coming to NZ theatres from 4 September.
Clubs
UoA Scientific Looking for 2026 Exec Committee | Sign Up Now!
UoA Scientific Review is looking for its 2026 exec team. If you’re keen to mix science, creativity + community, this is your sign to join them.
Donnie Darko (2001) - Movie Review
What the hell did I just watch?!
Baby Back Benches: A Student Debate Recap
Six Youth Wings. One Shadows Bar. More than a Hundred of You!