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The Case for Turning Up Positive Living
7 October 2026

The Case for Turning Up

Volunteering in NZ without the lecture: why young people actually stick with it, how to spot a group that wastes your time, and where to…
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Bet Slips in the Group Chat New Zealand's Youth
3 October 2026

Bet Slips in the Group Chat

Betting moved from the TAB to a notification. How the apps keep young Kiwi men tapping, the early signs of harm, and the handbrakes that…
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The Restricted Test, and How to Not Fail It New Zealand's Youth
26 September 2026

The Restricted Test, and How to Not Fail It

What the restricted licence test in NZ actually assesses, the fails that end it early, what the licence ladder costs, and how to practise without…
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When It Is Your Mate Who Is Not Okay Mental Wellbeing
22 September 2026

When It Is Your Mate Who Is Not Okay

Your mate is not okay and you have no idea what to say. What actually helps, what to skip, where 1737 and Youthline fit, and…
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Burnout Does Not Wait for Exams Mental Wellbeing
19 September 2026

Burnout Does Not Wait for Exams

Burnout builds across a semester, not in exam week. The early signals, why the usual advice fails when your timetable is fixed, and what helps.
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Five Meals Worth Learning Before You Flat Diet & Nutrition
14 September 2026

Five Meals Worth Learning Before You Flat

Five meal templates that survive a flat kitchen with two pots - rice done properly, a tomato sauce, mince, lentils and a tray roast. No…
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The Energy Drink Maths Nobody Does Diet & Nutrition
11 September 2026

The Energy Drink Maths Nobody Does

A coffee, a can and a scoop of pre-workout can clear 600mg before dinner. Here is how to add up your real daily caffeine total,…
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Weed, and What It Actually Does to a Young Brain Health
8 September 2026

Weed, and What It Actually Does to a Young Brain

Straight evidence on cannabis and the developing brain for young New Zealanders: psychosis risk, potency, motivation, and cutting back without the myths.
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Sunburn Is Not a Rite of Passage Health
5 September 2026

Sunburn Is Not a Rite of Passage

NZ sun burns faster than almost anywhere else. Why our UV is worse, what a burn at nineteen costs at forty, and cheap habits that…
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Nicotine Pouches: The Thing Nobody Warned You About Health
29 August 2026

Nicotine Pouches: The Thing Nobody Warned You About

Nicotine pouches turned up in NZ flats and changing rooms fast. What is in them, the side effects, the dependence risk, and where the law…
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