By Cameron Walker. I like writing about how I feel about issues which affect our lives. I’ve taken part in protests to express my feelings. As yet I haven’t been arrested, beaten, tortured or killed. In some nations however, people suffer terrible consequences for exercising the simple freedoms we take for granted in New Zealand.

By Jenah Shaw. Music is everywhere. On that radio over there, on TV, in that car driving past… so imagine if the only song you could hear from any of these was something everyone agreed was ‘safe’ enough. Something without swear words or any references to violence or sex – like Hi 5. Shudder.
Welcome to a world of music censorship

Mariana Gledhill from Wellington, N.Z spent 7 months, in 2005, in Peru doing voluntary work. She shares her experiences.

By Miranda Cossar. The clothes we choose to wear are one of the most obvious ways we can tell the world who we are. But some people are freer to do so than others.

I have travelled a little… to Huacachina which is basically a lagoon in the middle of nowhere… a tourist resort. I went sandboarding and fell a lot. By the end of the session, I had sand in lots of places. I needed a shower when I got home (or rather a bathe… we don´t have a shower so I bathe from a bucket of water. It has taught me a lot… you dont need showers… However, I appreciate them more than ever now, believe me!).