Massive Magazine’s Mini Media Mashup

Coming at you with our second Mini Media Mashup, where I, your host, will be serving you bite sized chunks of our latest and greatest news stories.

Europeans are feeling the heat

Mother Nature has taken to the streets of Europe, and she’s pissed! Extreme heat warnings have been issued across many European countries including the UK, France, Spain, Italy, Greece, Turkey and Portugal. Raging wildfires are also spreading across these countries, but the combination of droughts and heatwaves are making it hard for firefighters to battle the blazes. The European Forest Fire Information System said 19 countries are in ‘extreme danger’ from the wildfires, while Spain, Portugal and France are at ‘very extreme danger’. Now might be a good time to start taking climate change more seriously...

Kiwis rocking the Commonwealth Games

New Zealand has made history at this year’s Commonwealth Games, bringing home 20 gold medals! We finished the games in fifth place, right behind Australia, England Canada and India.

Rowdy on the run

When a recent Lufthansa flight landed, a four-year-old cat named Rowdy escaped her cage in pursuit of freedom (and birds). She then spent three weeks on the run inside a US airport, dodging all airport staff, animal experts and employees. She has now, finally, been caught and returned to her family.

World War 3?

Tensions are rising between China, Taiwan and the United States. China has now halted its cooperation with the U.S. on a range of issues including global warming and military operations due to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s recent visit to Taiwan. China views visits to Taiwan by foreign government officials as an act of recognizing the island’s sovereignty – something China does not agree with. Chinese forces have now started drills focused on land attacks and long-range airstrikes around Taiwan. Taiwan’s Defense Ministry has said that as of 5pm on 7 August, 66 Chinese warplanes and 14 Chinese vessels were detected operating around the Taiwan Strait.

Jam donut scandal

A huge lie about jam donuts has been recently been exposed. Jam donuts - the classic doughy delight covered in powdered sugar and oozing with that signature raspberry jam… you know the ones? Yeah, well probably not as well as you thought. That signature raspberry jam is often actually apple paste or apple sauce that has been coloured and flavoured. Your life has been a lie, and the world will never be

the same again.

Not so skux de Luxon

At his latest conference, National Leader Christopher Luxon spoke out against recipients of the unemployment benefit. He said, “To young people who don’t want to work; you might have a free ride under Labour, but under National, it ends.” This comment in particular has caused a large uproar among young people and benefit recipients. Luxon received backlash on his blatant lack of concern for the welfare of the unemployed, and his failure to recognize that 54 per cent of all benefit recipients have a disability or health condition.

Hawaii is officially deemed ‘awesome’

Hawaii has just received its last shipment of coal before shutting its last powerplant forever. The powerplant is set to close completely by 1 September 2022 after being in work for over three decades. The country is now pursuing renewable energy sources such as solar and wind.

I need a Plufl. You need a Plufl! We all need a Plufl!

Students from British Columbia University have just invented the ultimate relaxation tool – human-sized dog beds. Students Noah Silverman and Yuki Kinosuta came up with the idea of dog beds for humans, and were thrilled when people pledged $290,657 USD ($449,172 NZD) towards its creation. The business has been named Plufl, and is now going viral on TikTok.