{"id":215386,"date":"2026-01-03T21:08:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T21:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/215386\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T21:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T21:08:11","slug":"the-song-that-always-takes-me-back-to-fun-nights-out-as-a-student","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/215386\/","title":{"rendered":"the song that always takes me back to fun nights out as a student"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  [&amp;_p]:tit-sub-xl tit-sub-xl md:[&amp;_p]:d-tit-sub-xl md:d-tit-sub-xl mb-[1.3rem]\">SUMMER SERIES: Kiwis recommend their favourite beach, a book to read on it, and a song that encapsulates summer. <\/p>\n<p>A great book to read on the beach is: The Women, by Kristin Hannah<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">A warning: when I googled this book to remind myself about the story, a few articles explicitly said it wasn\u2019t a &#8216;beach read&#8217;, but it is a page turner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">The story is centred on women who served as nurses during the Vietnam war and what greeted them when they arrived back to the US. It\u2019s evocative, emotionally heavy and drops you in the middle of what at times can only be described as hell. There are lovely, lighter moments too, I promise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">The characters and the feeling of this book stuck with me long after I\u2019d finished it.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/book-cover-the-women-kristin-hannah-YA2YSJ4UKZAGDPJ6ZVPMUGQL4U.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-hi5x8q-0 cWTYyG image-metadata\">(Source: Supplied)<\/p>\n<p>A song that encapsulates summer for me is: Why Does Love Do This To Me, the Exponents<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">I know, I know, but who hasn\u2019t belted this out at a party at the end of hot summer&#8217;s night? Pubs, weddings, festivals, bbqs \u2013 the reach of Why Does Love Do This To Me is unstoppable here in New Zealand. It sounds to me like the late 90\u2019s early 2000s, jumping and yelling at the end of a good night \u2013 a time when we were students with the whole summer in front of us.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Even if you don\u2019t love it&#8230; you can\u2019t help but love it.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/jordan-luck-QUDQXBYOSZDHLGFSCJ3J6IXPJY.jpg\" alt=\"Jordan Luck of the Exponents has been belting out this classic to summer audiences for decades. \" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-hi5x8q-0 cWTYyG image-metadata\">Jordan Luck of the Exponents has been belting out this classic to summer audiences for decades.  (Source: Getty)<\/p>\n<p>My favourite beach in all of Aotearoa would have to be: Whangaumu, Tutukaka coast, Northland<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">My family has been lucky enough to stay at Whangaumu Bay for a number of years (thanks Claire). The crescent-shaped beach with a look-out to climb up to at one end and a rock pool at the other has become our summer retreat. The whole of the Tutukaka coast is beautiful and each bay or beach offers something different, surfing, strolling, snorkling, sleeping. A daily stop at the Matapouri store for a scoop of chips and an ice cream is something to savour.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/nzs-best-value-hot-chips-revealed-MLZI3ZQQXRAMRJJWY67A3U5X7E.png\" alt=\"How can you get the most bang for your buttie this summer?\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-hi5x8q-0 cWTYyG image-metadata\">How can you get the most bang for your buttie this summer? 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