Who Said That?
After a long hard year here at Critic Te Ārohi, we decided to bring you a little game for the end of the semester. On the left page you’ll find illustrated portraits of a handful of campus characters – the high strung BSc, the alternative postgrad, the over-eager American exchange student, and more. On the right hand side are a stack of answers. Your mission is to match each set of answers to the person who said them. Some...Promposals Sweep North D
A group of exchange students swapped their jorts and scuffs for black tie attire on Saturday, October 4th to bring American-style proms to Ōtepoti. Complete with elaborate promposals, the classic awkward photos, and highly sought after awards, organisers Buck and Murray described the “magical night of organised fun” as some of their “best work.” Promposals had to be done by the girls – both publicly and on...Skulls, Sea-Shanties & a Full Cream Speight’s: A Farewell Tour of Ōtepoti
It dawned on me this semester that these months would be my last in Dunedin. There was so much I still hadn't done. What more of the weird, wacky, and wonderful was yet to be seen? As the stress of the end of semester hit, the ominous cloud of exams loomed, and decisions about the future needed to be made, I took the opportunity to broaden my horizons. My goal was to re-envision Dunedin beyond the crunching of bottles underneath your...OUSA Quarter 3 Wrapped: Part II
At last week’s Exec meeting, the last half of the quarter three reports were approved. Here’s what those Exec members got up to to get paid for their honorarium (i.e., top-up their StudyLink). It was a drama-filled quarter for many, but here’s what the Exec were doing when Critic Te Ārohi wasn’t reporting. Daniel Leamy – Finance and Strategy Officer Q3 Average Hours - 17.23/20 For...Job-Seeking Students Say “Bullshit” to Luxon’s Employment Claims
Prime Minister Chris Luxon and Minister for Social Development Louise Upston announced last week that the Government will be imposing further restrictions for Jobseeker applicants. The news sparked an influx of national headlines speculating whether Luxon’s “tough love” approach was a warranted push for youth into employment, or a concerningly out of touch policy that punishes young people for an economic crisis they...Horoscopes: Issue 26 2025
Pisces You have been drinking way too much alcohol and having too much fun considering how close to the end of the semester we are. Time to take a break from staying up until 3am every night of the weekend and time to lock yourself in the library to get shit...
Debatable: Is it reasonable to leave your stuff in the library during a lunch break in exam season?
For: Whatever happened to the childhood sacrality of dibs? If your stuff is there, that spot is yours and yours only. You...
Moaningful Confessions: The Ghosts of Beds Past
Have something juicy to tell us? Send your salacious stories to moaningful@critic.co.nz. Submissions remain anonymousIf you’re anything like me, you’ve probably had a few memorable...
Critical Tribune: STI Rates Plummet in North D as Castle Clears Out for Exams
Reports from frightened freshers have highlighted the concerning increase in Butter hats and Birks across Central Library’s...
A Letter from Grant Robertson
As we head to the end of the year, I wanted to wish you all good luck with exams, and hopefully a restful summer before as many as possible of you return in 2026. It has been a difficult year for universities in Aotearoa. The year began with us still...
Editorial: Long Live Critic
There have been many versions of this editorial – my last. First was the list of evidence I’d compiled for the eventual case to be made that I’ve aged out of studenthood. It started at the first Critic drinks in O-Week when, rather than...
Skilled Students Snag Blues and Golds
The annual Blues and Golds awards were held last Thursday to celebrate cultural and sporting achievements of Otago tauira. The yearly ceremony is a collaboration between the University and OUSA,...
Cheap As Chips! Critic’s Summer Goodies
Every summer, students travel far and wide across the motu for the break. Critic Te Ārohi staff members reached out to local secrets from their own hometowns to score student discounts*. Your...
Local Produce: Kesi.ink
For the final edition of the year, one brave soul got our logo tattooed onto her tricep. Tevya Faed, one of Critic Te Ārohi’s finest illustrators added to her collection of tattoo’s booking in for an appointment with her go-to tattoo artist,...
Booze Review: Jam Shed Shiraz
Hello team, Joan here. I would just like to take a moment to point out (not that it hasn't been mentioned by every other bastard in the twenty something pages you went through to get here) it is the last issue for 2025. With that comes some sad...
