2026 OUSA Referendum Results

The 2026 OUSA Referendum results are in! 1467 tauira voted for the following: Should the Otago University Students’ Association (OUSA) Annual Audited Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2025 be received and accepted? (82.1% yes, 14.9% no, 3.0% abstained) Should OUSA's Annual Report for 2025 be received and accepted? (86.5% yes, 11.2% no, 2.2% abstained)​ Should OUSA's Secretary, Donna Jones, be...

Capping Show Review: Unleashed, Hilarious and Over Too Soon

Critic Te Ārohi, risking life and limb after publishing a not-so-positive review last year, returned to this year's Capping Show. Thankfully, we didn't have to worry. We only needed to get about 10 minutes in before realising that we weren't going to regret putting them on the front cover the other week.  Breaking tradition, SQUEAL: A Capping Show Horror relied on the horror genre as a whole – its tropes and ideas...

The Man Behind Craig Daniels: Will Murphy

Second-year Will Murphy (@willmurphycomedy) has “always been into theatre”, which makes it no surprise that when he enrolled in Otago he chose to major in Theatre Studies. With a “soft spot” for comedians, he grew up watching the likes of Rowan Atkinson (better known as his character Mr. Bean), and was influenced from a young age to become the class (or in this case, the University) clown.  He first started his...

Diversify The Library: Books That Reflect Our Experience

With over twenty thousand students, Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka tauira boast a massive range of backgrounds and lived experiences. In order to reflect this range, the team behind the library has a new project: Diversify the Library (DTL). They’re working hard to have their (already expansive) catalogue be more reflective of students’ lived experiences, especially those students who are part of the University’s recognised...

Critic Te Ārohi’s (Theatrical) Guide to Mid-Year Break

If you’re stuck down in Dunners for the upcoming break, don’t fall to the temptation of a three-week long bed rot. If you fancy doing something other than drinking the cold away, or finding hot new ways to procrastinate exam study, Critic Te Ārohi’s got you. Happy end of semester! 21st May: Romeo and Juliet – set in 1900s rural Dunedin Globe Theatre is turning truly unc (65 years old). To celebrate,...

Government to Tweak Climate Change Law

Amid a flurry of news from the Government, such as the cutting of fees free, and Judith Collins leaving Parliament (tofā soifua Judith), Minister of Justice Paul Goldsmith has dropped a bombshell for the future of Aotearoa’s climate change response. Here is a quick explainer from Critic Te Ārohi – we’ve got your back if you’ve never suffered through LAWS101.  On the 12th of May, the Government announced...

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