The Official Moral Alignment Chart of Campus Doors
The University of Otago is a strange and confusing place. Open a sciency door in Mellor Labs and somehow find yourself in a History lecture. A BCommer opens a glass door in the Business School, and a Theatre Studies class turns around. University is little more than staggering from strange doors to weird doors. Fortunately, there already exists a framework for judging moral character: the Dungeons & Dragons Alignment Chart. Christians have...Critic Chit-Chats with Chippy
Labour Leader Chris Hipkins (the Chris nicknamed Chippy, not the other one), braved a Dunedin winter's day to come down to campus for Re:Ori’s Clubs Day. Critic Te Ārohi managed to snag a spot in the former Prime Minister’s packed schedule to talk about some of the key issues that are facing students. Here are some of Labour’s plans as campaigning gears up for the November 7th election. Not letting Chris get...Dunedin Thunder Women’s Hockey Team Takes On Auckland Steel
This weekend, the Dunedin Women’s Thunder take on league leaders Auckland Steel in the semi-finals of the New Zealand Women's Ice Hockey League (NZWIHL) season. This will be the last chance for Dunedinites to catch the team at home this year, and if Thunder players Caitlin and Manuella are to be believed, spectators can expect speed, chaos, and maybe even a punch or two. Critic Te Ārohi sat down with these two first-year...Local Produce: Sewlutions Studio by Sanda
Startup Dunedin runs a yearly Student Pitch Competition, where students with a growing start-up or side hustle can win up to $5000 for their mahi. As we look forward to this year's Student Pitch Competition, Critic Te Ārohi decided to check in on the progress of last year's co-champion, Sewlutions Studio by Sanda. Yasomali Sandaruwani moved to Dunedin in May 2024, after a 14-year fashion career in Sri Lanka, where she worked with...Better Cones and Gardens: Exchange Students
Rejoice! The next shipment of exchange students has arrived in Ōtepoti. Filling the UniFlat beds of those who conquered the city before them, this group has got a lot to live up to. Being heavily involved with Otago University’s outdoor clubs, I find myself widely intertwined with the international student community. It wasn’t long ago that I was meeting the last crop of exchange students, many of whom I grew to love...Critical Tribune: Landlords Advertise Mould As “Heritage Feature”
Local property managers in North Dunedin have begun rebranding black mould as a “heritage feature”, with one manager...
Editorial: I Will Go 7 Days With a Flip Phone
I feel weird. I think it’s probably some combination of seeing my brother for the first time in a long time and being in my last ever second semester, but I feel that every day is going too fast...
OUSA Exec: Daniel Leamy & Kamesha Jones
The second semester is well and truly underway, and OUSA has got some big things coming up! With Re:Ori behind us, we are looking toward candidate debates and voter enrollment for the general...
Booze Review: Hard Rated Orange
Welcome back pissers and shitters, and a happy international Re:Ori! We hope everyone had a good break, except for all you Aucklanders who went to Bali. Fuck you guys, we are not reviewing your shitty...
Horoscopes: Issue 15 2026
Capricorn Stop overbooking yourself before you have a public meltdown in Central Library. Nobody expects you to be a CEO, and burning out before midterms will tank your GPA. Pace yourself, breathe, and accept you don't need to make millions....
Moaningful Confessions: Tyre Slasher
I was in my second-year of university, and had just broken up with my longterm boyfriend. Heartbroken and numb to pretty much everything, I was keen to figure out what university hookup culture was...
