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I have spent five years ruminating on the idea of home. On where it is, what it is, and what it means to me, and to those around me. I was lucky. I grew up in a happy family who lived in the same house from when I was six months old until I left for uni, so I had never really needed to question what home meant to me. This was home, where my Dad would set up a fake Christmas tree every year because I had bad hayfever, where the door frame was...There's Too Much Talent In Dunedin
OUSA’s eighth annual band competition, Bring The Noise, presented by Radio One, is well underway with seven finalists selected from two heats that took place a couple weeks ago. The up-and-coming musos will go head-to-head on the 28th of August, 8pm, at U-Bar, where they will be competing for a prize pack consisting of a promo deal with Radio One, a Sublime Studio recording package, a seminar with music industry professionals, and much...The Opportunity Party Lays Out Their Pitch To Students
For a party with no sitting MPs, The Opportunity Party has been subject to extensive coverage coming up to this year’s election, and their polling is steadily creeping toward the five percent threshold they’ll need to enter Parliament in November. However, one criticism has been thrown at them from both sides of the political spectrum: what, exactly, does the party stand for? Opportunity has spent much of the 2026 campaign...Law Revue Pisses in Rowling's Goblet of Fire
Law Revue shat satire all over J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter: The Goblet of Fire and called it art. It was. Law Revue 2026 follows Harry Notter, a wimpish boy forced to do chores by his evil flatmates, who receives a letter one fateful day from Albus Dumbledean. Huzzah! He has been accepted into second-year law. Stepping back into the law-eat-law world of Richardson Castle, Notter is mysteriously thrust into the Tri-Legal...Take Notice: Student General Meeting To Be Held September 9th
A Student General Meeting (SGM) will be held in a couple of weeks, discussing major role changes to your OUSA student executive. SGMs invite students to vote on constitutional changes passed by the OUSA Exec – the constitution cannot be altered without student backing. As previously reported, six Exec roles will be affected by the constitutional change, with a “greater focus on student engagement, representation and...Signed, Sealed, (Still Left On) Delivered
If there’s one thing a Ngāpuhi likes, it’s arguing a case. Unfortunately for everyone else, I’ve always got one. We were promised that phones would make us more...
Editorial: Read This If You Intend To Run For OUSA Exec
The OUSA student executive elections are coming up, with campaigning beginning on the 14th of September. For those that are tuned...
OUSA Exec
Kia ora, The OUSA Exec are aware of reports from students alleging white supremacist activity in Dunedin. At this stage, it is not clear whether these groups have any involvement with Otago students. While there is currently no confirmed connection,...
Horoscopes: Issue 20 2026
Leo The slopes are calling your name – the Ōtepoti snow day gave you hunger for the alps. You're ready to sell your sanity, fill a five-seater car with eight of your friends and make the long road trip to Queenstown. Beware: there will be at...
Moaningful Confessions: A Nail-Biting Tale
We all have that person that’s somehow accumulated an impressive amount of lore and become a celebrity within the friend group. Mine was this guy who I had no romantic feelings for, and who I...
Crossword Answers - Issue 20 2026
ACROSS 1 - Surrealism 6 - Cake 8 - Beluga 9 - Neon 10 - Bozos 11 - Siren 12 - Infamy 15 - Dread 16 - Grim 18 - Capo 20 - Flamingo 22 - Tales 24 - Abundant 25 - Hoax 26 -...
