I Fucking LOVE Mosgiel
Powering over the steep hill of the Southern Motorway, your eyes are blessed by scenery so beautiful it may force you to pull over. As the sun beams on the broad expanses of the Taieri Plains, a magical town sits in your eyeline. With just under 15,000 residents, the quaint town is not too busy like its neighbour, but has all the hustle-and-bustle one could need. Local legend even says the weather might be slightly sunnier over the hills, too....Ending Bad Care for Endometriosis
A petition has been launched to review and re-write the Government’s national endometriosis guidelines. The brains behind the petition, Endo Warriors Aotearoa, are a grassroots charity working to support those affected by endometriosis. Second-year Law and Politics student Jomana Moharram, who is on the Youth Advisory Board of Endo Warriors, explained why their petition was so important. Endometriosis is an extremely painful disease...BDS is Back: Students Overwhelmingly Endorse Posture at SGM
It was standing room only in the Main Common Room (MCR) last Thursday as a large group of students met to vote on a motion on whether OUSA should re-adopt their Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) posture. The student general meeting (SGM) was called by Political Representative Jett Groshinski and Luca Schulz, a member of Otago Students for Justice in Palestine (OSJP). TL;DR: the motion passed. Quorum was easily met at the meeting, surpassing...Campus Cryptids
Cryptozoology is part of a long line of various pseudosciences, promising to reveal hidden worlds that traditional sciences fail to properly comprehend. You may have heard of many ‘cryptids’, like mothman, bigfoot and the chupacabra. We at Critic Te Ārohi believe that Dunedin is host to all sorts of critters that the establishment (the zoology department, we suppose) don’t want you to know about; merely for being...Debatable: Is pulling an all-nighter more effective than studying in advance?
For There is something almost heroic about pulling an all-nighter: 2am with an energy drink in one hand, wondering if your...
Editorial: I Want Essential Workers on My Zombie Apocalypse Team
To cope with long distance, my undergrad friend group has subscribed to a monthly newsletter called Letterloop. Each month brings...
Horoscopes: Issue 20 2025
Pisces Your flatmate dishes are starting to look like a biohazard. Channel your fiery rage into either cleaning them or weaponising them to tear the flat dynamic apart in the group chat. Either way, it's a good way to get some of those pent up emotions...
Local Produce: Pages Layn
Quickly rising the ranks, Pages Layn is getting around Dunedin like a juicy piece of gossip, popping up all over the place, opening just about any gig they can. Having debuted at the first Pint Night of the year, this pack of punters have now managed to score...
First Came the Floods, Then Came the Asbestos
Things have gone from bad to worse for residents of Carrington College’s Dawson House. In July, flooding forced them to relocate to Toroa. Asbestos discovered under soggy tiles made them stay...
Student Health Continues to Offer Same-Day Appointments Despite Wait-Time Pressures
Student Health has the massive job of providing healthcare to eighteen thousand students at Otago University. If you don’t...
Mi Goreng Graduate: Cookie Dough Slice
This week we are serving up a raw cookie dough slice, the perfect sweet to pair with a coffee or satisfy those afternoon choccy cravings. Packed full of goodies like dates, peanut butter and tahini,...
Critical Tribune: The Most Insufferable Person You Know Becomes LinkedIn Influencer
The sound of students audibly sighing across Dunedin last week was recorded as a magnitude of 1.9. This disturbance comes after...
Moaningful Confessions: The Travelling Cum Jumper
Have something juicy to tell us? Send your salacious stories to moaningful@critic.co.nz. Submissions remain anonymous. Salty, bitter, metallic – the distinctive taste of cum. Caught off...
Booze Review: Wild Boar Bourbon & Cola
I drank Wild Boar Bourbon and Cola while playing a 1983 version of Trivial Pursuit. Half of the questions were about the Soviet Union. Fitting. Like oil and water, bourbon and communism just...
