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Horoscopes: Issue 23 2026

Posted 11:57am Sunday 20th September 2026 by The Orb

Capricorn Mid-sem is over, which means this is the one golden week where going to Central might not send you into a full panic attack. Capitalise on this tiny window of freedom before exams ruin your life again. Head to St Kilda at the witching hour and scream your woes into the waves. School Club Read more...

OUSA Exec: Tumuaki Takirua

Posted 11:52am Sunday 20th September 2026 by OUSA Exec

Mauri ora e te iwi! Whoop whoop, here’s your other Māori rep, to talk more about Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori! I’ll keep this pretty paku because the week’s already over – but the celebration of te reo Māori will carry on forever.  AsI write this piece, we Read more...

Editorial: Enrol To Vote By The 25th of October

Posted 11:50am Sunday 20th September 2026 by Hanna Varrs

This issue has turned out to be pretty politics heavy, and I’m pleased about it. Politics should be at the forefront of everyone’s minds right now, and I wouldn’t be doing my due diligence if I didn’t scream at everyone to enrol to vote. As you’ll see on the cover, Read more...

Crossword Answers - Issue 23 2026

Posted 11:40am Sunday 20th September 2026 by The Quizzler

Across 1 - The Water Horse 7 - Exposed 8 - Scrotum 9 - Divorced 10 - Regent 13 - Daleks 14 - Spaceman 15 - Musings 17 - Inhabit 21 - Abode 22 - Germ 23 - Cumin 24 - Delhi Down 1 - Tweedledum 2 - Woohoo 3 - Trenches 4 - Hose 5 - Shoegaze 6 - Gumption 11 - Amphibious 12 - Read more...

Friends With Benefits

Posted 11:39am Sunday 20th September 2026 by Heeni Koero Te Rerenoa (Sky)

If there’s one thing a Ngāpuhi likes, it’s arguing a case. Unfortunately for everyone else, I’ve always got one.  When I left Whangārei, most people assured me I was about to meet a whole new world of “like-minded” people. Unfortunately, I interpreted Read more...

Booze Review: Absolut Vodka with Sprite Watermelon Zero Sugar 5% Cans

Posted 11:35am Sunday 20th September 2026 by Swig60

Welcome back beer lovers and toe suckers. It’s the final stretch of the uni year, so we only have a handful of drinking weekends, a semester of lectures, 2 showers, and 400 wanks (or whatever girls do instead) left to go. For this week's drink, we have something that smells like vodka, Read more...

Editorial: Issue 22 2026

Posted 12:31pm Sunday 13th September 2026 by Heeni Koero Te Rerenoa (Sky)

My mum was 18 when she had me. She liked the Bratz, and apparently knew I would too. So when it came time to name her first daughter, she had a plan. The only flaw in this master plan was that she was having a brown-eyed Māori girl in Whangārei, named after the whitest Bratz girl of the Read more...

Da Juicy Joint

Posted 11:20am Sunday 13th September 2026 by Critic

Island Gewl Ngā kai 1½ cups frozen pineapple ¼ cup vanilla high-protein yoghurt ½ cup coconut water 1 scoop protein powder ½ tsp chia seeds 4 ice cubes Juicy Couture Ngā kai ¾ cup unsweetened almond milk ¼ cup Read more...

Before You Leave Ōtepoti

Posted 11:18am Sunday 13th September 2026 by Te Āwhina Brundell

Congratulations, tauira mā. You survived another Ōtepoti winter. The days are getting longer, the flowers are popping up, and now and then the sun stays out long enough for us to remember that Dunedin can be quite beautiful. Unfortunately, we've also reached that point in the Read more...

Carpool Confession

Posted 11:16am Sunday 13th September 2026 by Te Āwhina Brundell

I have a confession to make: Sometimes, speaking te reo Māori scares me more around other Māori than it does around anyone else. We talk constantly about revitalisation. Kōrero Māori. Normalise te reo Māori. Use what you have, as much as you can. Kia kaha te reo Read more...