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Local Produce: [Allophones]

Posted 7:44pm Sunday 26th February 2023 by Jamiema Lorimer

The Allophones are Barney, Ben, and Tane. Barney and Ben are also siblings. “Allophones” are also a group of sounds that a certain combination of letters can make (linguistics students, please don’t come for me). You could also say an “allophone” is a singular member of Read more...

Horoscopes: Week 1

Posted 7:35pm Sunday 26th February 2023 by Critic

Aquarius Jan 20 - Feb 18 The stars are aligning for you! This year the universe is moving into Aquarius, you lucky ducks. Be prepared for some freaky shit to happen from March till June xx New Year’s Resolution: Make the most out of every moment.   Pisces Feb 19 - Mar Read more...

Editorial: I am once again asking for a student bar

Posted 6:53pm Sunday 26th February 2023 by Fox Meyer

This debate has been raging for a while, but let me get you up to speed. Dunedin lost its last student bar two years ago (RIP Starters). Previous bars had closed because they weren’t profitable or because they were bought out - sometimes by the Uni, sometimes not. Split hairs over that all you Read more...

Chargrills | Prawn rice noodle salad

Posted 6:35pm Sunday 26th February 2023 by Charly Burnett @chargrillss

This salad is out the gate and super shrimple. Mean option for a hot Dunners day and isn't heavy on the tummy. Crack in! INGREDIENTS: 300g prawns ($8.80 at Pakkies) Dried basil Mixed herbs Oil A packet of rice noodles A telegraph cuc 2 XL carrots One capsicum An Read more...

Booze Review | BRB Haze of our Lives

Posted 6:16pm Sunday 26th February 2023 by Albert Einsteinlager

The rumble of student shitboxes returning to Otago; freshers and breathers sinking piss hand over fist; littered streets strewn with eggshells. Nature is healing.   These scenes are nothing uncommon for the students of North D, as they gear up for their Flo and O Weeks. Fourteen days of Read more...

Moaningful Confessions | Tap and Gap ASAP

Posted 5:38pm Sunday 26th February 2023 by Critic

It was the Saturday of Re-O and, after a week of pouring rain and a lack of alcohol consumed, I knew tonight was the night I needed to send it. So, obviously the only way to do this was to down as many vodka shots as physically possible. I’m not going to lie, I truly did this to the best of my Read more...

Fresher Simulator: O-Week

Posted 5:26pm Sunday 26th February 2023 by Lotto Ramsay

1. Welcome (Start here) You’re a fresher (our condolences) arriving at Dunedin airport for the first time ever. You marvel at all the butt-fuck-nowhere around you. Off to collect your luggage! Where did you fly in from, again? A: Auckland (Go to 11) B: Somewhere else (Go to Read more...

Moaningful Confessions | Dick munter

Posted 8:18pm Sunday 9th October 2022 by Critic

Dunedin is great, but if the ‘Dunedin Experience’ involves, as he described it “the worst sex story I can think of” I’m not sure the wonderful student experience is worth it.    For context, I wasn’t sure we would have sex again after a couple weeks of Read more...

Horoscopes: Week 26

Posted 8:15pm Sunday 9th October 2022 by Critic

Aquarius Jan 20 - Feb 18 Forever young is good in theory, but some of us have to live with you. Take some responsibility for how you behave and watch good things come to you. Also, clean your kitchen. Put on your summer to-do list: Keep a list of every beach you Read more...

Booze Review | Budweiser is Unpatriotic

Posted 8:10pm Sunday 9th October 2022 by Chug Norris

Every country in the world has a national beer. Australia has VB, New Zealand has, for some fucking reason, Tui, and Budweiser is known first and foremost as the national beer of the trainwreck of a country that calls itself the United States. But something seems wrong about Budweiser representing Read more...