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Critic Booze Reviews | Goon for $9.90

Posted 1:55pm Sunday 6th August 2017 by Swilliam Shakesbeer

Praise be the God of Alcoholics, we have been granted a gift from above. Meenan’s Wine & Spirits on Great King Street has come out with the deal of the year – nay, the deal of the decade. A succulent goon of red wine, containing 21 delectable standard drinks, for $9.90. That is not a Read more...

The Hell Hole | The Leader

Posted 1:47pm Sunday 6th August 2017 by Jon A

Everyone was bright-eyed and engaged. The speaker, an older blonde-haired man in a suit, was standing at a decorated podium. His voice played over their heads from black, looming speakers. The crowd hung off his every word. Anna rolled her eyes. He was talking about being united, making the Read more...

Ethel & Hyde | Counselling Denounced

Posted 1:40pm Sunday 6th August 2017 by Student Support

Can anyone help me? I need some counselling but can’t get in to Student Health. I know my studies are being affected; I can’t concentrate properly anymore. Do you know if there are other ways to get in to see someone? Strained Student   Ethel and Hyde is brought to you Read more...

Lucky in Love | Bert & Ernie

Posted 1:34pm Sunday 6th August 2017 by Lovebirds

Each week, we lure two singletons to The Bog Irish Bar, give them food and drink, then wait for their reports to arrive in our inbox. If this sounds like you, email: critic@critic.co.nz   Bert First of all, I just want to lay it out straight, arriving 23 minutes late to a date is Read more...

Inventions Out of Time | Breathing

Posted 12:51pm Sunday 6th August 2017 by Charlie O’Mannin

3/5 When it comes to breathing I can not let my personal feelings (Personal Feelings: 3.5/5) get in the way of providing an objective review. I’ll make it very clear: I do not like breathing. I think it is pointless and repetitive and takes too much effort. However, I acknowledge that other Read more...

Mystery Object Hunt (August 7-13)

Posted 12:46pm Sunday 6th August 2017 by Critic

We’ve got a nice mellow week of special days - definitely a cause for celebration!   Monday 7 August – Particularly Preposterous Packaging Day How does it feel when you get approximately five chips in a packet puffed full of mainly air? What about when you purchase some Read more...

David Clark | Orokonui

Posted 11:42am Sunday 6th August 2017 by David Clark

Orokonui Ecosanctuary is a jewel in Dunedin’s crown. We have a wonderful natural landscape in the south and a proud history of preserving and promoting our wildlife and surroundings. Situated 20km north of the city, the fenced ecosanctuary celebrates New Zealanders’ birth-right as Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 18

Posted 11:32am Sunday 6th August 2017 by Charlie O’Mannin

To start this week, Being paid to think is a fool’s game. I’m paid (in the unspoken affirmation of strangers) to insult the ODT, and loving it.   Next, the ODT’s wildest dreams have come true  All of our normal swans are on loan from the Queen. The Read more...

Editorial | Cowardice Trumps Free Speech, at Least When 1.7 Billion People’s Feelings Are Involved

Posted 10:38am Sunday 6th August 2017 by Joe Higham

This week (August 9) was meant to have KPFA, a Californian radio station who describe themselves as “emphatically supporting serious free speech,” host world-renowned evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, that is, until they abruptly cancelled the event. Their message to Dawkins Read more...

Ethel & Hyde

Posted 2:14pm Sunday 30th July 2017 by Student Support

Dear Ethel/Hyde, I signed a lease about a week ago for a flat on Leith St with a bunch of mates and now we have received an invitation to an initiation, because it turns out one of our friends knows someone living there this year and gave them our names. I am very nervous about what we might have Read more...

Purple Goanna Is Genuine Poison

Posted 2:10pm Sunday 30th July 2017 by Swilliam Shakesbeer

Purple Goanna spits in the face of all that is holy. An artificial potion of methylated spirits and dirty chemicals, this RTD has inflicted a pain on the youth of New Zealand that even Suzie Cato could not fix. The flavours are indecipherable. With the deep purple hue of the liquid, one would Read more...

Poetry Corner

Posted 2:06pm Sunday 30th July 2017 by Jeremy Spruyt

Thursday Some mornings I forget to wash and I wonder how you breathe, it seems, always through the nose. Remembering this, I sneeze: you smile, joke; there’s a lot of mucus in the world, this morning.   Domestic Living Oh, and I changed my passwords; I lost my credit Read more...

David Clark | Jacinda visit and the importance of voting

Posted 1:56pm Sunday 30th July 2017 by David Clark

Thanks to those who packed out the Evison Lounge in the Clubs and Socs building when my friend Jacinda Ardern came to speak about her vision for New Zealand, and the choice voters will have to make in September this year. Despite the America’s Cup Victory Parade and, I’m told, a Read more...

Science Tank | The Mighty Aurora

Posted 1:47pm Sunday 30th July 2017 by Chelle Fitzgerald

Living far from the equator can be a bit of a bummer - we miss out on that awesome high concentration of sunshine and long sunny days. Instead we crawl sadly into our damp Dunedin caves at 4pm when we lose the sun in winter. We brave the cold Antarctic winds and surf in what feels like a frozen Read more...

Lucky in Love | Cheese & Chalk

Posted 1:34pm Sunday 30th July 2017 by Lovebirds

Each week, we lure two singletons to The Bog Irish Bar, give them food and drink, then wait for their reports to arrive in our inbox. If this sounds like you, email: critic@critic.co.nz   Cheese I FOUND A WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER but unfortunately no Husband, he was v talented Read more...

Sage Advice | The Gymnasium

Posted 1:26pm Sunday 30th July 2017 by Mat Clarkson

“It is a disgrace to grow old through sheer carelessness before seeing what manner of citizen you may become by developing your strength and beauty to their highest limit.” - Socrates   This question comes from a loyal reader: “Dear Sage Advice, gyms in Dunedin... Read more...

Inventions Out of Time | Alchemy

Posted 12:39pm Sunday 30th July 2017 by Charlie O’Mannin

4.5/5 Alchemy is the perfect way to while away those rainy afternoons. Fun for the whole family, alchemy is engaging and easily accessible for all ages. The only problem is that it is perhaps too easy. Turning base metals into gold is a great way to entertain the kids, but it doesn’t hold Read more...

Mystery Object Hunt (July 31-August 6)

Posted 12:32pm Sunday 30th July 2017 by Critic

Only four weeks left until the mid-semester break! But remember not to wish your lives away; each day counts and is worth celebrating.   Monday 31 July – Uncommon Instrument Awareness Day Close your eyes and imagine being a euphonium in this world of pianos and guitars. Can Read more...

ODT Watch | Issue 17

Posted 11:12am Sunday 30th July 2017 by Charlie O’Mannin

To start this week, the ODT has some good old fist shaking to do. Damn those youths, with their internet and their riots and their non-arthritic hips.   Then, a very serious story that is also inextricably funny. I think it’s because I imagine mushrooms the exact size Read more...

Editorial | Inspirational travel quotes

Posted 10:28am Sunday 30th July 2017 by Lucy Hunter

“Travel while you’re young and able. Don’t worry about the money, just make it work. Experience is far more valuable than money will ever be.” An awful quote, a false attribution, a terrible font, set on a background of some cliff-face you are supposed to want to climb. To Read more...