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Moaningful Confessions: The Biter

Posted 9:38am Sunday 26th July 2026 by Lady Gag-me

Ok guys, let's throw it back… all the way to first year. I’m now in my fifth year, so this was long enough ago that I should probably have some perspective, but not long enough that I don’t lie awake wondering if I accidentally invented an entire situationship with a man who Read more...

Letters: Issue 16 2026

Posted 9:34am Sunday 26th July 2026 by Critic

Dear Madam Critic I am writing in disgust at the recent price increases at uni cafés. From the start of this semester, a thing Chicken and Cranberry Panini or a Breakfast Wrap is $12!! This is nuts! Campus cafe food was never supposed to be Michelin Star quality, but it was supposed to at Read more...

Horoscopes: Issue 16 2026

Posted 9:32am Sunday 26th July 2026 by The Orb

Aries It’s time to cultivate more than just black mould in your bedroom. Grab those stolen plant clippings and turn your flat into a greenhouse. The best part? You can blast your heater to a ‘tropical’ level and blame the power bill on your green thumb.  Your cleaning Read more...

OUSA Exec: Student Strike For Education

Posted 9:30am Sunday 26th July 2026 by Flynn Nisbett

We aren’t entitled to anything. If we want to go to uni that badly, we should pay for it ourselves because times have changed with AI and we just need more tradies. That’s what I would say if I hated good things. Three years of fees free, promised by Labour, was designed to address Read more...

Editorial: Texts That I Got This Week

Posted 9:28am Sunday 26th July 2026 by Hanna Varrs

Last week, I committed to using a flip phone for 7 days. I will start with the cons. Firstly, I hadn’t realised how much I was relying on social media for a sense of connectivity, or parasocialisation. I found myself wondering when the days had gotten so long, and so lonely. Secondly, there Read more...

The Algorithm Made Me Do It

Posted 9:25am Sunday 26th July 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.  There was a time when personality was something you developed. Somewhere along the way, we outsourced our personalities to the algorithm. Nobody simply Read more...

Better Cones and Gardens: Exchange Students

Posted 11:50am Sunday 19th July 2026 by Jonathan McCabe

Rejoice! The next shipment of exchange students has arrived in Ōtepoti. Filling the UniFlat beds of those who conquered the city before them, this group has got a lot to live up to. Being heavily involved with Otago University’s outdoor clubs, I find myself widely intertwined with the Read more...

Moaningful Confessions: Tyre Slasher

Posted 11:45am Sunday 19th July 2026 by Lady Pain Grey

I was in my second-year of university, and had just broken up with my longterm boyfriend. Heartbroken and numb to pretty much everything, I was keen to figure out what university hookup culture was all about, given I’d been dating my man since year 13. The unlucky guy who caught my Read more...

OUSA Exec: Daniel Leamy & Kamesha Jones

Posted 11:40am Sunday 19th July 2026 by Daniel Leamy

The second semester is well and truly underway, and OUSA has got some big things coming up! With Re:Ori behind us, we are looking toward candidate debates and voter enrollment for the general election, hundreds of club AGMs, and our very own OUSA elections in September. Plus, many more free brekkies Read more...

Editorial: I Will Go 7 Days With a Flip Phone

Posted 11:36am Sunday 19th July 2026 by Hanna Varrs

I feel weird. I think it’s probably some combination of seeing my brother for the first time in a long time and being in my last ever second semester, but I feel that every day is going too fast now. At the time of writing, I have just become eligible to graduate with my law degree. Nearly Read more...