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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...

Crossword Answers - Issue 15 2026

Posted 9:38am Saturday 18th July 2026 by The Quizzler

ACROSS 1 WELCOME 6 LILAC 8 EROS 9 MERYL STREEP 11 BUS 12 HER 13 TREASON 15 MILO 17 TWIGGY 18 KAPUT 20 BENEVOLENT 23 KITE 26 DAINTIEST 28 PANCAKE 29 ROCKY 31 HYDRO  32 OLIVE DOWN 1 WEETBIX 2 LOOKSHARP 3 MARE 4 VIOLET 5 LOVE 7 CARNATION 9 MARMITE 10 PANSY 14 Read more...

Horoscopes: Issue 15 2026

Posted 9:31am Saturday 18th July 2026 by The Orb

Capricorn Stop overbooking yourself before you have a public meltdown in Central Library. Nobody expects you to be a CEO, and burning out before midterms will tank your GPA. Pace yourself, breathe, and accept you don't need to make millions. Yet.  Your Greek God: Hermes Ares The Read more...

Booze Review: Hard Rated Orange

Posted 9:08am Saturday 18th July 2026 by Swig60

Welcome back pissers and shitters, and a happy international Re:Ori! We hope everyone had a good break, except for all you Aucklanders who went to Bali. Fuck you guys, we are not reviewing your shitty Bintangs. Instead, here’s Hard Rated Orange. Tasting Notes  Yep! It’s Read more...

Crossword Answers - Issue 14 2026

Posted 4:07pm Saturday 11th July 2026 by The Quizzler

ACROSS: 1 - Subscribers 6 - Relic 7 - Unspoiled 9 - Ewok 10 - Empire State 13 - Gingerbread man 17 - Excess 18 - Snap 19 - Smoking 20 - Outed 21 - Kobe 22 - Shuttles 23 - Gotham DOWN: 1 - Sorcery 2 - Skink 3 - Bonsai 4 - Spokesman 5 - Brexit 8 - Aimless 11 - Arming 12 - Read more...

Proctology 33

Posted 4:04pm Saturday 11th July 2026 by Hanna Varrs

When we tried to schedule our next meeting over the break, Critic Te Ārohi was imagining that the Proctor would decline it in favour of sipping piña coladas for a sacred few weeks. It was not the case. Instead, he was all too keen to get our ear, and give us some Proctorly Read more...

Moaningful Confessions: The one that got away… For three years

Posted 4:00pm Saturday 11th July 2026 by Lady Gag-me

Everyone remembers their Big University Romance. I can sum up mine up with a few pretty sad stats. 3 years. Thousands of texts. And one lousy kiss – at the airport, of all places. We met in halls, where it feels like everyone is simultaneously trying to reinvent themselves and also find Read more...

Horoscopes: Issue 14 2026

Posted 3:57pm Saturday 11th July 2026 by The Orb

Cancer This week it’s time to let your hair down and embrace some cultish behaviour. Don’t sacrifice the family pet goat, but skipping around a beach bonfire while cross-faded with friends might do the trick. Your Otago canon event: Never being satisfied by your degree Read more...

Joint Statement On The Legislation (Definition Of A Man and Woman Bill) Amendment Bill

Posted 3:28pm Saturday 11th July 2026 by OUSA Exec

The OUSA Executive and UniQ oppose the Gender (Definitions of Man and Woman)  amendment bill, and call for it to be withdrawn over the dehumanisation wielded against transgender, non-binary, takatāpui and intersex people.   Everyone deserves to live a life of dignity where we Read more...

Editorial: Everything You Missed Over The Break

Posted 3:24pm Saturday 11th July 2026 by Hanna Varrs

Welcome back. I missed you! In the spirit of our census results coming out, I asked you guys (via the @criticmag story) what you had all been missing about Ōtepoti while you were away for the break.  April misses hearing the clocktower chime. Ryan misses Leith Liquor. A couple of Read more...

Crossword Answers - Issue 13 2026

Posted 12:25pm Saturday 23rd May 2026 by The Quizzler

ACROSS: 1- Daniel Radcliffe 6 - Influencers 8 - KPH 10 - Karyon 11  - Enraged 13 - Topical 14 - Methodology 19 - Gossips 22 - Satchel 23 - Boundless 24 - Scold DOWN: 1 - Daniel Leamy 2 - Exhuming 3 - Desecration 4 - IRS 5 - Enthralled 7 - Naked 9  - Innit 12 - Read more...