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Antisocial Media

Posted 10:32am Sunday 1st October 2023 by Critic

by Pippa Richards, Dom Piceno, Maddi Butler, and Ruby Chadd   This article was written by students from MANT252, a paper designed to develop future leaders. As a part of this, they’re tasked with leading a social action project with relevant stakeholders, and this group requested Read more...

Go Big or (Don’t) Go Home

Posted 10:03pm Sunday 24th September 2023 by Harriette Boucher

It’s late. You’re several standards deep and, in your quest to feel something even remotely close to human affection, you’ve gone home with a stranger you just met. Deeds are done, towels are wiped, snoozes are hastily had. And then comes the cold light of day, when you must Read more...

Otago Degrees and Their Favourite Sex Positions:

Posted 10:02pm Sunday 24th September 2023 by Anon

No one asked, but here it is. A breakdown of Otago degrees and their favourite sex positions. Use it well.    Using a mix of questionable quantitative and qualitative research methods, Critic Te Ārohi has investigated the correlations between what degrees people take and their Read more...

What sex toy are you?

Posted 9:51pm Sunday 24th September 2023 by Critic

How often do you nap?   I’m not a toddler. I micro-nap by blinking rapidly, when required Can it even be called napping when I didn’t get up in the morning? Only when my partner does  Very rarely, and usually in jeans, but when I do I lose all sense of time and Read more...

RED-S

Posted 12:46pm Monday 18th September 2023 by Hugh Askerud

Imagine you’re an athlete, spending your days in the shell of a constant migraine, feeling immediately tired upon waking with a full day of training and classes ahead of you. This was Tom’s reality for almost a year as he grappled with RED-S, also known as Relative Energy Deficiency in Read more...

Winning Streak

Posted 12:28pm Monday 18th September 2023 by Hugh Askerud

Saturday, August 26th. A cool breeze whistled through Forsyth Barr Stadium, carrying the jeers of Otago and Southland fans. It was a day few could predict, but all would remember; it was the day of the streaker. The streaker who lived.   Long before this fateful day, nine young men set Read more...

Winston Peters: In His Reputation Era

Posted 12:24pm Monday 18th September 2023 by Fox Meyer

Winston Peters is the stuff of legend in the New Zealand Government. He’s the only diplomat that’s ever been invited to North Korea. He’s also the longest-serving MP, entering Parliament in 1979 - before the rise of neoliberalism or the inception of the internet - during a time of Read more...

The Breatha’s Guide to Understanding the Rugby World Cup

Posted 12:22pm Monday 18th September 2023 by Oscar Paul

What is the Rugby World Cup?    The Rugby World Cup (RWC) is a quadrennial meeting between the best countries in the world, i.e., the ones that play rugby. The coolest donnies, the blokes you’d happily invite over for your red card. 20 countries in total, each with mixed Read more...

Cluckergirl

Posted 12:17pm Monday 18th September 2023 by Fox Meyer

“This is for everyone who’s ever been told they couldn’t make it, everyone who’s been told they’re ‘too old’, ‘too bold’, ‘too much at risk of transmitting avian flu’... They tried to keep me down, but you can’t stop this Read more...

Ngāti Pākehā? More like Naughty Pākehā!

Posted 12:19pm Monday 11th September 2023 by Nā Skyla from Ngāti Hine

The descendants of Porourangi are known as Ngāti Porou, and Ngāti Tūwharetoa in the central North Island are, of course, descended from Tūwharetoa. So if ‘Ngāti’ means ‘descended from’, then who the hell is Pākehā?    Many Read more...