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We Snuck Into Toga Party as 4th and 5th Years and Had The Best Night of Our Lives
Posted 8:28pm Sunday 2nd March 2025 by Abby Wallace
At a certain point of your university life, you stop feeling like a student and start feeling like an anthropologist observing student behaviour in the wild. The only time you set foot on Castle Street is to cut through to the Botans. The only people you recognise in Central are the librarians. You Read more...
The Critic Pie Review
Posted 8:14pm Sunday 2nd March 2025 by Adam Stitely
The pie. It’s simple, it’s working class. Like L&P and DIY, it’s in our DNA, and just like pavlova, Aussies just don't do it the same. The pie is the go-to meal from any petrol station, dairy or else any other place the marginally cooked food gives you a 50-50 chance of Read more...
Breatha’s Got Talent
Posted 7:46pm Sunday 2nd March 2025 by Bianca Prujean
There’s hardly anything more alluring than a free box on a night out. But nothing worthwhile comes easy. To earn such a coveted prize, members of the crowd gathered on Castle and Howe for Frat Night at Feisty Goat would have to prove that their talents lay beyond sinking piss. And they’d Read more...
The Green Solo Alternative
Posted 8:31pm Sunday 23rd February 2025 by Zoe Eckhoff
The Dunedin slander is something I’ve grown used to as one of the few Otago Uni students actually from here. I’m used to the complaints from outsiders and locals about this city and its apparent lack of interesting activities outside of getting pissed on Castle Street. With such a strong Read more...
Fresher Checklist
Posted 6:53pm Sunday 23rd February 2025 by Stella Weston
Meet a minimum of nine aspiring DJs (they’re actually the real deal – they played at Carousel) Trek to Night n’ Day viciously hungover and wearing pajamas, purchase a steak and cheese pie and a purple Powerade, realise you can, in fact, be observed in this state Beg a Read more...
As Good as Mould
Posted 11:22pm Monday 17th February 2025 by Jodie Evans
From flocks of seagulls to herds of freshers, beautiful North Dunedin boasts a variety of unique flora and fauna – the most abundant and furtive of which can be found in your very own flat. You guessed it: mould. Your white-toothed suit-wearing landlord only wants you to live amidst the most Read more...
Long Live the King: Critic Te Ārohi's Beer Pong Rules
Posted 11:20pm Monday 17th February 2025 by Fox Meyer
According to over 150 Critic readers, these are the definitive King’s Cup rules for Otago students: 2: You, with 93.6%. Nominate a drink. 3: Me, with 93.6%. You must drink. 4: Whores, with 61.8%. People identifying as female must Read more...
The Critic Te Ārohi Guide to Second Hand Stores
Posted 11:16pm Monday 17th February 2025 by Phoebe Lea
Whether you're a fellow thrifter fresh to Dunedin or a third-year who never leaves North D, this is the guide for you. Critic sent our bona-fide fashionista Phoebe to scour the streets, sift through the racks, and explore every nook and cranny to bring you the inside scoop on the best op shops Read more...
Firecracker Airfryer Edibles
Posted 11:14pm Monday 17th February 2025 by Lotto Ramsay
Firecrackers are a classic stoner treat, typically made with graham crackers and peanut butter. But due to the exodus of our American staff (good riddance) Critic does not know what graham crackers are – and does not wish to learn. Here they are with biscuits and nutella instead. The weed Read more...
How to know if you’re a breatha (and how you can come to accept it)
Posted 11:12pm Monday 17th February 2025 by Hugh Askerud
Part 1: Develop self-awareness 1 Oh, the breatha. The absolute epitome of what people think of when they think “student”. Like the scarfie of yesteryear, the breatha is everywhere: lurking in your lecture halls, downing Monsters in the library, sifting on your mates. You know Read more...
Outgoing Presidential Address
Posted 8:25pm Sunday 13th October 2024 by Keegan Wells
Tēnā koutou, Wow! What a year! We laughed, we cried, we paddled the flooded Leith, we got a new plinth, and had a lot of $4 lunch along the way. In one of my final acts of dictatorship, I am stealing these two pages of Critic Te Ārohi. I have lived many different Read more...
Choose Your Own Adventure: Exam Procrastination Edition
Posted 7:39pm Sunday 13th October 2024 by Nicky Patterson
1. The end of the year has rolled around once again and there’s nothing you’d rather be doing right now than studying for your 60% exam. But before you do, what’s the harm in just taking a little preemptive brain break? As you look around from your freshly obtained perch in Read more...
The Game of Life, But It’s Just Your Summer 24/25
Posted 6:28pm Sunday 13th October 2024 by Molly Smith-Soppet
Answer these questions and we’ll tell you what you will spend your summer doing. 1. What is the best Campus Shop pie? Mince & Cheese Steak & Cheese Butter Chicken Pepper Steak Veggie Korma Spinach & Feta Roll 2. What is your go-to music genre for Read more...
The Game of Love
Posted 7:29pm Sunday 6th October 2024 by Molly Smith-Soppet
Everything I Know About (Platonic) Love
Posted 7:16pm Sunday 6th October 2024 by Ellie Bennett
I came to university thinking I’d find The One. I was obsessed with the idea that I’d lock eyes with someone across the lecture theatre and be swept into this great, all-consuming romance; that I’d leave here after three years with not only a degree, but a soulmate. That’s Read more...
Homo-geneous
Posted 9:27am Sunday 6th October 2024 by Monty O’Rielly
I don’t even let Georgie get a word out. “It happened again.” They blink, trying to catch up with what I said. “What happened again?” “It. It happened again.” Georgie sighs, “You really have to be more clear.” “She had been fucking Read more...
The Official Dunner Lover Test
Posted 8:31am Sunday 6th October 2024 by Nina Brown
Find out where you rate on the scale from loveless hermit to hopeless romantic. In the pursuit of a crush or during a courtship, have you ever… Used dating apps? Deleted dating apps for them? Stalked their mum's Facebook for pictures of them? Gone through their tagged Read more...
Opinion: She’s Not Your Manic Pixie Dream Girl(friend), She Has ADHD
Posted 11:16am Saturday 5th October 2024 by Jodie Evans
The manic pixie dream girl doesn’t do small talk, only enigmatic discussions about the universe and its infinite possibilities. She stargazes from abandoned rooftops, sings out loud in the supermarket, and writes poetry on bathroom stalls. Her love language is dancing barefoot in the rain. She Read more...
More Gum Than a Wrigley’s Factory: Southern Sounds Reviewed
Posted 5:38pm Saturday 28th September 2024 by Hanna Varrs
Start to finish, baby. Critic Te Ārohi set off to review Southern Sounds from 2pm to 10pm – the full ride. This review was collated from a series of voice memos, videos, photos, and interviews with the few punters we convinced to speak to us. “Buckle up Dunners,” Read more...
Will It Frisbee: A Critic Te Ārohi Experiment
Posted 4:38pm Saturday 28th September 2024 by Sam Smith-Soppet
Abstract Ever found yourself zoning out staring at an object, wondering how far you could throw it? Yeah, that. Welcome to Critic Does Sport: Frisbee Edition. Introduction We assembled the Uni’s best and brightest (your bona fide ranga reporter and our only friend who can throw Read more...
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