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How Musician Anthonie Tonnon Tells the Story of a Small Town Environmental Disaster Through Song

Posted 8:20pm Thursday 30th August 2018 by Waveney Russ

Anthonie Tonnon is a captivating, albeit contrived, musician and performer. Always dressed to the nines and sporting funky dance moves, every live performance sees Tonnon explain to his audience some vaguely recondite concept or story, of which he becomes the sole authoritarian figure for the Read more...

Subtle Cake Is Dunedin’s Coolest New Streetwear Label

Posted 8:18pm Thursday 30th August 2018 by Jessica Thompson Carr

Growing up as the only girl in a low-income family, Caitlin Carrollhad to rework a lot of hand-me-downs from her older brothers. She wouldcut up what they had and re-vamp it in her own style. She always wanted labels but couldn’t afford them, so she took to making them herself. Once, Read more...

OUSA Art Week Student Exhibition Winners

Posted 10:39pm Sunday 19th August 2018 by Critic

Art Zone Painting Winner: Kowhai/Yellow by Tom Normeier         This particular painting has thoughtful use of colour and extreme detail, from the soft focus in the background to the pollen on the bird’s beak. The eye of the bird draws the viewer in and Read more...

Entropy

Posted 5:37pm Thursday 16th August 2018 by Randall Parsons

Seagulls circle side the Lake How high how low how high They go Red beaks Red feet White Wings Cast shadows Cross open water Our slit eyes Shell pebbled shore line & squat beat bach Sentinel Set back, the scrappy bush Adrift us Shimmering through warm Read more...

Aussie Musician Harry Marshall Is Your New Crush

Posted 4:53pm Thursday 16th August 2018 by Jessica Thompson Carr

When I first met Indie-Rock artist Harry Marshall, he was a scruffy little blond Australian busking the streets of Paris outside the Shakespeare and Company bookshop. I kicked the Australian flag tag he had hooked to his guitar case, and we’ve been friends ever since. What drew me to him Read more...

The Ten Commandments of Fuck Buddies

Posted 4:52pm Thursday 16th August 2018 by Robin Scherbatzky

Friends with benefits can be the ultimate situation, if you do it right. The idea is tempting to most – you get to hang out with a mate and also have regular sex. What’s not to love? But the fear that one of you will catch feelings and it will all end in an awkward sort of breakup and Read more...

I Read All 54 Animorphs Books in Five Days and It Nearly Destroyed Me

Posted 5:45pm Thursday 9th August 2018 by Charlie O’Mannin

Animorphs is a *children’s* book series by K. A. Applegate about a group of teenagers who learn about a parasitic alien race, the Yeerks, secretly taking over the earth and simultaneously gain the ability to ‘morph’ from a different alien race, the Andalites, who do not like the Read more...

Why I Swiped Left to Tinder

Posted 5:38pm Thursday 9th August 2018 by Phoebe Storr

We all know Tinder is a bit of fun, and that the likelihood of finding a cheeky bang after hitting town is far greater than finding your one true love (I’ve heard Heartbreak Island sign ups are out, so maybe there’s your chance).  Here’s a list as to why I ditched Tinder Read more...

It’s a Hoochie World, We’re Just Living In It

Posted 5:35pm Thursday 9th August 2018 by Paul Whiley

There are very few gigs as riveting as Hoochie World. A high energy, sometimes erratic experience that epitomises the Dunners Breatha experience, Hoochie World’s insane series of gigs are led by some of the front-runners of the new wave of “Dunedin Sound,” including Marlin’s Read more...

Cold

Posted 1:03am Monday 6th August 2018 by Eliza P.

Acclimatisation is a lie. He feels the chill through his jeans and wishes his jacket had one more layer of feathers. He wonders what idiot decided to build a university with nothing but an ocean between it and Antarctica’s wind. The icecap cold comes insidiously, creeping into his Read more...

Aloo Gobi – Cheap, Dirty & Delicious

Posted 7:03pm Thursday 2nd August 2018 by The Scarfie Chef

Aloo gobi is great because it is simple, delicious, and it sounds like a dirty joke. It’s also incredibly cheap because it’s based on potato, which is basically free, and it just uses all the standard spices from your drawer, no specialty pastes or anything.  The key is frying Read more...

The Mermaidens: Gritty, Hypnotic, Kickass.

Posted 7:15pm Thursday 19th July 2018 by Jessica Thompson Carr

Despite their absolutely adorable name, the Mermaidens epitomize the gritty, hypnotic, kickass sound you always knew you needed but never had the guts to try.  They've been around for a few years, and their style is just… so fricken cool. There’s no other way to describe Read more...

Rice Ball Reviews

Posted 7:11pm Thursday 19th July 2018 by Joel MacManus

Sushi Station The rice ball was warm. Weird. While abnormal for sushi, it was not altogether unpleasant. It’s also a sign that they were probably very freshly made and didn’t have time to cool down, so that’s a good thing.  The rice was a flavour explosion, and it was Read more...

Kendrick Lamar, Dunedin, 2018: An Incredibly Hungover Review

Posted 7:09pm Thursday 19th July 2018 by Jessica Thompson Carr

I have seen God.  I am now zen.  Kung Fu Kenny took Dunedin by STORM on Tuesday in his huge Damn tour concert at Forsyth Barr Stadium. At 16,000, it was the largest crowd for a Pulitzer Prize winner in New Zealand history (narrowly pipping Carl Bernstein of the Washington Read more...

Rākau

Posted 5:38pm Thursday 12th July 2018 by Taylor Terekia

My ancestor advised his descendants You were born with two hands to use Hold your rākau and maintain independence And use theirs to deflect the abuse    Racism, cultural appropriation... ‘don’t be sensitive, we’re joking around’ Words Read more...

Nadia Reid : I Just Became Obsessed And Never Stopped

Posted 5:36pm Thursday 12th July 2018 by Jamie Green

Dunedin’s own folk singer/songwriter Nadia Reid has been described as the saviour of folk music. Dave Dobbyn called her “spellbinding,” “transporting,” and “inspiring”. Her second album, Preservation, was ranked No. 2 on Mojo Magazine’s list Read more...

Being Māori at Otago University

Posted 5:33pm Thursday 12th July 2018 by Taylor Terekia

Being a fresh Māori navigating through University, I had a tough time dealing with identity when I arrived at Otago. In first year I was so overwhelmed by whitenon-Māori people I thought I was going to lose my reo, my culture and tikanga. I mean, I was already losing my tan and Read more...

Tap X to Cum

Posted 5:31pm Thursday 12th July 2018 by Lisa Blakie

Hey buds, you know what’s weird? Sex. You know what’s weirder? Sex in video games. Sex is a reward mechanic. Traditionally, there has not been a history of discussion of consent prior to sex rewards in games. Players assume that sexual rewards will always be given after Read more...

I Fucked You With My Pussy Not My Heart

Posted 9:49pm Thursday 5th July 2018 by Critic

Two months ago I started casually seeing this very eccentric guy (he wrote erotic fiction and submitted naked photos of his dick to tumblr blogs so you make the judgement on just howeccentric). I made it very clear from the get-go that I didn’t want anything more than the physical, but Read more...

NZIFF: The New Zealand International Film Festival

Posted 9:47pm Thursday 5th July 2018 by George Hellriegel

The New Zealand International Film Festival (NZIFF) is coming to town from the 9thto the 26thof August. Time to put on those big puffers to hide your snacks because you’ll want to go see the stunning line-up in store for Dunedin. To get everyone amped for what’s to come, here are a few Read more...