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Local Produce: Hannah Martin

Posted 10:28pm Thursday 10th September 2020 by Sinead Gill

Hannah Martin isn’t a Dunedin local, but Critic is officially claiming her as one of Dunedin and Studentville’s best emerging artists. She submitted her piece, “The Creation of Dunners”, to the OUSA Art Exhibition, and describes that piece like she does her other work: Read more...

Local Produce | Adelaide Cara

Posted 9:48pm Thursday 3rd September 2020 by Sophia Carter Peters

Radio One’s soundwave angel Adelaide Cara is bringing a darker sound to the Dunedin music scene. As a local producer and the vocalist of Milpool, they are a force to be reckoned with. They plan on leaving a supernatural mark on music – their instrumentals can only be described as Read more...

Bargain Box: Is It Worth It?

Posted 9:47pm Thursday 3rd September 2020 by Kaiya Cherrington

Trying to plan and decide what to eat for dinner takes up too much time in the day. Time that could be better-spent binge-watching Netflix shows with your flatmates and avoiding pending assignments. If you’re anything like me, eating like a rat is what gets us through the day. It’s not Read more...

Zodiac Records: South D’s Best Kept Secret

Posted 9:09pm Thursday 27th August 2020 by Tyler West

Walking down King Edwards Street in South Dunedin you pass bustling cafes, second-hand stores, and various offices. Standing out is a storefront full to bursting with books and music. “BOOK EXCHANGE” reads one side in bright yellow, “Zodiac RECORDS” reads the other. I spent Read more...

Things to Do and See In and Around Dunedin (if it’s 1980).

Posted 9:08pm Thursday 27th August 2020 by Asia Martusia King

One day in a secondhand bookshop, I unearthed an ancient tome from the year 1980. Blowing a thick layer of dust from the cover, I could make out the words Discovering Dunedin: 503 things to see and do in and around Dunedin. Written by Joyce Herd and accompanied with photos by the delightfully named Read more...

An Exclusive Interview with @sinksofdunedin

Posted 8:57pm Thursday 27th August 2020 by Naomii Seah

@sinksofdunedin, a novelty Instagram account for documenting and rating various sinks around Dunedin, has experienced a meteoric rise to fame since they created their account in late June. Currently, they have over 1000 followers, and 70 posts. On their account, they post glossy, well composed Read more...

The Dunedin Ice Stadium: The Hottest Coldest Place in Town

Posted 8:52pm Thursday 27th August 2020 by Fox Meyer

When I was deciding where to go to uni, I googled ‘best ice rink in NZ’. Apparently it’s in Dunedin, so now I’m in Dunedin too. Our rink offers ice disco nights, quiet midday sessions, live hockey, skating lessons and curling, all with a beach on the doorstep Somebody once Read more...

Local Produce: Jonte

Posted 8:51pm Thursday 27th August 2020 by Andy Randell

Back in high school and my first few years of varsity, I really wanted to be in one of those bands that would play gigs every other Saturday and pull in hundreds of people every time. So, I started one. We would practise every weekend, but it never amounted to anything, even though we played for Read more...

Mark Neilson: Acting Out Campus Security

Posted 8:39pm Thursday 27th August 2020 by Jack Gilmore

Actor and campus watchman Mark Neilson was told by Otago Uni “don’t come back” when he was a student here in the 90s. Yet, as time moved on, Mark has returned a couple of times. Firstly, through OUSA’s Social Activities department in the early 2000s, and again in 2018 as a Read more...

A Brief History of the Toitū Otago Settlers Museum

Posted 8:12pm Thursday 27th August 2020 by Kaiya Cherrington

The Otago Settlers Museum is New Zealand’s oldest history museum, and it’s hard to miss. The Museum spans across a huge portion of land from the Train Station to the Chinese Gardens, and the Museum itself was established to reflect colonial settlement. Starting off as the Otago Early Read more...