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Food Bill

Posted 6:37pm Sunday 11th March 2012 by Staff Reporter

The vans arrive next to the railway station early; before dawn farmers are already setting up the tables in their usual spots. They chat to their neighbours before the first customers arrive. A variety of products can be found across the stalls, from Vegetables, cakes, and Grandma’s jam, to homemade Read more...

The Now-Annual Critic Icecream Review

Posted 6:37pm Sunday 11th March 2012 by Ines Shennan

The 24Supplier: Streets The Ambrosia was a let-down, despite its abundant marshmallows. Only nine flavours were on show, and the icecream held a consistency a little too icy. The Caramel Ripple, despite lacking that coveted creaminess, still shone through flavour-wise. Customer service: After Read more...

The Annual Crutik Fush'N'Chup Review

Posted 6:37pm Sunday 11th March 2012 by Staff Reporter

WillowbankChips $3.60 | Fish $3.30 Upon reaching Willowbank we were so eager to sink our teeth into plentifull greasy fish and chips that it seemed possible we had set our standards too high. A warmer housed stacks of chips and fried chicken with a deep brown, cracked batter, beneath a lurid Read more...

Privacy For Sale

Posted 6:37pm Sunday 11th March 2012 by Katie Kenny

Not at all, claim many satirical publications and conspiracy theorists. Zuckerberg’s $50 billion operation is often associated with modern-day “Big Brother-is-watching-you” anxieties, yet many students are too humble (or perhaps too naïve) to consider the potential repercussions of their online Read more...

Holly Walker

Posted 6:37pm Sunday 11th March 2012 by Callum Fredric

Holly Walker, the second-youngest MP in Parliament, is widely regarded as one of the Green Party’s future stars. Political Reporter Callum Fredric met up with her for an organic lemonade and a chat about her experiences as Critic Editor, Rhodes Scholar, and first-term MP. Your early life Read more...

An Evening with Mr Walker

Posted 6:37pm Sunday 11th March 2012 by Staff Reporter

When a man is able to make a feature-length film for $150, you know that there is a serious amount of enthusiasm involved. Critic sat down with now-Dunedin-based digital filmmaker Campbell Walker to get a quick lesson in passion. Campbell Walker, whose first film Uncomfortable Comfortable Read more...

The Hetero Agenda

Posted 4:53pm Sunday 4th March 2012 by Zane Pocock

I’m one of the lucky ones. No matter what my sexual orientation turned out to be, my parents said they would always accept me. I don’t really have any desire to know whether I received this reassurance because of my interest in fashion or complete disinterest in Barbie-like bimbos, but it was Read more...

Welcome to The Ride

Posted 4:53pm Sunday 4th March 2012 by Staff Reporter

After hours of arguing amongst the Critic staff over who would sacrifice a week of their life to go along to every single O-Week event, Critic decided that it made more sense to recruit a fresher. Easily overawed by the trappings of the Critic office (we have a cat), we enrolled a first year tourism Read more...

Fuck me Baby

Posted 4:53pm Sunday 4th March 2012 by Anonymous

Let me say first, that I am not a ‘sexpert’. I find most portmanteaus (‘guesstimate’, ‘Brangelina’, ‘vajazzling’) irritating in the extreme. Literally in the case of vajazzling, it turns out my vagina is allergic to diamantes. And if having had a lot of so-awful-it’s-funny sex makes me a ‘sexpert’, Read more...

Dr Clark & Mr Woodhouse Interview Transcript

Posted 3:10pm Monday 27th February 2012 by Callum Fredric

22 February 2012 C = Critic | D = David Clark | M = Michael Woodhouse Callum: Can we start off with both of you having a bit of a chat about your time at Otago? What you studied, where you flatted, did you go to halls, etc. David: I came here at the start of the nineties, Read more...