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Scamming Studylink

Posted 1:52am Tuesday 12th October 2010 by Staff Reporter

Ralph grew up in a $7m beachfront house in Auckland’s affluent Cheltenham. His Dad made “serious coin” working as a partner in a prominent law firm for 14 years, enough to retire when Ralph was in fifth form. Ralph has spent the last four years studying physiotherapy at AUT. Throughout those four Read more...

Taking away of a Nun

Posted 1:46am Tuesday 12th October 2010 by Caitlyn O’Fallon

and other odd laws past and present. Most people would agree that politicians are capable of some entertainingly stupid actions. It's one of the redeeming qualities of politics in general. But according to the lists of stupid laws that do the rounds on the internet or, in earlier times, in Read more...

The Most Dangerous Places on Earth

Posted 1:44am Tuesday 12th October 2010 by Staff Reporter

The Most Dangerous Places on Earth Colombia:    Dirty little drug-running Escobar wannabes have made Colombia one of the most dangerous countries in the world. Paramilitary groups have waged war on the government with no end in site, contributing to a frenzy of murders. Another Read more...

A Day in Dunedin’s Underbelly

Posted 12:25am Tuesday 12th October 2010 by Thomas redford

Busy days at the Dunedin District Court are a big excited reunion. On Tuesday 19 September, the hallways and waiting rooms were packed at the start of the day, so nods, big reverse-nods, winks, and arm-wrestle-angle-handshakes abounded, and were remarkably shared across all of the courtroom Read more...

PORT CHALMERS

Posted 11:15pm Monday 11th October 2010 by Staff Reporter

Port Chalmers is a funky little port town full of historic buildings and artsy stores. It's the perfect day trip, rain or shine, just 20 minutes of water and sky away from the city centre. Get there:    It's about a 20-minute drive to Port Chalmers, which is 15km from the city Read more...

Dunedin's Dark Past

Posted 11:09pm Monday 11th October 2010 by Staff Reporter

Dunedin's quaint architecture and quiet suburbs hide a dark past. This small southern city has had more than its fair share of brutality, with some of the country's most high-profile crimes and horrific happenings occurring right here in the Edinburgh of the South. The axe murderer that got Read more...

My Story

Posted 9:31pm Monday 11th October 2010 by Critic

The first time I realised what this feeling actually meant, it felt as if I was in a horror movie. My first crush, that first denial, pushing all of these feelings and thoughts back thinking it is all a phase. Well, most things are a phase, right? My denial was very strong. It was against Read more...

Translating Trans for the Masses

Posted 9:27pm Monday 11th October 2010 by Caitlyn O’Fallon

“Arthur or Martha? Let the commission decide!” was NZ First's sensationalist response to the Human Rights Commission's Transgender Inquiry in 2008. “If you're born a male, you stay a male. If you're born a female, you stay a female. If you want to start fiddling around and changing your body, that's Read more...

Dinner with Thomas

Posted 4:35am Monday 20th September 2010 by Henry Feltham

The car swings heavily around the corners. I can feel its weight with every turn, migrating up through the steering wheel, a sense of connection that’s lost in newer, smoother cars. Each curve feels like a lift settling to the ground, but pulled sideways, towards the mountain on one side, or the Read more...

SOUTHERN SOLILIQUIES.Insights and imaginings from three Dunedin writers.

Posted 4:12am Monday 20th September 2010 by Critic

“Dunedin,” says local writer Sue Wootton, is “a fantastic place to be a writer. We have a great creative energy, often invisible to people who may not be directly involved. It's often thought of as a very conservative place, where nothing is happening, but there is a lot going on in wee pockets!” Read more...