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The Mystery of The Disappearing Fuckboi or: The Narrow Escape In The Hyde Street Sex Attic
Posted 10:55pm Friday 11th May 2018 by Critic
OK boys and girls, ladies and gents, strap yourself in because boy do I have a story for you. I am a first-year health science student who has recently been freed from a messy relationship, and I’ve been looking to get back on the horse - so naturally I turned to Tinder. Armed with a witty Read more...
CROSSFAT
Posted 10:49pm Friday 11th May 2018 by Chelle Fitzgerald
I’m the first to admit it; I’ve gone incredibly soft and sedentary since high school. What used to be a capable and fit dancer’s body has slowly deteriorated into good hugs and heavy partying, usually accompanied by carb-laden food and quality banter, which is not actually a thing Read more...
The Critic Guide to the Shit Towns of Otago
Posted 6:56pm Saturday 5th May 2018 by Critic
Roxburgh Has singing toilets, which are an extremely common thing in most reasonably-sized cities, but for some reason are considered a tourist attraction here. The Wikipedia page lists it as “one of the country's most important apple growing regions,” which is the only time Read more...
Journey to the Mystic Crystal Castle
Posted 6:49pm Saturday 5th May 2018 by Alexander Woolrych
Mullumbimby, Australia is not famous for much, apart from Iggy Azaelea and substance abuse. But there is one curiosity which manages to attract visitors from around the world to this shithole town – the Crystal Castle. The founder of the Crystal Castle, Naren King, celebrated the Read more...
Your Rough Guide to Student Exchange
Posted 6:35pm Saturday 5th May 2018 by Caroline Moratti
It’s a cold, miserable night in Dunedin. My flatmate Alice and I are on our phones drinking rum. Occasionally we’ll look up to show each other a meme or pour another glass. It’s a simple, well-worn routine, like putting on sweatpants or drunkenly calling your ex. Out of the silence Read more...
The Best Drinking Games From Around The World
Posted 6:01pm Saturday 5th May 2018 by Callum Doyle
Drinking is the most essential part of travelling – just ask anyone who has been on an OE. If their best story doesn’t involve them being blackout drunk in whatever country they inflicted themselves upon, they’re either lying or went to Carrington. So, a good magazine would do some Read more...
Inside Hyde Street
Posted 5:53pm Thursday 26th April 2018 by Callum Doyle
On paper, Hyde Street is really dumb, right? Or is it just me? You pay for your ticket, you buy your shit costume from one of the five shitty stores which make all their money at this time of the year and you drink enough to convince yourself you had a great time. Who would be dumb enough to do Read more...
I Took Mushrooms and Went to a Concert, Because Journalism
Posted 8:15pm Thursday 19th April 2018 by Critic
If there’s one thing that Critic has taught me, it’s that you can do the dumbest shit you can think of, and if you write about it afterwards, it’s still technically journalism. Watch every Adam Sandler movie in a year? Journalism. Wear a fedora for seven days? Journalism. Fuck a Read more...
Game of Faculties
Posted 5:54pm Thursday 19th April 2018 by Lachie Robertson
If HBO weren’t being massive cockteases and making us wait a whole extra year, the new season of Game of Thrones would be out by now. But it’s not and everyone is very sad about that. To ease the pain of not having any new episodes, we fired up the ol’ imagination and Read more...
Overworked, Underpaid, Undertrained: The Nightmare Lives of RAs
Posted 5:50pm Thursday 19th April 2018 by Caroline Moratti
*All the names of the RAs in this article have been changed due to strict contracts forbidding RAs to speak to the media My parents may not be legally obligated to look after my drunk ass after age 18, but someone has to if I’m not going to end up dead in a ditch. Enter Residential Read more...


