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Literary WWOOFING

Posted 11:11am Saturday 8th October 2016 by Jessica Thompson Carr

When I was ten my sister and I joined my parents as they took conferences around Europe and a few other places for six months. Of all the cities we visited, Paris was the one that ground its roots into my head. This was due in part to the charming architecture and array of romantic art galleries (I Read more...

The Village at the End of the World

Posted 12:11pm Saturday 1st October 2016 by Jean Balchin

In ancient Celtic carvings, on dappled rocks where moss has not yet crept, one may read of the primordial myth of Creation; a tale of Oran Mór, or The Great Melody. This haunting, mighty melody – the very breath of a long-forgotten god – sang Creation into existence, hewing Read more...

Draw Me Naked: Being A Nude Model

Posted 12:07pm Saturday 1st October 2016 by Louise Lin

The rhythmic rustle of charcoal on paper soothes me into a semi meditative state. In the background, Passenger croons - “when you can't get what you love, you learn to love the things that stop you dreaming”. I fix my stare at a mirror which reflects a student's easel – a Read more...

Deadlines: A University Survival Guide

Posted 12:03pm Saturday 1st October 2016 by Mikayla Cahill

"I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by,” said the late Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Unfortunately you are probably not yet a beloved author with forgiving publishers. You are likely a student, you have assignments to Read more...

New Zealand’s Apex Predator

Posted 11:09am Saturday 24th September 2016 by Anonymous Bird

I love cats as much as your average white girl. I tear up a little bit when I see them doing something cute, and I will quite happily watch video after video after video of cats I don’t know doing their cute shenanigans, like not landing a jump, hiding in boxes, and mewing. Heck, I even own a Read more...

Land of the Long White Cloud – but for how much longer?

Posted 11:02am Saturday 24th September 2016 by Gini Leatham

Tourism marketers love to portray New Zealand as an untouched Shangri-La. However, us humans have touched it with our clumsy, greedy fingers, and now we risk losing everything that makes our environment precious.  Gini Letham met some of the people trying to stop that Read more...

10 things you can do to combat the climate crisis

Posted 10:54am Saturday 24th September 2016 by Florence Dean

1) Take part in the movement.  If the heart-warming Disney-Pixar film ‘Bug’s Life’ taught me anything, it is that there is power in numbers. If people come together against the climate change cockroaches, then there is a chance that the devastating effects of climate change Read more...

Cold Water Corals: Ornately Splendid, Inaccessible & Under Threat

Posted 10:45am Saturday 24th September 2016 by Freya Mae O´Sullivan

In the deep ocean trenches surrounding Iceland, one would expect a barren, dark and empty terrain. Yet, exciting footage from submersibles reveals the seemingly impossible; lush coral gardens in abyssal canyons and trenches off the South-East coast. China Bone delicate and intricate as lace, these Read more...

2017 Te Rōpū Māori Nominations

Posted 12:55pm Saturday 17th September 2016 by Critic

Tumuaki (President) Rangiira Barclay-Kerr Ko Taupiri te maunga Ko Waikato te awa Ko Tainui te waka Ko Waikato te iwi Ko Maketū, ko Te Kōraha, ko Pārāwera ōku marae Ko Ngāti Mahuta te hapū   Kia ora whānau,  My Read more...

2017 OUSA Executive Election Nominees

Posted 11:37am Saturday 17th September 2016 by Critic

The nominations for the 2017 OUSA Executive have closed, and an array of good-looking candidates have put their name forward to represent you. Below are the positions and the candidates after your votes! Please note—These are the candidates personal views and in no way an endorsement of Read more...