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The New Zealand International Film Festival

Posted 1:42pm Sunday 2nd August 2015 by Mandy Te

The cinematic experience is lost when you stream a film online; for director of the New Zealand International Film Festival (NZIFF), Bill Gosden, the mere act of going to the movies plays a social role in our lives that can’t be replaced. Dunedin’s Regent Theatre and Rialto Cinemas Read more...

Painting The Town

Posted 1:08pm Sunday 2nd August 2015 by Jessica Thompson

Bracing the atlantic chill, tucking my hands as close to my boobs as they could go within the bounds of social acceptability, I ventured into the city. With its tumbleweed Scrumpy bottles, prison-like structures and a heavy sky that hangs, permanently grey, it’s difficult to see the Read more...

The Sound Of Dunedin's None Gallery

Posted 12:53pm Sunday 2nd August 2015 by George Elliott

A short walk up Stafford, a street lined with disused warehouses and an old furniture distributor, one will find None Gallery. It is a residential studio and gallery complex that is a mainstay of Dunedin’s alternative sound subculture and independent arts. Often stylised as simply Read more...

Street Art on Campus

Posted 12:36pm Sunday 2nd August 2015 by Loulou Callister-Baker

Fluke is a veteran Montreal graffiti artist who set up the graffiti company, A’Shop, in Montreal, Canada, in 2009. A’Shop supports artists in Montreal, setting the professional standard for artists and clients alike. OUSA has recently flown him to Dunedin and is commissioning him, along Read more...

When Looks Can Kill

Posted 1:27pm Sunday 26th July 2015 by Brittany Pooley

Pain in beauty There’s something comical about an injury where vanity is involved. A woman in Australia recently made headlines around the world when she was taken to hospital due to the tightness of her skinny jeans. The woman, who has been granted name suppression, had just finished Read more...

Is It Global Warming, Stupid?

Posted 1:18pm Sunday 26th July 2015 by Sam Fraser

As record-breaking levels of rain fell in Dunedin on 2 June 2015, South Dunedin quickly began to resemble an Arctic Venice. Large canals divided streets. Those without a kayak or a sturdy set of waders were left to ponder indoors on what the hell was going on outside. Meanwhile, further north in Read more...

The Confederate Flag

Posted 1:14pm Sunday 26th July 2015 by Anonymous Bird

"[A]s a people, we are fighting to maintain the Heaven-ordained supremacy of the white man over the inferior or coloured race.” These are the words of William T. Thompson, designer of the American Confederate flag. The Confederate flag was created during the start of the American Civil Read more...

The Jurassic World of New Zealand

Posted 12:39pm Sunday 19th July 2015 by Amber Allott

Inspired by Jurassic World, Amber Allott has gone a little dinosaur crazy. Here she gives you a run-down of New Zealand’s greatest reptilian beasts and the history behind them. People have always been captivated by the majestic reptiles that once roamed our lands, seas and skies. From the Read more...

Refugees NZ

Posted 12:28pm Sunday 19th July 2015 by Gemma Forlong

In New Zealand, the quota of 750 refugees has remained unchanged for 28 years. The UN Refugee Agency ranks us 87th per capita in the total number of refugees and asylum seekers we host and 113th when measured by GDP. Australia, despite its reputation, allows 20,000. Why are we not setting an example Read more...

Human Trafficking

Posted 12:15pm Sunday 19th July 2015 by Laura Munro

“Prosecution wise, the penalties for trafficking drugs are harsher than that of trafficking humans. It’s easier, there’s less risk and more profit. And that’s where the issue is,” said Don Lord, executive director of anti-trafficking organisation, HAGAR International. Read more...