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The Changing Game: 30 Years of The Highlanders

Posted 3:22pm Sunday 22nd February 2026 by Hanna Varrs

Most will remember the first Sunday morning they woke up in their single bed at their first-year hall. For many, it probably felt like coming up for air after holding your breath, with O-Week stretching out in front of you. Endless, scarfie possibility. With so much going on during orientation, many Read more...

Critic’s Oldest Living Editor: Paul Oestreicher

Posted 2:51pm Monday 13th October 2025 by Iris Hehir

Long before he was a peace campaigner, a priest, or a friend of Desmond Tutu, Paul Oestreicher was an enemy alien. His family had fled fascism, seeking refuge in Dunedin – a city that offered safety, but not quite acceptance. In Dunedin, the Oestreicher family were reported by neighbours, Read more...

Local Body Elections Mini-Mag

Posted 11:01am Tuesday 7th October 2025 by OUSA Exec

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Brown Brilliance

Posted 10:46pm Saturday 4th October 2025 by Heeni Koero Te Rerenoa (Sky)

It was the issue no one could get their hands on. Copies of the Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori themed issue flew off the stands, and the kōrero reached corners of the motu that a Dunedin-based publication doesn’t usually touch. This year, Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori wasn’t just Read more...

Confessions of a Quiz Addict: Tips, Tricks & Free Chips

Posted 12:34am Monday 29th September 2025 by Aksha John

My name is Aksha, and I’m addicted to quizzing.  It all started in high school, with our chaotic, last-minute house quiz competition that I joined on a whim. Not expecting much, I somehow found myself buzzing in faster than anyone else. Each correct answer sent a tiny rush of triumph Read more...

Everything That’s Happened Since 2019

Posted 6:21pm Sunday 21st September 2025 by Giorgia Fletcher and Grace Verryt

CW, TW: Discussions of sexual violence.  Sexual harm is prevalent, invasive, and underacknowledged on campus, whether we want to admit it or not.  Three weeks into the academic year, Thursdays in Black (TiB) – the Otago branch of a national student-led sexual harm prevention Read more...

OUSA & Te Rōpū Māori Candidate Blurbs

Posted 5:35pm Sunday 21st September 2025 by Critic Staff

Voting is open from Monday, September 22nd at 9am until Thursday the 25th at 4pm for the Otago University Students Association Executive and the Te Rōpū Māori Te Rito. Here are your candidates. OUSA  President – Leads the Executive and serves as the primary Read more...

Te Reo o Te Moana

Posted 2:10pm Monday 15th September 2025 by Te Āwhina Pounamu Waikaramihi (Ngāpuhi, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Ngāi Tahu)

Nā Te Āwhina-Pounamu-Waikaramihi (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahu, Ngāti Hine, Te Hikutū, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Ngāti Porou, Ngāi Tahu, Waitaha, Kāti Māmoe) Kiringāua Cassidy (Ngāi Tahu, Ngāpuhi, Ngāi Takoto, Te Āti Awa, Read more...

From Vegas to the Valley: A Taste of Mita

Posted 2:01pm Monday 15th September 2025 by Jessie-Jade Witeri (Ngāti Whakāue, Te Whakatōhea, Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāti Whanaunga)

Matariki Cribb-Fox (Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Rangiwewehi, Ngāti Apa) Shakayla Alapaki-Andrews (Waikato-Tainui, Ngāti Mahuta, Pare Hauraki, Ngāti Paoa, Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Waitaha, Niue) When people think about Te Reo Māori, they often imagine one neat, Read more...

Broke, Hungry, and Over It: How Aotearoa New Zealand’s Supermarket Duopoly Hurts Students

Posted 6:00pm Sunday 7th September 2025 by Abby Wallace

We’ve all been there: standing in the checkout line, staring at your sad basket of instant noodles, cheap bread, and maybe some reduced to clear mince. When you’re down to your final $25 for the week and faced with the choice between a box or fresh veggies to get you through the weekend, Read more...