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Execrable: Betrayal from the Inside?

Posted 10:20pm Thursday 14th August 2025 by Gryffin Blockley

A special general meeting (SGM) has been called with a motion for OUSA to re-adopt BDS. The culprit? One of OUSA’s own: Political Representative Jett Groshinski. The SGM will take place on Thursday, August 21st, at 1pm in the Main Common Room.    An SGM is an invitation for the Read more...

The Diagnosis of Med Revue

Posted 10:19pm Sunday 10th August 2025 by Harry Almey

Despite being cancelled for a certain student-theatre review earlier in the year, Critic Te Ārohi is back on its feet for Med Revue. Ever gluttons for punishment, here’s what three hours of enduring med-student humour is like (in the name of charity, of course).  Med Revue’s Read more...

Potato Milk Review: Sold Nowhere Else in NZ

Posted 9:41pm Sunday 10th August 2025 by Harry Almey

Society loves potatoes for their versatility: Deep-fried, mashed or made into vodka. But one brave Polytechnic tauira, Emily Gilbert, has invented ‘Spud Milk’ – a NZ first.  "Another icky health food!" you blurt out loud while reading this review. "Quality Read more...

Law Students Swap Firms for Fundraisers

Posted 9:38pm Sunday 10th August 2025 by Gryffin Blockley

A group of Law tauira have put together a roster of fundraising events for Ōtepoti Whānau Refuge. The first of a stacked five-piece line up is a designer clothes sale on the 16th of August, featuring brand new clothes from many iconic labels at up to half price.  Critic Te Read more...

BDS Binned: OUSA Executive Fronts Up to Widespread Criticism

Posted 9:29pm Sunday 10th August 2025 by Gryffin Blockley, Hanna Varrs & Nina Brown

News of the OUSA Exec abandoning their Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) posture has triggered an outpouring of criticism from the student community and beyond. The decision went against the 53% of 1,766 students (8.83% of 20,000 students) who voted “yes” to maintaining the policy Read more...

The Goon Show has Landed in Dunedin

Posted 9:24pm Sunday 10th August 2025 by Molly Smith-Soppet

A cult-classic British radio comedy from the 1950s is getting a revival at the most unlikely of places, Allen Hall Lunchtime Theatre. If you're feeling emotionally burnt out by unfair grades or the political drama flooding your TikTok feed, then this might just be your reprieve. The Goon Show is Read more...

BDS Binned: OUSA Executive Fronts Up to Widespread Criticism

Posted 12:35pm Friday 8th August 2025 by Nina Brown, Hanna Varrs & Gryffin Blockley

News of the OUSA Exec abandoning their Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) posture has triggered an outpouring of criticism from the student community and beyond. The decision went against the 53% of 1,766 students (8.83% of 20,000 students) who voted “yes” to maintaining the policy Read more...

Are Vapes Exploding In Our Mouths? Coalition Says “Nuh Uh”

Posted 8:29pm Sunday 3rd August 2025 by Zoe Eckhoff

In a massive win for the nicotine-addicted, vaping restrictions introduced by the previous Labour government have been rolled back by the current coalition government, just over a month since they kicked in. Mason Corporation, who own the vape shop Shosha, challenged the court to lift the ban on Read more...

Nurses Strike Against “Detrimental To Patient” Working Conditions

Posted 8:27pm Sunday 3rd August 2025 by Via Hooks

Last Wednesday, Dunedin nurses joined a national 24-hour strike to protest dangerously low staffing in hospitals across the motu. Marching from the Octagon, a large crowd had gathered on the Museum Reserve by noon, expressing their dissatisfaction with the current Government and Te Whatu Ora’s Read more...

Chaos on the Commute

Posted 8:25pm Sunday 3rd August 2025 by Liberty Murray

In case actually showing up to your morning lectures was bad enough, a recent streak of icy mornings have left Otago tauira shaken and embarrassed. Students were falling like dominoes and cars were slipping and sliding around the roads, much to the enjoyment of wise students who didn’t leave Read more...