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Free Brekkie Times Extended and Menu Improved

Posted 3:08pm Saturday 7th September 2024 by Hugh Askerud

For the Free Brekkie diehards out there, today is a blessed day. It has been announced by OUSA Clubs and Societies that, starting from the 9th of September, free brekkie will run from 8am to 10am, collectively adding an extra hour to the service – as well as some cheeky wee additions to the Read more...

Purple Dog Crowned Bring the Noise Winners

Posted 7:13pm Sunday 25th August 2024 by Jordan Irvine

The Bring the Noise finals were held at U-Bar on Friday, 16 August. Six bands competed but only one came out on top. The winners were the indie rock band Purple Dog who have seen a surge in popularity this year, playing multiple Pint Nights, featuring in a Critic article (the highest praise) and Read more...

NZ Energy Crisis May Affect Power Bills

Posted 7:12pm Sunday 25th August 2024 by Gryffin Blockley

If you’ve been having a nosey at the news (outside Critic, how dare you) in the last few weeks, phrases like “energy crisis” or “tight supply conditions” have been chucked around. The main gist of the issue is that wholesale power prices have risen above retail prices. Read more...

DJ Comp Shows Shift in Electronic Music Scene

Posted 7:10pm Sunday 25th August 2024 by Angus Rees

Last week, OUSA hosted its annual Future DJ competition at U-Bar. The comp platformed some of Dunedin's future DJ stars, welcoming electronic music punters and every breatha who loves drum and bass. But with only one of the top three DJs playing DnB, it seems there’s been a shift in the Read more...

Uni “Open to Discussions” for Band Practice Spaces

Posted 6:53pm Sunday 25th August 2024 by Jonathan McCabe

The lack of suitable spaces for bands to practise in is an issue that’s garnered increasing attention this year (check out the feature in this year’s Music Issue). In the interest of supporting the local music scene, musos have turned to the Stephens of the University for on-campus Read more...

Uni Accidentally Tells Students to Leave the Lib

Posted 6:45pm Sunday 25th August 2024 by Hugh Askerud

The automated “voice of God” in Central Library, normally reserved for kicking out late night studiers at closing time, spoke up at midday on Friday, August 16th. Despite being told to leave by the tinny voice, stubborn students remained steadfast in their seats. Critic respects the Read more...

Glass ‘Spike Trap’ Laid on Dundas

Posted 6:41pm Sunday 25th August 2024 by Hanna Varrs

Police are investigating an incident where a ‘spike trap’ of glass was allegedly laid out on Dundas Street close to Studholme at midnight on Saturday, August 17th. Residents living close to the mess said that it appeared like an entire blue bin had been emptied onto the road. Four police Read more...

Summer Festival Lineups Released

Posted 6:38pm Sunday 25th August 2024 by Hugh Askerud

Both Rhythm & Vines and Rhythm & Alps released their first lineups to the deflated applause of students last week. In a tough moment for students who bought early-bird tickets, the RnV line up has been critiqued by pretty much every student Critic talked to as being “shit.” For Read more...

Women’s Ice Hockey on the Rise

Posted 4:44pm Saturday 17th August 2024 by Adam Stitely

The Dunedin Thunder Women’s Hockey team is taking to the ice in a home game at the Dunedin Ice Stadium against the Auckland Steel this weekend, August 24th and 25th. The team, including five Otago students and coached by SPEX lecturer Michael Sam, currently sit at third on the table. Critic Te Read more...

Queer Rep Quietly Removed From Exec

Posted 4:42pm Saturday 17th August 2024 by Nina Brown

There is no longer a Queer Rep on the OUSA Student Executive. The position was added to the 2024 Exec as an ex-officio member from UniQ after a Student General Meeting (SGM) in September last year voted it in. However, following contention over whether this followed “due process”, the Read more...

Student Presidents Unite at National Conference

Posted 4:38pm Saturday 17th August 2024 by Hugh Askerud

In the wake of a crumbling New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations (NZUSA), student association presidents have united to create a national president’s council. The decision was made at a national conference between the student leaders on the weekend of July 26th, held at Lincoln Read more...

POLSA Students Beat Lecturers in Debate

Posted 4:33pm Saturday 17th August 2024 by Hanna Varrs

In the first iteration of a students versus lecturers POLSA debate, last Monday August 12th a team of “white male law students” (their words) pipped their professors at the post. A keen crowd of peers gathered in the Richardson Building Moot Court to witness the battle over whether or Read more...

Young Writers Fest Coming to Town

Posted 4:30pm Saturday 17th August 2024 by Nina Brown

Back for its 10th year, Ōtepoti will be hosting the New Zealand Young Writers Festival on September 13-15th, a (free) three-day festival produced by Dunedin Fringe. This year’s program, which dropped last Wednesday, is packed with a diverse range of panel discussions, workshops and Read more...

New Venue ‘Dropkicks’ Announced

Posted 4:27pm Saturday 17th August 2024 by Hugh Askerud

Captain Cook and Dive Bar’s grave is soon to welcome new occupants. The building, which has been up for lease since 2022, will soon be occupied by a venue called ‘Dropkicks’, set to be open this September. Musos and students rejoice, something fucking great just happened. The Read more...

New Venue ‘Dropkicks’ Announced

Posted 7:20pm Monday 12th August 2024 by Hugh Askerud

Captain Cook and Dive Bar’s grave is soon to welcome new occupants. The building, which has been up for lease since 2022, will soon be occupied by a venue called ‘Dropkicks’, set to be open this September. Musos and students rejoice, something fucking great just happened. The Read more...

Problems Reported at Award-Winning Te Rangihīroa College

Posted 11:47pm Saturday 10th August 2024 by Gryffin Blockley

Te Rangihīroa College had a rocky start at the beginning of the year, flooding mere 24 hours into its first full-time residents moving in. It has now been alleged to Critic Te Ārohi by multiple sources that the flooding was the first of other issues. The hall, which is the Read more...

Uni Flats Unplugged

Posted 10:58pm Saturday 10th August 2024 by Jodie Evans

A number of Uni Flat residents are feeling left in the dark after a series of evening power outages occurred without explanation in the peak of Dunner's winter. In an effort to stay warm, residents went to bed early and “piled on blankets” all the while feeling miffed. However, an Read more...

Med Revue Review

Posted 10:57pm Saturday 10th August 2024 by Jonathan McCabe

Medagascar: Med Revue 2024 went off without a hitch. The three night show sold incredibly well and, beating the insular claims, not just to Med students! From August 1st until the 3rd, med students took a few hours break from their rigorous 16-hour-day study schedules to put on one hell of a Read more...

International Film Festival Comes to Dunners

Posted 10:54pm Saturday 10th August 2024 by Adam Stitely

The New Zealand International Film Festival (NZIFF) is coming down to dirty Dunners from the 15th to the 25th of August. This means it’s time to grab your least conspicuous trench-coat (the snacks won’t sneak themselves in) and try to remember something from your year 10 French class (je Read more...

Catacombs Wets The Bed

Posted 10:49pm Saturday 10th August 2024 by Nina Brown

Moshtix sent disappointed ticket-holders for the ‘Pink Pony Club: Pop Party’ an email last Wednesday announcing that the event had to be postponed – not because Chappell Roan would never willingly set foot in the dank den of DnB (Catacombs ofc), but because of Read more...