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News in Briefs | Issue 19

Posted 11:29am Sunday 9th August 2015 by Magnus Whyte

World Watch Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam The authorities in Vietnam’s largest city have banned pets from its first pedestrian street. Nguyen Hue, a broad pedestrianised zone in central Ho Chi Minh City, opened to much fanfare at the end of April. But the local government has now issued a list Read more...

Republican Primary Kicks Off

Posted 11:17am Sunday 9th August 2015 by Henry Napier

The Republican primary is now in full swing, with the first debate taking place on Monday last week. The debate, which is being called the “Voters First” forum, featured 14 Republican candidates who each spoke for seven minutes.  The primaries are held before the presidential Read more...

Rumours Sparked Over Peters’ Successor

Posted 11:12am Sunday 9th August 2015 by Henry Napier

Speculation over who may succeed NZ First leader Winston Peters was stirred during the party’s conference last weekend. The annual conference took place in Rotorua, where a number of policies were announced in keynote speeches from Peters and fellow NZ First MPs. The party leadership became Read more...

Bin Laden’s Family Die in Suspicious Plane Crash

Posted 11:09am Sunday 9th August 2015 by Zahra Shahtahmasebi

Three members of Osama bin Laden’s family died in a plane crash in the English county of Hampshire on 31 July. The passengers were his stepmother Raja Bashir Hashem, 75, her daughter Sana bin Laden, 53, and his brother-in-law Zouheir Anuar Hashem, 56.  The family passed away, along Read more...

MH370 Plane Wreckage Found

Posted 11:06am Sunday 9th August 2015 by India Leishman

The remnants of the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 have been found.  The plane is believed to have crashed into the Indian Ocean. This follows wreckage of the plane being washed up onto the French island of La Reunion. Residents on the island spotted suitcases and what they Read more...

TPPA Negotiations Break Down

Posted 11:03am Sunday 9th August 2015 by Oliver Gaskell

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has suffered a major blow. Negotiations with Australia and other nations have broken down at the latest talks about the agreement.  The latest TPP talks, held in Hawaii at the end of July, were held back by a lack of consensus among the Pacific nations. Read more...

Vital Vaccine Victorious Against Virus

Posted 11:00am Sunday 9th August 2015 by Angus Shaw

A new vaccine could bring an end to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa. A vaccine trial against the deadly virus has proven enormously effective, with initial findings showing 100 percent efficacy in individuals.  WHO (the World Health Organization) called the findings a Read more...

OUSA Refuses to Pay Debt

Posted 10:56am Sunday 9th August 2015 by Laura Munro

OUSA has been sent an invoice for $21,275 by the New Zealand Union of Students Associations (NZUSA) for the second half of its membership fee. Late last year, the executive withdrew its membership of the association. The NZUSA constitution, however, requires a one-year withdrawal period in which Read more...

Tasers Set to Shock the South

Posted 10:53am Sunday 9th August 2015 by Jessica Thompson Carr

On Friday 31 July, the decision was made to equip police in the southern districts of New Zealand with tasers. The decision was made to provide extra protection and control for police. Police Commissioner Mike Bush announced that “frontline police response staff will move to routine Read more...

New Zealander Refused Amnesty Pardon

Posted 10:45am Sunday 9th August 2015 by Bridie Boyd

The Last week, Wellington man Phil Blackwood was denied pardon in Myanmar, despite 7000 other prisoners being released for a holiday amnesty.  Early this year, Blackwood was sentenced to two and a half years in prison after using an image of Buddha wearing headphones to promote drinks at his Read more...

Execrable | Issue 19

Posted 10:40am Sunday 9th August 2015 by Bridie Boyd

This week’s meeting started off with latest round of grants being agreed upon. The Table Tennis Association was affiliated. President Paul Hunt put forward an executive restructure proposal for discussion. The proposal was for extending the vice-president position, which is currently 20 Read more...

Bog Blazes, Students Spectate

Posted 10:34am Sunday 9th August 2015 by India Leishman

Dunedin’s popular Irish bar, The Bog, caught fire on Sunday 2 August 2015, capturing the attention of many residents in the area.  Imogen Braddock, a member of the public who watched the fire, described it as “quite frightening”. By the time the fire was out, “a Read more...

No Miracle to Save Design Students

Posted 10:32am Sunday 9th August 2015 by Joe Higham

Students pursuing majors in Design for Technology and Clothing and Textiles have realised their courses will be phased out, according to class representative Ben Alder. The realisation came after a meeting between the Division of Sciences Pro-Vice Chancellor Keith Hunter and design school Read more...

Police Called to OUSA Executive BYO

Posted 10:22am Sunday 9th August 2015 by Laura Munro

OUSA Education Officer Zachariah Al-Alami is not facing disciplinary action after he was forcibly removed from a Dunedin restaurant for violence towards staff. The incident occurred at an executive dinner on 23 July 2015. The manager of the restaurant said issues began when Al-Alami attempted to Read more...

Street Art Begins on Castle Lecture Theatre

Posted 11:51pm Wednesday 5th August 2015 by Joe Higham

The work on a campus mural has begun. In collaboration with the University of Otago, OUSA has commissioned Canadian artist, Fluke, to work on a street art piece located on the outside of the Castle Lecture Theatres.  The work began on Tuesday 5 August, as part of a campus Read more...

Premier League Clubs Pre-Season Tour

Posted 12:16pm Sunday 2nd August 2015 by Daniel Lormans

The English Premier League season is kicking off this weekend, and the teams have been busy in the transfer market in an effort to improve on their position from last season. In preparation for the 2015–16 season, many of the teams embarked on what has now become standard practice — an Read more...

Opinion: The Art of Sport

Posted 12:14pm Sunday 2nd August 2015 by Daniel Lormans

With the theme of this week’s issue in mind, I spent some time thinking about whether or not sports can be considered as art. Art is a very subjective concept to define properly, but I see it as an expressive form of human creativity, skill and imagination that combine to produce a work/text Read more...

News in Briefs | Issue 18

Posted 11:47am Sunday 2nd August 2015 by Magnus Whyte

World Watch Transylvania, Romania A music festival is taking inspiration from the world’s most famous vampire and offering free or discounted tickets to people who give blood. The Untold festival takes place at the end of July, and organisers are hoping their “pay with blood” Read more...

Opinion: The Comeback of Judith Collins

Posted 11:41am Sunday 2nd August 2015 by Henry Napier

Former minister Judith Collins’ journey back to political significance is one of the most interesting undercurrents of New Zealand politics right now. It would be surprising if there was a backbench MP in history who had as much influence as Collins does today. Last year, Collins was forced Read more...

Labour Poll Sees Little Change

Posted 11:38am Sunday 2nd August 2015 by Henry Napier

Last week, 3 News released a political poll showing support for the Labour Party was unchanged as a result of recent controversy surrounding Chinese house buyers. The poll showed Labour at 31.1 percent, a mere 0.7 percent increase from previous polls. The party has come under fire in recent weeks Read more...