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The Southernmost Foosball Club in the World to Start Up in Dunedin

Posted 1:24pm Saturday 7th March 2020 by Sophia Carter Peters

New Zealand’s first foosball (aka table soccer) club will make its debut in Dunedin. The club, once started, will be the southernmost foosball club in the world. Dunedin Foosball will take the southernmost title from Foosball Australia, a club based in Tasmania.  Otago Zoology Read more...

How to Make Money from Your Shitty Landlord

Posted 1:19pm Saturday 7th March 2020 by Erin Gourley

A Dunedin landlord has been ordered to pay exemplary damages (i.e. a lot of money because he fucked up and broke the law) for the third time. On 13 February, the Tenancy Tribunal ordered Kamal Slaimankhel to pay his tenants $1000 as exemplary damages in addition to their bond refund. The tenants Read more...

CRIME: Critic Intern’s Flat Broken Into

Posted 1:15pm Saturday 7th March 2020 by Jack Gilmore

On Friday evening, a Critic intern’s house was unlawfully entered and burglarized by an unknown assailant in an event that is all too common for students. The intern said he felt a “bit sad”. The intern’s band’s two guitar amps were taken, as well as a cordless Read more...

NZUSA Calls For Tertiary Student Exemption On Travel Ban

Posted 9:56pm Thursday 27th February 2020 by Sinead Gill

Last week, NZUSA called for a tertiary student exemption on the ban on foreigners travelling to New Zealand from China. NZUSA don’t fuck with the ban because it “feeds racism”, directly jeopardises approximately $1.6 billion dollars from the tertiary sector, and because it means Read more...

The Official Otago Uni Shitlist for 2019

Posted 9:53pm Thursday 27th February 2020 by Erin Gourley

Some of the concerns highlighted in the University’s 2019 Discipline Reports have been targeted by the University with new policies.  One example is the skips around campus at the beginning and end of the year. The Report notes that the skip “service was abused” in 2019, Read more...

Liam Wairepo: Youngest Ever [REDACTED] Party Candidate

Posted 9:01pm Thursday 27th February 2020 by Sinead Gill

Liam Wairepo looks just like any other 21 year old Politics and Science student. No, not like a cunt – like someone with a big dream and a big brain. He is an RA at Salmond College and his favourite snack is toasted cashews. He may also be the youngest ever candidate for the [REDACTED] party, Read more...

Agnew may be an Ag-no in 2020

Posted 8:09pm Thursday 27th February 2020 by Kaiya Cherrington

There is a cloud of doubt over whether the Agnew Street Party will go ahead in 2020. The annual Agnew Street Party is often referred to as Hyde’s “ugly step-sister”. Last year’s event raised safety concerns, with the low temperatures and rain creating a slipping hazard on Read more...

Down in the Dumps

Posted 8:04pm Thursday 27th February 2020 by Jack Gilmore

Critic has an exclusive insight into the life of a skip security guard after talking to, and observing, a guard at work during O Week. The skip security guards have been sizing up people dumping rubbish at the orange skips around campus in an attempt to cut down on rubbish from non-students. The Read more...

Increased Police Presence During Flo and O

Posted 7:55pm Thursday 27th February 2020 by Erin Gourley

Students have noticed an increased number of police on the streets of North Dunedin during Flo and O Week. The police confirmed that they have been trying to prevent the situation that led to Sophia Crestani’s death at the Manor last year.  “Since the tragic event at the Read more...

Controversial Poi Performance An “Uncomfortable” Experience

Posted 7:52pm Thursday 27th February 2020 by Kaiya Cherrington

Students in the audience of the Pacific Students’ Welcome were left “uncomfortable” after members of the Otago Pacificana group brought out poi and danced to ‘Poi E’ by Patea Māori Club. The Pacific Students’ Welcome for 2020 was held on Thursday 20 Read more...