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Aoraki faces worst student numbers in the country

Posted 12:53am Monday 18th August 2014 by Emily Draper

Aoraki Polytechnic continues to record a decline in student numbers, according to figures released by the Tertiary Education Commission. The figures show that Aoraki is losing students at a faster rate than any other New Zealand university or polytechnic. In 2013, numbers dropped from 915 to Read more...

Salient Editor Fails at Playing Critic

Posted 12:53am Monday 18th August 2014 by Laura Munro

Cameron Price, Co-Editor of Victoria University’s student magazine Salient, has brutally failed at an attempt to troll the intellects at Critic. Price recently put himself forward for multiple executive positions in the VUWSA (Victoria University of Wellington Student Association) elections Read more...

Labour announces tertiary education policy

Posted 12:53am Monday 18th August 2014 by Nina Harrap

The Labour Party has announced the tertiary education policy that they plan to implement if they are elected to government. The policy was released by Labour’s Tertiary Education spokesperson Maryan Street. It promises “a Labour Government will fully review the student support system – including Read more...

$10,000 street art fund not enough

Posted 12:53am Monday 18th August 2014 by Bella Macdonald

Dunedin’s first Street Art Festival is set to take place in October. With a $10,000 Dunedin City Council grant for more artwork, organisers have raised a further $5,000 to bring international street artist Dal East to the festival. The contributions of 11 artists have been confirmed to attend Read more...

Execrable | Issue 20

Posted 12:53am Monday 18th August 2014 by Josie Cochrane

We got a wee bit excited last Executive meeting after the team appeared to be having productive discussion. It didn’t last long. The meeting began with some good old-fashioned OUSA scandal. OUSA President Ruby Sycamore-Smith announced that she had entered into a relationship with Critic Read more...

Disabled student mistaken as drunk

Posted 12:53am Monday 18th August 2014 by Laura Munro

During Dunedin’s Illuminate Paint Party, which took place at Forsyth Barr Stadium on 10 July 2014, a University of Otago student was denied entry due to appearing intoxicated to staff. In actual fact he suffered from a number of physical disabilities. Critic spoke with the student, Richard, who is Read more...

The latest assault on Palestine (a primer)

Posted 9:16pm Sunday 10th August 2014 by Olivier Jutel

At university we are taught to be dispassionate analysts of world events, but in the face of the massacre in Gaza, academic detachment is hard to achieve. As the host of Radio One politics show The Revolution Will Not be Televised, I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Peace and Conflict Read more...

Greatest Hits / Greatest Shits | Issue 19

Posted 9:16pm Sunday 10th August 2014 by Carys Goodwin

Greatest Hit On Wednesday last week, Clare Curran participated in an AMA on Reddit, an activity that involves answering anything that the New Zealand Internet deems worthy enough to ask her. While it wasn’t full of cheese rolls banter, Clare gets points for responding to “can you please tell Read more...

Politweets | Issue 19

Posted 9:16pm Sunday 10th August 2014 by Carys Goodwin

Ok. Things are looking up. Henare's Helpers Cleaning Service? Dairy me. Classic election move. Oh well. Read more...

Critic tackles election year | Issue 19

Posted 9:16pm Sunday 10th August 2014 by Carys Goodwin

Laila is, without a doubt, a politician. She has deftly navigated herself across the political scene for years now, and her latest adventure as leader of the Internet Party is no exception. Even with a head cold, she was able to redefine and tear apart every question I asked her. It’s intensely Read more...

Gareth Hughes, beer pong, and how to target students

Posted 9:16pm Sunday 10th August 2014 by Carys Goodwin

On Friday 1 August, Green Party MP Gareth Hughes made his way down to Dunedin to have what was the inaugural “Flat Warming,” a youth campaign strategy designed to bring policies to the students, not confine them to stuffy lecture theatres and awkward South Dunedin forums. The idea is to break the Read more...

Sarcastically celebrating a super season of super rugby

Posted 9:16pm Sunday 10th August 2014 by Daniel Lormans

This week the Super rugby desk signs off for 2014 with a lighthearted look at how our five New Zealand teams fared over the season. We have given them a grade based on the merits of their players and performances. Disclaimer - this article contains a heavy dose of irreverent southern bias while also Read more...

New regulation sees five-year learner license limit

Posted 9:16pm Sunday 10th August 2014 by Laura Munro

A new law will see a limit imposed on the length of time individuals can hold learner and restricted licences in New Zealand. The new regulation, announced on Wednesday, will be enforced from 1 December this year. Individuals who do not move onto the next stage of the Graduated Driver Licensing Read more...

OUSA gets diverse with bondage and poetry

Posted 9:16pm Sunday 10th August 2014 by Josie Cochrane

OUSA Diversity Week is to be held this week from 11–15 August. Queer Support and UniQ have organised the week and, according to OUSA Welfare Officer Payal Ramritu, “have worked so hard. I have no doubts the week will be amazing!” Every day there will be events held. On Monday at 12pm, Read more...

Otago staff involved in penguin protection study

Posted 9:16pm Sunday 10th August 2014 by Laura Munro

Researchers from the University of Otago are co-authoring a study related to the endangerment of penguin species around the world. The study suggests that due to the degradation of their habitat, caused by humans, the fate of the birds is at severe risk. Philip Seddon and Lloyd Davis are Read more...

Poppa's promises nothing else but new things

Posted 9:16pm Sunday 10th August 2014 by Bella Macdonald

The official handover of Scarfie icon Poppa’s Pizza took place on Monday 4 August. The new General Manager, Chiv Hamjra, promises, “it’s just a change of owners, nothing else,” despite plans to introduce “new things.” Considering Hamjra’s four-and-a-half-year stint at Pizza Huts around Read more...

Physio Pool asks for community help to remain open

Posted 9:16pm Sunday 10th August 2014 by Anna Whyte

The Southern District Health Board has made an appeal to work with the Otago Therapeutic Pool Trust, the Dunedin City Council and the community in an effort to save the Dunedin Physiotherapy Pool. A meeting held on Thursday 7 August saw the board outline the issues with the pool, which have Read more...

Proctology | Issue 19

Posted 9:16pm Sunday 10th August 2014 by Josie Cochrane

The Proctor described the streets of North Dunedin as “pretty quiet” lately but had a few stories to fill us in on with regard to campus shenanigans. Updating us on last week’s top story, the Proctor informed Critic that one of the “flashers,” reported in the last Proctology, has been caught. Read more...

Toroa's excess spending "much needed" say students

Posted 9:16pm Sunday 10th August 2014 by Anna Whyte

Toroa College's upgrade and expansion has gone over budget by more than $580,000 due to an error in the estimated cost. $1.781 million was spent on Toroa's development between January and May, compared to its budget of $1.2 million. The upgrade and expansion was put towards the construction of 20 Read more...

Greens bribe student vote with free travel

Posted 9:16pm Sunday 10th August 2014 by Nina Harrap

In a statement released on 5 August, the Green Party have vowed to provide free off-peak public transport to all students, through the introduction of a new “Green Card.” Under the policy, all students attending universities, polytechnics, wānanga, Private Training Establishments and those Read more...