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Human Rights Commission Report Shows Serious Mistreatment in NZ Prisons
Posted 10:52am Sunday 7th May 2017 by Joe Higham
An independent report, conducted by the Human Rights Commission, has raised several serious concerns about the use of seclusion and restraint practices in New Zealand’s prison system. The report, written by international expert Dr Sharon Shalev, “indicates that seclusion and Read more...
Keeping tabs on the Exec | Issue 10
Posted 10:46am Sunday 7th May 2017 by Joe Higham
The Otago Students Against Animal Testing group was affiliated to OUSA without any issue. President Hugh Baird and Campaigns Officer Eden Lati recently returned from visiting the New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations (NZUSA) in Wellington, where they were determining a strategy Read more...
Folkloric Heroes: NZ Crickets All-Time Battlers XI
Posted 11:34am Sunday 30th April 2017 by Charlie Hantler
Kane Williamson. Martin Crowe. Richard Hadlee. Ross Taylor. These are but a few of the names that have been carved into national cricket history as heroes for the right reasons. Unfortunately, in a nation of roughly 4.5 million people, and with a professional cricket population of about 100, Read more...
Kaye Takes Education & Brownlee Takes Foreign Affairs in Safe Cabinet Reshuffle
Posted 11:21am Sunday 30th April 2017 by George Elliott
The reshuffle has been perceived as a safe refresher for PM Bill English’s team—a balanced response to the departure of two senior officials. Nikki Kaye will replace Hekia Parata as Education Minister; Gerry Brownlee will replace Murray McCully as Foreign Affairs Minister. Gerry Read more...
Frances Radical Centrist Macron to Face Populist Le Pen in Election Second Round
Posted 11:18am Sunday 30th April 2017 by George Elliott
Newcomer centrist Emmanuel Macron and hard-right populist Marine Le Pen will face off in the second round of France’s presidential elections on the 7th of May after no candidate won a majority last week. Macron came away with 24.01 percent of the vote, while Le Pen was a million votes behind Read more...
Does Andrew Little Have a Point On Immigration Policy? No, he does not.
Posted 10:59am Sunday 30th April 2017 by Joe Higham
As with any election year, political parties tend to ramp up their immigration rhetoric, and with five months left until we know who will be leading our country for the next three years, this trend is already well underway. With net permanent and long-term migration (arrivals minus Read more...
Second Blackest Black Paint in the World Not That Black
Posted 10:54am Sunday 30th April 2017 by Lucy Hunter
Critic recently obtained a small bottle of “Stuart Semple Black”, which was meant to be a replica of the world’s black- est material, “Vantablack”, of which controversial artist Anish Kapoor has exclusive rights. Vantablack absorbs about 99.6 percent of light, Read more...
Common Sense Prevails in Australias Bloody Battle With Sharks
Posted 10:46am Sunday 30th April 2017 by Sam Fraser-Baxter
The Western Australia (WA) Government has announced that they will not cull sharks following the death of a teenage girl in the Australian state two weeks ago. 17-year-old Laeticia Brouwer was surfing with her father near Esperance in South Western Australia when she was mauled by what is Read more...
Otago University Coy Over Plans to Replace Dept. of Politics Staff Member
Posted 10:45am Sunday 30th April 2017 by Joe Higham
Critic understands that a second staff member from the Department of Politics has taken an offer of voluntary redundancy, with the University keeping tight-lipped on whom, if anybody will be replacing them. It is not publically known at this stage which staff member has taken up the offer. The Read more...
What the Hell is Going On with the Hospital Rebuild? A Short History
Posted 10:42am Sunday 30th April 2017 by Joel MacManus
The Dunedin hospital rebuild has been continually stalled for the last two years, dragging along with more reluctance than a student finishing a research assignment. Another roadblock appeared this week with news that the Ministry of Health apparently doesn’t know what parts they can Read more...
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