Archive

Eu Begins Deporting Refugees, Despite Plans Labeled “illegal”

Posted 10:41am Sunday 10th April 2016 by Joe Higham

On April 4, the Greek Police, along with the EU border agency Frontex, began the process of deporting almost all migrants and refugees from Greece to Turkey, thus removing them from the European Union.  The practicability of removing all migrants and refugees from Greece en masse has been Read more...

Green Party Calls For A Charge On Fresh Water

Posted 10:37am Sunday 10th April 2016 by Henry Napier

Opposition parties are calling for Government action on polluted fresh water following a report showing 61 percent of monitored water ways are ‘poor’ or ‘very poor’. A charge for water for farmers would help solve the growing pollution in New Zealand according to Green Party Read more...

Health Professors Rally For Sugar Tax

Posted 10:34am Sunday 10th April 2016 by Jessica Thompson

Several health experts around the country have proposed that sugary drinks such as coke, fanta and sprite be taxed to help combat New Zealand’s high rate of child obesity (fourth highest in the world), diabetes and heart disease. Over 70 health academics have voiced their opinions, Read more...

Arrest Causes Surge In Student Loan Repayments

Posted 10:32am Sunday 10th April 2016 by Joe Higham

The arrest of Ngatokotoru Puna, an overseas-based borrower who defaulted on his loans, at Auckland Airport in January has caused overseas borrowers to begin making repayments on their student loans, the Government says.  According to a Government press release, overseas borrowers repaid Read more...

Auckland Uni Facebook Post Leads To Racial Profile Debate

Posted 10:25am Sunday 10th April 2016 by Tom Kitchin

The issue of racial violence in our country’s biggest city is contentious, and it has been brought to light recently due to a number of attacks against people of Asian ethnicity in the city. This culminated in the publication of a post by a student on the Overheard @ University of Auckland Read more...

Fiesta Gets Feisty

Posted 10:21am Sunday 10th April 2016 by Henry Napier

Alley Cantina was trashed after closing early last Sunday sometime early in the morning. The local restaurant saw $900 worth of damage done to its outside area where chairs and plants were removed or destroyed. Mike Bamkier, the owner and operator of the long-standing restaurant, said the damage Read more...

Execrable | Issue 6

Posted 10:18am Sunday 10th April 2016 by Henry Napier

Last Monday the student executive met with members of the OUSA events team to debrief last years Craft Beer Festival and the worthiness of the festival moving forward.  The meeting began with President Laura Harris posing questions as to what the value was for OUSA running the festival, Read more...

Otago University Faces On-going Issue Of Declining Enrollment

Posted 10:14am Sunday 10th April 2016 by Joe Higham

Otago University saw a 2.2 percent decline in overall student enrollments in 2015, with 2016’s enrollment numbers set to be announced at a University Council Meeting on Tuesday afternoon.  With humanities and commerce departments feeling the brunt of the declining numbers over the Read more...

Clark V. Woodhouse

Posted 11:30am Sunday 3rd April 2016 by David Clark

David Clark Right-wing Governments always scare-monger and say that raising the minimum wage causes job losses.  History tells us otherwise.   In fact, I hazard that there will be a Nobel Prize up for grabs for the economist that can demonstrate the real-world nature of the Read more...

What The Fuck Is Going On In America?

Posted 11:16am Sunday 3rd April 2016 by Joel MacManus

The US presidential election is the longest, most confusing, infuriating experiment in the history of democracy. But at the same time, it is also far and away the most entertaining. Over the course of almost 20 months, candidates go from shaking hands in the cornfields of Iowa, to packed arenas Read more...