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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...