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Ōtepoti Stands in Solidarity for Trans Rights

Posted 8:25pm Tuesday 28th March 2023 by Zak Rudin

Around 150 people gathered in the Octagon last Saturday to stand in solidarity with the transgender and irawhiti community. The gathering came in lieu of the arrival of Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull (aka Posie Parker), an openly anti-trans woman who recently attracted controversy in Melbourne when Read more...

Students and Alumni React to University’s New Identity

Posted 4:08pm Sunday 26th March 2023 by Arlo Hill

There was a student hui last week to discuss the Uni’s proposed new logo and te reo Māori name. Initial reactions seemed largely supportive from current students, but with some concern over the price tag. Older members of the general public, mostly posting online, seemed to suggest that Read more...

Have Your Say on the Zero Carbon Survey

Posted 3:52pm Sunday 26th March 2023 by Zak Rudin

The DCC has pledged to go carbon neutral by 2030, and they are asking for the help of locals to get there. Their “Zero Carbon Ōtepoti survey” is a handy opportunity to have a say on issues including transport, energy use at home, and waste management  - all from the comfort of Read more...

Teachers Fight for Their Live(lihood)s

Posted 3:39pm Sunday 26th March 2023 by Emily Esplin

On Thursday, March 16, thousands of teachers and supporters across the motu left their classrooms to strike. Following a few difficult years recovering from consistent delays in education due to the pandemic, teachers are demanding extra support for their students and themselves. Critic Te Read more...

Huzur Teases Castle St on Paddy’s

Posted 3:37pm Sunday 26th March 2023 by

St Paddy’s partiers were teased by a brief appearance by Mustafa and his Huzur Kebab truck on Friday, March 17. Mustafa, owner of North Dunedin’s beloved Huzur Kebab, told Critic Te Ārohi that he got the idea to park up on Castle for the day from a DCC official who agreed it Read more...

Dog With Two Tails Closing

Posted 3:36pm Sunday 26th March 2023 by Zak Rudin

The collapse of Ōtepoti venues continues with Dog with Two Tails set to close on April 1. And no, this is not a prank. Critic Te Ārohi snagged an interview with the best boy’s manager, Phoebe, who said that there were “multiple reasons” behind the closure. An important Read more...

2023 Castle Cleanup sees “a whole new generation” of volunteers

Posted 1:09pm Saturday 25th March 2023 by Anna Robertshawe

Organisers were “really happy” with the turnout this year, speaking to the potential of the Dunedin student community to make positive change.  Last Friday, around 200 students congregated under the Dunedin sun to participate in a community clean up of Castle St. Led by the Read more...

OUSA Reacts to Uni Name Change Proposal

Posted 2:59pm Sunday 19th March 2023 by Fox Meyer

On Wednesday, 15 March 2023, the Uni announced that they’re opening feedback for their new visual identity proposal. Essentially, they’ve come up with a new name and logo for the Uni, which is one piece of a “long-term plan [with] the desire to become a Te Tiriti-led Read more...

Dental School Patient Fees Change

Posted 2:58pm Sunday 19th March 2023 by Fox Meyer

Patient fees at the Dental School now cost a flat rate of $120 per session, or $90 with a Community Services Card. The Dental School announced this change with the explanation that it will ensure their financial sustainability without sacrificing their level of care.   Previously, fees Read more...

Sextortion Scam at Otago One of Many

Posted 2:56pm Sunday 19th March 2023 by Fox Meyer

Nine male students have reported being hit with a sextortion scheme in Dunedin over the course of a single week. If they didn’t pay a ransom, their nude images would be sent to their course mates at Otago University.   Police told us that there were 81 reports of sextortion across Read more...

Watch Out: Coffee News has a Rebel at the Helm

Posted 2:28pm Sunday 19th March 2023 by Ruari Warren

In defiance of the Coffee News franchise’s prime directive of being trivial and mediocre, local franchisee Ash is keen to promote Dunedin's underground print media scene in its coffee-table-corporate-shitposting pages.   Ōtepoti Zinefest organiser Spencer Hall describes Read more...

Former Green Party Co-leader Joins Law Faculty

Posted 2:15pm Sunday 19th March 2023 by Nina Brown

Former Green Party Co-leader Metiria Turei has joined the Otago Uni Faculty of Law as a Senior Lecturer. This semester, she is taking the third-year compulsory law paper LAWS302: Jurisprudence. Critic Te Ārohi spoke to students to see what they thought about the Uni’s newest Read more...

“Toss the Boss” off Forsyth Barr

Posted 2:14pm Sunday 19th March 2023 by Zak Rudin

On May 12th, Co-President of the National Disabled Students Association (NDSA) Sean Prentice is going to be “tossed” off Forsyth Barr Stadium to raise money for charity. Sean is “petrified of heights”, so this will be a fun one.   The irony of being Read more...

Dental School Patient Fees Change

Posted 11:48am Thursday 16th March 2023 by Fox Meyer

Patient fees at the Dental School now cost a flat rate of $120 per session, or $90 with a Community Services Card. The Dental School announced this change with the explanation that it will ensure their financial sustainability without sacrificing their level of care.   Previously, fees Read more...

OUSA Reacts to Uni Name Change Proposal

Posted 2:41pm Wednesday 15th March 2023 by Fox Meyer

On Wednesday, 15 March 2023, the Uni announced that they’re opening feedback for their new visual identity proposal. Essentially, they’ve come up with a new Māori name and logo for the uni, which is one piece of a “long-term plan is the desire to become a Te Tiriti-led Read more...

Dunedin SS4C Strike Underwhelms

Posted 2:04pm Sunday 12th March 2023 by Emily Esplin

School Strike 4 Climate (SS4C) and Fridays for Future joined forces in a nation-wide intergenerational climate strike across the motu on Friday, March 3. The Ōtepoti event, whose organisation was outsourced to Extinction Rebellion (XR), was smaller than most other cities, prompting some Read more...

Back in Black

Posted 2:01pm Sunday 12th March 2023 by Anna Robertshawe

Thursdays in Black is a nation-wide student-led campaign devoted to preventing and responding to sexual violence in tertiary spaces - and it’s back for another year in Dunedin.   Thursdays in Black is aimed at removing stigma and spreading awareness around sexual violence, whilst at Read more...

Sophia Charter Display Launched

Posted 1:06pm Sunday 12th March 2023 by Nina Brown

A new display was launched in the Link last Wednesday, March 8, in honour of the Sophia Charter. The event included speeches from Deputy Vice Chancellor Tony Ballantyne, Dunedin Mayor Jules Radich, representatives of the student group Hold On To Your Friends, and Sophia’s parents Elspeth and Read more...

Bureaucracy, Constipated.

Posted 1:00pm Sunday 12th March 2023 by Lotto Ramsay

It’s taken the University nearly ten years to make more plans than progress on gender-neutral toilets. This is a story about a minority group’s representation on campus, yes, but it’s also an example of a wider problem: how the University’s institutional bureaucracy can get Read more...

Started from Baduzzi Now we Here

Posted 12:54pm Sunday 12th March 2023 by Nina Brown

Former Critic Te Ārohi food columnist Alice Taylor is moving from two-hatted Auckland restaurant Baduzzi to the three-hatted Amisfield in Queenstown. For those of you who don’t know, restaurants are like balding men: the more hats, the better. Three is very impressive.   Last Read more...