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In My Opinion: Henry’s word | Issue 8

Posted 11:40am Sunday 19th April 2015 by Henry Napier

John Key is a political instrumentalist; he has a vision for where he wants New Zealand to be. But rather than using his proportionately short time in government to implement radical change, he has opted to take a slow incremental approach. This has been a major factor in his popularity since he Read more...

Electoral Report Shows Voter Turnout Low

Posted 11:32am Sunday 19th April 2015 by Henry Napier

The Electoral Commission has released its 2014 election report. While the report highlights that the election was successful, it maintains that “much needs to be done”. The report outlines two major priorities to improve the electoral system. The first priority is an increase in voter Read more...

Druglawed Premiere Must Not Promote

Posted 11:21am Sunday 19th April 2015 by Joe Higham

A film titled Druglawed had its world premiere at the University of Otago College Auditorium on Wednesday 14 April. The film, organised by Otago NORML, focuses on New Zealand’s involvement in the US-led War on Drugs. The film was directed and produced by South African filmmaker, Arik Read more...

Uni Launches Peaceful Cartoon Contest

Posted 11:16am Sunday 19th April 2015 by Bridie Boyd

The University of Otago National Centre for Peace & Conflict Studies is hosting a peaceful cartoon competition in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo tragedy. The aim of the competition is to help encourage the international community to react in peaceful ways to controversial cartoons, as well as to Read more...

We Aren’t “a Bunch of Loose-unit Crazies”

Posted 11:07am Sunday 19th April 2015 by Damian George

Feejoa Co-Director Phil O’Reilly has hit back at criticism of his company, saying people have got the wrong impression of the concept. The scheme, introduced in November last year, sees participating businesses pay up to five percent of purchases made by a customer toward their student Read more...

Execrable | Issue 8

Posted 10:58am Sunday 19th April 2015 by Laura Munro

It was announced that Campaign Officer Alice Sowry’s resignation will be effective this Friday. The executive will hold a by-election for this position, as well for education officer after the resignation of Greer Mahoney. The executive discussed the idea of a longer voting period due to the Read more...

Legal Action Threatens Streaming from Overseas

Posted 10:49am Sunday 19th April 2015 by Laura Munro

Four New Zealand television outlets, which together own 85 percent of New Zealand’s television viewing market, have joined together to take action on what they are calling a breach of copyright. Lawyers representing SkyTV, TVNZ, Lightbox New Zealand (run by Spark) and MediaWorks sent a Read more...

News in Briefs | Issue 7

Posted 2:51pm Sunday 12th April 2015 by Magnus Whyte

World Watch Moscow, Russia A Russian toy shop has launched an advertising campaign based on a KGB interrogation. The advert shows a brother and sister interrogating their parents in a darkened room. The boy paces the room with a wooden hammer before telling his parents: “You have left us Read more...

NBA Playoffs just around the Corner

Posted 2:51pm Sunday 12th April 2015 by Daniel Lormans

While the NZ Breakers recently won their fourth ANBL championship in five years, the NBA post-season is just about to kick off next weekend after the monotony of the regular season concluded this week. For the casual viewer, the NBA can appear rather confusing so I will do my best to explain it Read more...

In My Opinion: Henry’s word | Issue 7

Posted 2:51pm Sunday 12th April 2015 by Henry Napier

It’s not often such a strong mandate gets turned on its head so quickly. Only five months ago National won Northland with an overwhelming 9000-vote majority. Then two weeks ago, it managed to lose the seat to Winston Peters. The outcome was the result of two mistakes. The first was the Read more...