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Controversial Councillor Candidate Cleared to Run As “Jedi”

Posted 3:33pm Friday 19th August 2022 by Denzel Chung

A candidate for the Dunedin City Council (DCC) is running as an “independent pro-freedom Jedi warrior”. Despite the candidate’s controversial political views, the Chief Jedi of Aotearoa seems to have given his blessing to the move.  Malcolm Moncrief-Spittle, owner of online Read more...

Last-Minute Motions Added to OUSA Ballot

Posted 3:29pm Friday 19th August 2022 by Fox Meyer and Zak Rudin

The upcoming OUSA Annual General Meeting looks to be a serious and no-nonsense event, not to be missed by anyone passionate about student governance and bureaucratic procedure. Current proposals slated for inclusion include investigating the Taj Mahal fire, extending breaks for students, mandating Read more...

School Strike 4 Climate Slated for September

Posted 3:26pm Friday 19th August 2022 by Denzel Chung

Almost a year and a half after their last swathe of nationwide protests, the “School Strike 4 Climate” (SS4C) is planning to return to Aotearoa on September 23. Organisers hope that this will be “the biggest climate strike mobilisation in Aotearoa to this day”.  On Read more...

(Inter-regional) Rail Me Daddy

Posted 3:25pm Friday 19th August 2022 by Keegan Wells

The Government’s Transport and Infrastructure Committee has opened an inquiry into “the future of inter-regional passenger rail in Aotearoa”, hoping to investigate whether trains could play a bigger role in intercity transport. And yes, this means a debauched winter booze train Read more...

Did Weet-Bix’s Stat Attacks Cause the All Blacks To Sink or Swim?

Posted 3:16pm Friday 19th August 2022 by Hugh Askerud

Shoppers were surprised and likely bemused to find Weet-Bix had released a new edition of their infamous Stat Attacks cards in the middle of July: timed perfectly to coincide with the All Blacks’ epic losing streak.  For those who have only ever felt the stale, joyless sensation of Read more...

The Untold Story of the Mysterious Castle Street Tagger

Posted 3:05pm Friday 19th August 2022 by Anna Robertshawe

It was a dark and stormy night, but the Re-O parties were in full swing. DnB raged, bottles were smashed back, students galloped around North D, fuelled by alcohol and a desperation for good (or at least numbing) times. A familiar story. That is, until one visitor from “up north” changed Read more...

Sponsored Money Management Book Given Away By UBS

Posted 3:04pm Friday 19th August 2022 by Denzel Chung

Full disclosure: Denzel is a member of Simplicity, who funded and sponsored Money Made Simple. A mysterious money-management book, sponsored by a KiwiSaver provider, is being given away with every purchase at the University Bookshop (UBS). Critic Te Ārohi decided to investigate, primarily Read more...

Conservation Heroes Buy 40 Boxes of Purple Gs

Posted 3:02pm Friday 19th August 2022 by Fox Meyer

This week, we got a Snapchat of some local conservationists supporting the endangered Purple Goanna. We reached out to these intrepid environmentalists to see what inspired them to make such big sacrifices for such little reptiles.  When we asked Rico, Angus and Ben how many boxes of Purple Read more...

Researchers Want YOUR Poop!

Posted 3:01pm Friday 19th August 2022 by Fox Meyer

On Wednesday, 10 August, a mass email was sent out by Dr. Dominic Agyei in the Food Science Department. It was asking students for their poop. The email was objectively hilarious, opening with the line: “We scratched our heads for a while but could not think of a nicer way to say it than Read more...

First Joint Māori-Pasifika Leadership Hui Held

Posted 1:41pm Monday 15th August 2022 by Fox Meyer

Last weekend, Te Rōpū Māori and the Otago Pacific Island Students’ Association joined forces to tautoko the tauira leaders of tomorrow. The kaupapa (event), the first student-led initiative of its kind at Otago, was attended by over 100 tauira (students) and various guest Read more...

Protest Against Noise Complaints Receives Noise Complaint

Posted 1:39pm Monday 15th August 2022 by Zak Rudin

Around 150 people occupied the Octagon on Sunday August 7 to support Dunedin's iconic Crown Hotel and oppose Dunedin City Council (DCC) regulations which they say have been threatening Dunedin’s live music scene. Ironically, they were even slapped with a noise complaint for their Read more...

Memorial Service Held to Remember Hiroshima

Posted 1:37pm Monday 15th August 2022 by Zak Rudin

A sombre group of around 30 people gathered at the Museum Reserve Peacepole on Saturday August 6, to mark 77 years since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Ashley Macmillan from the Department of Peace and Conflict Studies said it was a “gathering to remember the atrocity and call for it never Read more...

Academic Who Withdrew From Sustainability Panel Speaks Out

Posted 1:33pm Monday 15th August 2022 by Denzel Chung

Last week, Critic Te Ārohi reported on the criticism faced by an Otago Uni panel discussion about “Inequality in Aotearoa” which featured an all-Pākehā group of panellists. Ahorangi Tūhono (Associate Professor) Alex MacMillan, who was due to participate in a separate Read more...

Aussie Skateboarder First in World To Hill-Bomb Baldwin

Posted 1:32pm Monday 15th August 2022 by Keegan Wells

On August 1, Zak Mills-Goodwin became the first ever person to bomb Baldwin Street on a skateboard. He thinks he managed to hit speeds of 70km/h, but didn’t want to confirm anything on the record since speed limits can still be broken on skateboards.  Zak, an Australian, has been doing Read more...

All-Male Flat on their 15th Application

Posted 1:31pm Monday 15th August 2022 by Anna Robertshawe

All-male flatting groups are struggling to find a place to live next year. A few have blamed their bad luck on gender discrimination – with stereotypes continuing to haunt boys on the lookout for flats. “It’s the most demoralising thing: turning up to a flat viewing as a group Read more...

Otago Daily Times Runs Paid Articles From Chinese Government

Posted 1:25pm Monday 15th August 2022 by Denzel Chung

On July 28, the Otago Daily Times ran a sponsored article from a media outlet controlled by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and have since published at least three more. The original article, titled “Chinese-built modern railway leads to brighter future for Kenya,” has nothing to Read more...

$4 Lunch Goes AWOL For A Week, Students Destitute

Posted 7:04pm Friday 5th August 2022 by Nina Brown

OUSA’s beloved $4 lunch fell victim to Aotearoa’s latest Covid wave, forcing it to shut for a week. It left a trail of starving, impoverished students in its wake. Critic Te Arohi went out to check on the destitute, lunch-less masses, left with nothing to sustain them but the salt from Read more...

Students Hoard Minion Daddies

Posted 7:03pm Friday 5th August 2022 by Fox Meyer

Last week, Critic Te Arohi was sent a Snapchat of a student’s room. It was covered wall-to-wall with the Minion Daddy centrefold from our sex issue. Interior design experts Josh and K stopped by to explain their life choices. Josh and K are both first years at Aquinas. K had just moved into Read more...

Peeking Behind the Med Revue Curtain

Posted 7:01pm Friday 5th August 2022 by Zak Rudin

The annual Med Revue took place last weekend, drawing med and non-med students alike for three nights of theatrical antics. “Charlie and the Doctor Factory” gave students their money's worth with three hours of skits and choreographed song and dance. And as a bonus, most of the jokes Read more...

Student Wants YOU! (To Vote, For Him)

Posted 7:00pm Friday 5th August 2022 by Denzel Chung

Otago Uni student Jett Groshinski is the first student to put his hand up for this year’s local body elections. He’s gunning for a spot on the Dunedin City Council (DCC), and is aiming for a chance to wear the Mayoral chains, too.  The PPE (Philosophy/Politics/Economics) and Read more...