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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...

The Case of March Madness

Posted 11:00am Sunday 3rd April 2016 by Sean Nugent

I've heard a few people asking the same question in the last couple of weeks: “What the hell is March Madness?” In simple terms it’s a college basketball tournament in the United States played by the top 68 teams in the nation. Yet look deeper and it’s so much more than Read more...

IPL Chances Reignited For Martin Guptill?

Posted 10:57am Sunday 3rd April 2016 by Willy Chapman

With some strong performances in the latest installment of the T20 World Cup in India, Guptill is showing why he will be sorely missed in this years IPL tournament. Guptill was surprisingly snubbed by IPL bosses in February’s auction, where many thought he would cash in after an explosive Read more...

Syrian Forces Capture Vital ISIS Stronghold

Posted 10:48am Sunday 3rd April 2016 by Hugh Baird

After days of fighting, Syrian Government forces backed by Russian airstrikes, have re-taken the ancient city of Palmyra from the Islamic State.  Syrian Observatory for Human Rights director, Rami Abdulrahman confirmed that over 400 Islamic State militants where killed, with around 180 Read more...

Stop Killing People You Fucking Twats

Posted 10:45am Sunday 3rd April 2016 by Joe Higham

A Taliban splinter group, named Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, has claimed responsibility for an Easter Sunday terrorist attack in Lahore, Pakistan’s second most populous city, which took the lives of at least 72 people, many of whom were children.  Along with the dead, approximately 300 people were Read more...

Bunnings Warehouse U-Turns On Defibrillators

Posted 10:43am Sunday 3rd April 2016 by Joe Higham

Dunedin's branch of Bunnings Warehouse has backed down on plans to remove a potentially life-saving defibrillator, despite one of the staff members having died of a heart condition, the ODT reported.  Bunnings New Zealand manager Jacqui Coombes had been quoted by the ODT as saying that Read more...

Dunedin Resident Says Drift Trikers Are “irresponsible”

Posted 10:39am Sunday 3rd April 2016 by Henry Napier

Dunedin has once again ascended to the world stage following the surging popularity of a downhill ‘Drift Triking’ video. The 2 minute 14 second clip, filmed on George King Memorial Drive, has reached over 3.5 million views on Facebook. The video, which was originally uploaded to the Read more...

University Oval To Expand Capacity

Posted 10:36am Sunday 3rd April 2016 by Georgia Vosper

The Dunedin University Cricket Oval is currently in the process of being upgraded. This is to meet the 6000 person minimum capacity that has been set by New Zealand Cricket’s (NZC) requirements for international venues.   On completion the oval will hold more than 6000 people, with the Read more...

Otago Uni Dentistry Chomps Into World Rankings

Posted 10:30am Sunday 3rd April 2016 by Henry Napier

The University of Otago may not be Harvard or Oxford, but Dunedin-trained dentists can rest assured that their degree is among the highest quality in the world after earning 12th place in the world university rankings. Last week the sixth edition of QS World University Rankings by subject was Read more...

“Increased Vigilance” Sees Student Offences Up 20 Percent In 2015

Posted 10:24am Sunday 3rd April 2016 by Joe Higham

Although 2014 witnessed a nine percent drop in overall offending in comparison to 2013, that figure did increase by almost 20 percent during 2015 when compared to 2014, with 576 separate incidents occurring. The large majority of those were simply disorderly behaviour, which totaled 174, while other Read more...

Interview With Grant Robertson

Posted 11:35am Sunday 20th March 2016 by Joel MacManus

Labour Party Finance Spokesperson Grant Robertson bounds into the Critic office on a sunny O-Week Tuesday. While some of the staff may have been a bit dusty from the night before, Robertson is positively vibing. The source of that enthusiasm could be the natural rush of non-stop meetings Read more...

Leicester City Five Points Clear

Posted 11:32am Sunday 20th March 2016 by Sean Nugent

Leicester City have gone five points clear at the top of the Premier League after a 1-0 victory over Newcastle United. Shinji Okazaki’s superb first half strike increased the pressure on both Tottenham and Arsenal as the season nears its conclusion. With eight games to go, Leicester have Read more...

Acting Like Dopes

Posted 11:27am Sunday 20th March 2016 by Sean Nugent

In wake of Maria Sharapova’s admission to taking a banned substance before this year’s Australian Open, I thought it would be a good time to look back on similar doping scandals that shook the world. So, in no particular order, here’s my top five all-time doping scandals: East Read more...

Bomb Blast Kills 37 In Turkish Capital

Posted 11:12am Sunday 20th March 2016 by Hugh Baird

Turkish warplanes have struck Kurdish militant camps in Northern Iraq a day after a car bomb exploded in Ankara, an attack in which officials believe two fighters from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) are responsible. The bomb blasts, which killed 37 and injured a further 135 when it exploded in Read more...

OUSA Fucks Off Students Once More

Posted 11:09am Sunday 20th March 2016 by Henry Napier

Last Tuesday students expressed their frustration following the crash of the OUSA server during the Hyde Street party ticket sales which were due to start at 9 am. OUSA have reported that they received over 7000 page reload requests per second during the initial ticket offering at 9am which shut Read more...

Thank Fuck The Flag Debate Is Coming To An End

Posted 11:05am Sunday 20th March 2016 by Hugh Baird

This Thursday will see voting in the second flag referendum come to a close, with results to be revealed on March 30.  So far in the second referendum over 1.2 million votes have been returned, a substantially larger number in comparison to the first referendum when at the same stage only Read more...

Zero Hour Contracts Run Out Of Time

Posted 11:02am Sunday 20th March 2016 by Henry Napier

The Government bill has recently passed its Third Reading ending zero hour contracts and extending paid parental leave. The Employment Standards Legislation Bill received bi-partisan support in Parliament gaining the votes of both National and Labour. The original draft of the government bill Read more...

Reserve Bank Cuts OCR Amid Dairy Crisis

Posted 10:59am Sunday 20th March 2016 by Hugh Baird

The Reserve Bank has cut the Official Cash Rate to 2.25 percent, the lowest it has ever been with predictions it could drop a further 25 basis points to 2 percent later this year.  Reserve Bank Governor, Mr Graeme Wheeler justified his decision for cutting rates by explaining that threats Read more...

The Roof Collapse That Changed Hyde’s History

Posted 10:56am Sunday 20th March 2016 by Joe Higham

The annual Hyde Street Keg Party has become infamous, not just in Dunedin, but much, much further afield as well. The demand for tickets this year has been unprecedented. After the servers crashed, the first batch of 1,000 tickets were sold out in 45 seconds, and OUSA were experiencing over 11,000 Read more...

Execrable | Issue 4

Posted 10:51am Sunday 20th March 2016 by Henry Napier

The OUSA Executive are starting a sub-committee to tackle growing fears around student safety. The new working group will comprise of Executive members and will produce a report for Vice Chancellor Harlene Hayne. During last week’s OUSA Executive meeting President Laura Harris raised Read more...

New Zealand’s Contribution To Refugee Crisis Pathetic

Posted 10:46am Sunday 20th March 2016 by Joe Higham

Tuesday last week marked the fifth anniversary of the on going Syrian Civil War that has seen approximately seven million civilians displaced within Syria, just over four million emigrate from their homeland in search of relative safety abroad, involvement of the U.S.A, Britain, and Russia to Read more...

The Cricketing Summer

Posted 12:26pm Sunday 13th March 2016 by Sean Nugent

It's been a turbulent summer of cricket for the Blackcaps. A fairly promising series in Australia was followed by a strong period over the Christmas break against firstly Sri Lanka and then Pakistan. The Chappell/Hadlee trophy was successfully defended, before Brendon McCullum bid his farewell Read more...

New Zealand’s Greatest Batsman Passes Away

Posted 12:20pm Sunday 13th March 2016 by Hugh Baird

After a prolonged fight against lymphoma, Martin Crowe, New Zealand’s greatest ever batsmen passed away last week in Auckland aged just 53.  A statement from his family headed “God Speed, Rest in Peace” said he had died peacefully, surrounded by family. Crowe was Read more...

Sharapova Tests Positive For Drugs After Big New Years

Posted 12:16pm Sunday 13th March 2016 by Sean Nugent

Former world number one and global tennis icon Maria Sharapova has admitted to failing a drug test at the Australian Open in January. The five-time Grand Slam winner tested positive for meldonium, a drug used to help the flow of blood and oxygen. The drug had been banned by the International Read more...

Opinion

Posted 12:12pm Sunday 13th March 2016 by Joel MacManus

Being a Christian can be frustrating sometimes. In the least religious generation in history, it’s tough not to feel a little weird. I don’t really like telling people about my faith, because I don’t want them to think I’m one of "those Christians". I feel the need Read more...

Zero Compliance With Zero Hours

Posted 12:09pm Sunday 13th March 2016 by Tom Kitchin

Imagine it. Sitting round on the couch, waiting in anticipation for a call from your employer to see if you will get the hours you need to support you and your family.  You can’t properly hang out with mates, you can’t spend an afternoon down at the shops, it’s hard to join a Read more...

Critic’s Top 4

Posted 12:04pm Sunday 13th March 2016 by Joel MacManus

David Seymour After a strong 2015, David Seymour has almost certainly secured his personal future as MP for Epsom. 2016 posits a far greater challenge: Saving his party. After 7 years of relatively centrist government, there should be a market for a true Libertarian party among hard right-wing Read more...

To Brexit Or Not To Brexit…

Posted 11:50am Sunday 13th March 2016 by Joe Higham

Britain's in-out EU referendum has been set for June 23. Being Europe’s second largest economy by nominal gdp, a British vote to leave the eu could be catastrophic for the union’s integrity, and could spell the collapse of the union itself.  The reason for the referendum is Read more...

Bloody Knife Found In O.J Simpson Case

Posted 11:46am Sunday 13th March 2016 by Hugh Baird

The case against O.J Simpson in the murder of his wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman in 1994 has taken another strange turn.  The discovery of a bloodied knife just last week buried on Simpson’s property offers hope of new insight into the unsolved murder twenty-two Read more...

High Ranking Islamic State Commander Believed Dead

Posted 11:44am Sunday 13th March 2016 by Hugh Baird

One of Islamic States most infamous commanders may have been killed during targeted strikes by the United States in Syria.  Abu Omar al-Shishani, described by the pentagon as the groups ‘Minister of War’ was the target of a strike near the town of al-Shaddadi. The strike Read more...

North Korean Nuclear Threats Worry International Community

Posted 11:42am Sunday 13th March 2016 by Joe Higham

North Korean supreme leader, Kim Jong-un, has said his country should be ready to use nuclear weaponry at any time and has threatened to turn Washington D.C. into a sea of fire, a comment that is certainly not infrequent but remains worrying for traditional enemies South Korea and the United States Read more...

TPPA Circus Kicks Off

Posted 11:38am Sunday 13th March 2016 by Jessica Thompson

The first of the TPP Roadshows kicked off today with central Auckland being the first stop on the trail. The roadshows are the government’s sales tactic for the agreement, which has gathered criticism by many members of the public as well as several political parties.  Several Read more...

Iran Elects Reformist Majority

Posted 11:36am Sunday 13th March 2016 by Joe Higham

Iranian reformists are celebrating an unprecedented victory in last week’s election, earning 83 of the 280 Parliamentary seats as well as making significant gains in the country’s clerical body; the Assembly of Experts. The principle reformist party, the Persuasive Coalition of Read more...

South Dunedin Was “Severely Neglected”

Posted 11:29am Sunday 13th March 2016 by Joe Higham

South Dunedin residents attended The Nations Church in King Edward Street on Monday night for a meeting about the effects of a devastating flood that caused lasting damage to the community almost nine months ago.  Flooding caused damage to 1250 properties as 175mm of rainfall fell over one Read more...

If Only Steve Could Talk

Posted 11:25am Sunday 13th March 2016 by Critic

Recently the beloved mascot of a student flat was kidnapped, held to ransom and eventually recovered after a daring night-time raid which landed a rescuer in hospital. A third-year student, speaking on condition of anonymity, said he won Steve in a bet as a first-year and they had become close Read more...

Six60 Concert Resident: “We Knew It Wasn’t Safe”

Posted 11:20am Sunday 13th March 2016 by Henry Napier

The neighbouring resident to the flat where a balcony fell during last week’s Six60 concert has said they knew there was a risk hours before the party begun. Though the day ended in tragedy, precautions were taken to prevent overloading of the balcony. “While we were pre-drinking we Read more...

Support For Sufferers Sees Suicide Rate Subside

Posted 11:17am Sunday 13th March 2016 by Henry Napier

The rate of suicides in the Dunedin city area have decreased over the last five years. A report obtained from the Coronial Services unit under an Official Information Act request has shown the number of suicides dropped between 2010 and 2015. The coroner’s report shows the rate of suicides Read more...

Goldens State’s Golden Run

Posted 11:59am Sunday 6th March 2016 by Sean Nugent

Is it now safe to say that the current Golden State Warriors are the best NBA team since the Chicago Bulls of the 1990s? Their 53-5 record shows that they most certainly are, and shockingly, may even be better. Led by superstar guard Stephen Curry, the defending champs have had an extraordinary run Read more...

Could This Finally Be The Warrior’s Year?

Posted 11:52am Sunday 6th March 2016 by Hugh Baird

The arrival of Kiwi superstars Isaac Luke and Roger Tuivasa-Sheck have many of the Mt. Smart faithful licking their lips with the prospect of their first finals series in five years. Though 2015 promised a lot for the Warriors, a disastrous finish to the season losing star players such as Shaun Read more...

Highlanders Hit Early With Injuries

Posted 11:45am Sunday 6th March 2016 by Hugh Baird

Highlanders will have to do without Waisake Naholo and Fumiaki Tanaka for at least the next month, or longer, due to injury. Naholo sustained a new fracture to the same leg that he injured before the World Cup last year. The injury occurred late in the game against the Blues and the fracture was Read more...

Free Tertiary Education Could Be A Reality

Posted 11:39am Sunday 6th March 2016 by Tom Kitchin

During the summer break, all students were hit with something that could create a substantial change in the tertiary education environment. There’s now a real possibility that university students in New Zealand will have access to free education. Labour leader Andrew Little presented a new Read more...

A Quick Chat With

Posted 11:27am Sunday 6th March 2016 by Joel MacManus

To call Todd Barclay’s life unusual would be an understatement. At just twenty four years old, not only did he put himself forward as a parliamentary candidate in Clutha-Southland, he won by a landslide and stepped into the gigantic shoes of the outgoing MP, Bill English.  I sat down Read more...

Trump vs Clinton

Posted 11:13am Sunday 6th March 2016 by Joe Higham

Super Tuesday, a day that can revive or destroy a candidate’s hope for the presidency, took place on March 1 across America as eleven states voted in both the republican and democratic races. Relatively early on, results showed that the Trump political juggernaut is continuing its Read more...

DiCaprio Bags An Oscar

Posted 11:09am Sunday 6th March 2016 by Hugh Baird

After years and years of being denied the award many believe he has long deserved, Leonardo DiCaprio finally graced the stage at the 88th Academy Awards and mitted himself a golden Oscar for his role in The Revenant.  The Academy Awards, more affectionately known as the “Oscars” Read more...

Reddit Used To Raise Alarm

Posted 10:58am Sunday 6th March 2016 by Jessica Thompson

In a distressing turn of events, a Dunedin student was saved by her fiancé with the aid of the entertainment and social news website Reddit. Melody Madill began experiencing a seizure during a Skype session with her fiancé, Anna Messner on Tuesday afternoon. Messner, situated in the Read more...