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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...