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Direct order leads to less than NORML confrontation
Posted 1:58pm Sunday 27th April 2014 by Claudia Herron
A number of confrontations between Campus Watch, the Police and Otago NORML’s 4:20 protests have left speculations rife that the University is attempting to remove the protest group from Campus. A recent incident culminated in Police almost trespassing a member of NORML after he was mistakenly Read more...
Hoyts closure corporate battle with rival Reading
Posted 1:58pm Sunday 27th April 2014 by Josie Cochrane
Reading Cinemas is set to open in the middle of 2014, following the unexpected closure of Hoyts last year. The ODT reported that Hoyts was forced to close because it was “unable to negotiate favourable terms” regarding the lease renewal. Further investigation, however, indicates that Hoyts’ tenancy Read more...
Floods force students to put their holidays on hold
Posted 6:48pm Friday 18th April 2014 by Josie Cochrane
Hundreds of Dunedin students have had to remain in the city tonight after flooding forced road closures on State Highway One, blocking the route from Maheno to Oamaru. The road is the main route from Dunedin to Christchurch. 30 kilometre-long traffic jams were reported by students returning Read more...
Students targeted by energetic beverage cult to earn millions
Posted 4:31pm Sunday 13th April 2014 by Josie Cochrane
“If you could not fail, how big would you dream?” These are the words presented on Vemma’s website to entice young people to join the Vemma brand and sell Verve energy drink products. Vemma is an “ultra-premium, liquid formula that provides the vitamins, minerals and nutrients for greater health and Read more...
Young politician | Issue 08
Posted 4:31pm Sunday 13th April 2014 by Na Terata Hikairo
What's good for Māori is good for Aotearoa. As a rangatahi representative for the Māori Party, I would like to express the values we have in the Māori Party and why they exist. Our MPs, the Hon. Tariana Turia, Hon. Pita Sharples and Te Ururoa Flavell, have worked tirelessly to Read more...
Politweets | Issue 08
Posted 4:31pm Sunday 13th April 2014 by Carys Goodwin
#mediabias If I didn't know better, I'd question whether John was using the synthetic drugs himself. What else is on your bucket list? You and me both One of many in a series of Bridges Bashing tweets from Patrick I really want to know which Read more...
Greatest hits / Greatest shits | Issue 08
Posted 4:31pm Sunday 13th April 2014 by Carys Goodwin
Greatest hitsOn Tuesday, Tau Henare, National MP, announced that he will retire at this year’s election. This is not the greatest hit; rather it’s Tau himself, who has a twenty-year political career that can be characterised by witty retorts and an “I will say whatever I want” mentality. Starting Read more...
Critic tackles election year | Issue 8
Posted 4:31pm Sunday 13th April 2014 by Carys Goodwin
As the candidate lists come rolling in from across the spectrum, the possible Government newbies are already vying for the attention of voters across the board. With that in mind, this week’s Critic looks at five candidates to watch out for as the campaign rush begins. Hailing from a variety of Read more...
Three teams, one cup...
Posted 4:31pm Sunday 13th April 2014 by Daniel Lormans
To the impartial but sky-blue football desk, I thought I should bring you all up to speed with this year’s epic race for the English Premier League title. Liverpool leads the way with 74 points. At the start of the season, not many experts had given Liverpool much chance as genuine title Read more...
Allen Hall old as fuck
Posted 4:31pm Sunday 13th April 2014 by Laura Munro
This year marks a special occasion for the University of Otago. The Allen Hall, part of our current Archway and Clock Tower buildings, is clocking up its centennial year. Exactly 100 years ago on 7 April 1914, the building, named after Chancellor James Allen, was officially opened as Otago’s first Read more...
Monarchy cook up plan to diversify crown assets
Posted 4:31pm Sunday 13th April 2014 by Claudia Herron
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s recent visit to Dunedin has been revealed to be part of a wider push by the Monarchy to diversify their portfolio of investments abroad. A night of travel away from Baby George provided the Duke and Duchess with a bit of rest and relaxation in Dunedin, and an Read more...
Hooper fights fake weed "makes picnic ... not bothered"
Posted 4:31pm Sunday 13th April 2014 by Emily Draper
Opponents of legal highs have gathered in protest around Dunedin in the hope of banning the sale of the drugs throughout New Zealand. While protests were held in 23 centres from Whangerei to Invercargill, Dunedin has seen large gatherings in the Octagon as well as personalised acts of protest Read more...
PIMS - Puzzling inaccuracy mystifies students
Posted 4:31pm Sunday 13th April 2014 by Josie Cochrane
Students were further frustrated by exam woes after the University withdrew the initial exam timetable released last week. Confusion arose after the initial schedule was released last Monday, retracted on Tuesday, then released again on Thursday. A notice, which was emailed to students and Read more...
University freeloads hospital tenancy for 30 years
Posted 4:31pm Sunday 13th April 2014 by Nina Harrap
The Southern District Health Board is seeking to formalise a lease agreement with the University for the Medical Faculty’s use of Dunedin Hospital buildings amidst pressure to upgrade Hospital facilities. According to the ODT, SDHB Chief Executive Carole Heatley indicated in a report to the Board Read more...
Defending the kingdom
Posted 4:31pm Sunday 13th April 2014 by Christian Hardy
In what is surely a landmark decision with regards to international environmental law, on Monday 31 March 2014, after years of protests and diplomatic disputes, the International Court of Justice ruled that Japan’s whaling programme in the Southern Ocean is not for scientific purposes and requested Read more...
Laura Harris victorious as OUSA Education Officer
Posted 4:31pm Sunday 13th April 2014 by Claudia Herron
This year’s first OUSA by-election has welcomed newcomer Laura Harris to the Executive in the role of Education Officer after she took out 36.09 per cent of the total votes. Harris was a clear contender for the role after a markedly articulate performance at Tuesday’s public forum, despite the Read more...
Proctology
Posted 4:31pm Sunday 13th April 2014 by Claudia Herron
This week in Proctology has revealed that a bit of broken glass may be good for University finances, and “slurping the suds” in the Botanic Gardens is not advised. The Proctor has said there has “been an increase” in the amount of bottle breaking going on around campus. While it “might sound nice Read more...
Dickie heats up over paddling pool of fire
Posted 4:31pm Sunday 13th April 2014 by Emily Draper
The art of student couch-burning has reached new heights, according to the complaints of frustrated Woodhaugh resident Jeff Dickie. While walking his daughter to school through the Woodhaugh Gardens, Dickie was astonished to discover the remnants of a couch fire in the Gardens’ empty toddlers’ Read more...
Moana Pool blame additional membership cost on Uni
Posted 4:31pm Sunday 13th April 2014 by Emily Draper
This year’s Moana Pool Student Membership Special demanded students fork out an additional $20 to verify their status as a student. The deal, which boasts a price of $320 for nine months use of the gym and pool, or $190 for sole use of pool, requires students to provide proof of identification Read more...
$20 Million Upgrade Will See Wireless Across All Campuses and Significantly Improved Network Speeds
Posted 4:50pm Sunday 6th April 2014 by Claudia Herron
The University’s Internet has for some time been plagued by criticism due to its inconsistent speeds, varying performance and general unreliability. However, a key project for Information Technology Services (ITS) this year is the overhaul and significant upgrade of the University Network and Read more...
Politweets | Issue 07
Posted 4:50pm Sunday 6th April 2014 by Carys Goodwin
That's the banter we love from Judith. Kim Dotcom, John Dotcodotnz, now gareth.org.nz. Still unsure if this is a fake account or not, but it's funny either way. The hunt for the perfect #cheeserolls continues. This is a fake one. No idea why anyone Read more...
Greatest Hits / Greatest Shits | Issue 07
Posted 4:50pm Sunday 6th April 2014 by Carys Goodwin
Greatest HitsIn the spirit of iD Fashion Week, this year’s Greatest Hit goes to David Clark, who featured on local Dunedin TV for his very own modelling experience. Strutting his stuff in a beautifully made red blazer by Tamsin Cooper, David looked well at home on the catwalk. Considering fashion Read more...
Young Politician | Issue 07
Posted 4:50pm Sunday 6th April 2014 by Curwen Rolinson
A great man once said that just because you might not care about politics ... was no surefire guarantee that politics doesn’t care about you. Regrettably, if you look around our politics today, it seems *exactly* like Kiwi politics doesn’t care about us. I mean, look at the choices. Labour Read more...
Critic tackles election year| Issue 7
Posted 4:50pm Sunday 6th April 2014 by Carys Goodwin
In the last week and a half, Otago has been graced with the presence of two MPs – Judith Collins and Gareth Hughes. While I didn’t attend Judith’s cocktail soirée (the $30 entry fee was out of my poor student price range and it was all the way at Luna Bar), I did have a chat to Todd Dickens, chair Read more...
A Leap of Faith Into the Group of Death
Posted 4:50pm Sunday 6th April 2014 by Daniel Lormans
To the lightweight, 3D-printed extreme sports desk and we all know that New Zealand is a popular destination for extreme sports junkies. However, for some people, bungee jumping, skydiving, jet boating and flirting with Austrian backpackers in Queenstown for a weekend is just not extreme enough Read more...
Overly Keen Scarfie Makes App to Pull
Posted 4:50pm Sunday 6th April 2014 by Emily Draper
A new social networking iPhone app made for Scarfies has been launched across Dunedin. The app, called KEEN, is the brainchild of Auckland University student Philip Chen, who was later joined by Canterbury student Nelson Shaw and Otago student Laxman Popli. KEEN is based around a simple premise: if Read more...
Research Leads to "Pleasing ... Sustained Excellence"
Posted 4:50pm Sunday 6th April 2014 by Nina Harrap
The University has risen 20 places and remains top among New Zealand’s research institution rankings after coming 67th in the 2013 Nature Publishing Index Asia-Pacific. The index ranks nations and institutions on the number of research articles they put out each year and the number of which are Read more...
OUSA Hyde No More Tickets to Keg Party
Posted 4:50pm Sunday 6th April 2014 by Josie Cochrane
General admission Hyde Street tickets sold out in record time last week, with the 1118 tickets available gone within two minutes of release. 3500 tickets were available with priority going to Hyde Street residents, their friends and residents on surrounding streets, and the remaining 1118 being sold Read more...
No Goodbye to By-Elections
Posted 4:50pm Sunday 6th April 2014 by Claudia Herron
The resignation of Education Officer Jordan Taylor has prompted the start to what promises to be another year of by-election folly. While the nominees include current Recreation Officer Henri Faulkner, which may see a shuffle around of the Executive, there are also a number of fresh faces. Should Read more...
Execrable | Issue 7
Posted 4:50pm Sunday 6th April 2014 by Claudia Herron
This week’s Executive meeting was more akin to a marathon, clocking in at nearly three hours long, with a disappointingly large amount of the meeting taking part in Committee of the Whole, which Critic does not have the right to report on. Despite this, Ruby competently chaired the meeting Read more...
On-License Opposed for Yet Another Dunedin Venue
Posted 4:50pm Sunday 6th April 2014 by Claudia Herron
Yet another popular Dunedin venue is risking closure after its on-licence expired and a new application was opposed by the Police and the Medical Officer of Health. Popular music venue Queens Bar at Queens Garden will face a hearing before the Dunedin District Licencing Committee on 11 April where Read more...
Fear and Loathing in Ukraine
Posted 7:01pm Sunday 30th March 2014 by Mariya Semenova
One of the big things on the news in the last few months has been the protests and revolution in Ukraine, followed by the Russian annexation of the Ukrainian region of Crimea. Here I will bravely attempt to give you a crash course in that recent Ukrainian history. Having lived in New Zealand for the Read more...
Politweets | Issue 06
Posted 7:01pm Sunday 30th March 2014 by Carys Goodwin
#cheeserolls The Internet Party might have to watch its back; the Hogwarts Party could steal a considerable chunk of the ‘nerd’ voter base Banter Novelty Hekia Parata account has really enjoyed this week’s scandal The more you know, I guess. Read more...
Greatest Hits / Greatest Shits | Issue 06
Posted 7:01pm Sunday 30th March 2014 by Carys Goodwin
Greatest HitsThis week has seen the rise of #nomakeupselfies across the world. Raising $3 million for cancer research, the trend has occupied Facebook, the media, and, surprisingly, Parliament. I followed Louise Upston’s no-makeup Twitter trail, with Metiria Turei and Holly Walker offering selfies Read more...
Young Politician | Issue 06
Posted 7:01pm Sunday 30th March 2014 by Nyssa Payne-Harker
Do you believe that technologies such as 3D printing and solar technology have the potential to change the world and opportunities for New Zealand? Or do you want to find out more about how they could? Young Greens certainly do and this week, Tuesday 7.30pm in Moot Court, we will be welcoming Read more...
Critic tackles election year | Issue 6
Posted 7:01pm Sunday 30th March 2014 by Carys Goodwin
When it comes to election year, the Otago politics department likes to get involved. We’re only really relevant once every three years, so it’s fairly exciting to get the chance to appeal to more than eager freshers in POLS102. That’s why this week is dedicated to an Otago initiative called Vote Read more...
Bayern Munich Favourites to Make Third Final Appearance in a Row
Posted 7:01pm Sunday 30th March 2014 by Daniel Lormans
To the shiny silver football desk and the UEFA Champions League, which, since 1992, has been the elite competition in European club football. Last year’s winners Bayern Munich pocketed a cool $100 million from the competition, so there is a big financial incentive to winning as well as the prestige Read more...
Influx of Influenza Flew In
Posted 7:01pm Sunday 30th March 2014 by Mass Cralk
The Emergency Department at Dunedin Hospital has seen a number of people admitted who present symptoms of Bird Flu, which comes on the heels of a recent visit to Dunedin by a group of Chinese bioterrorists. Bird flu is caused by an influenza virus that originally occurs in animals and can Read more...
SJS - Sycamore Jovially Sympathises
Posted 7:01pm Sunday 30th March 2014 by Laura Munro
Job-seeking tertiary students in Otago may be in for a weary hunt after student earnings, generated through Student Job Search, declined by six per cent in the early months of 2014, and overall earnings dropped by $700,000 in 2013. Total earnings of $7.353 million in 2013 were 8.6 per cent lower Read more...
Support Shows Cull Not UNESCOrted in Literature Bid
Posted 7:01pm Sunday 30th March 2014 by Emily Draper
Dunedin has taken a major step in becoming New Zealand’s home of literature after Mayor Dave Cull last week sent through a bid to become a UNESCO City of Literature. UNESCO only permits one City of Literature per country, and Cull’s bid aims to establish Dunedin as just that. A successful bid Read more...
Proctology
Posted 7:01pm Sunday 30th March 2014 by Claudia Herron
Disgruntled moteliers and neighbours – and trampolines – are the latest victims of the plague of rowdy Scarfies, making this week’s Proctology look like an episode of Neighbours at War. Known to some as “The Tavern,” a student establishment in Woodhaugh has taken remembering their Read more...
Ross Creek Zombie Apocalypse Run Forecasted
Posted 7:01pm Sunday 30th March 2014 by Emily Draper
The very existence of the 126,000 men, women, children and Scarfies in Dunedin is under threat; the Zombie apocalypse is on its way. 18 May will see the Walking Dead become the Running Dead in a five-kilometre obstacle course around Ross Creek Reserve designed to raise funds for the charity ChatBus, Read more...
Dunedin Renamed Shangedin, Shanghai of the South
Posted 7:01pm Sunday 30th March 2014 by Thomas Raethel
The University of Otago has secured a groundbreaking relationship with a Chinese University, which is likely to grant access to China’s lucrative medical research sector. Shanghai’s Jiao Tong University consistently ranks among the top five universities within mainland China and after signing a Read more...
Noise Complaint Met With Dignified Silence
Posted 7:01pm Sunday 30th March 2014 by Claudia Herron
The filming of a carpet commercial at a View Street flat has incorrectly been associated with a number of noise complaints, despite the flat having a history of noise problems with neighbours. The ODT reported on Friday 14 March that the filming of a Godfrey Hirst Carpet Commercial at the Read more...
Females Find Faulty Floor, Fittings & Faeces In Filthy Flat
Posted 7:01pm Sunday 30th March 2014 by Josie Cochrane
Another story of appalling flat conditions and an inconsiderate landlord has recently faced the media spotlight, with five Dunedin students presenting the state of their flat on Campbell Live last week. The story has been strongly disputed by the flat’s landlord and ex-tenants, who say the girls’ Read more...
Letting the Monkeys Out
Posted 5:30pm Sunday 23rd March 2014 by Josie Cochrane
There are at least two sides to every tale … especially one spanning over several years, involving high profile business owners, a secret Facebook page and a potential police cover-up. The ODT have told one side of the story, but after Critic was given access to the private Facebook discussion group Read more...
Politweets | Issue 05
Posted 5:30pm Sunday 23rd March 2014 by Carys Goodwin
Tau Henare goes wild with this hashtag. Clare looks towards a new dairy product for the next parliamentary drama. Green MPs target Key's memory loss. Probably not the best use of your time, Jacinda. Yes, because those two parties agree Read more...
Statistics
Posted 5:30pm Sunday 23rd March 2014 by Carys Goodwin
Early last week, a new Herald DigiPoll was released, placing National at 50.8 per cent, Labour at 29.5 per cent, Greens at 13.1 per cent, and NZFirst at 3.6 per cent. Such polls should definitely be taken with a grain of salt, but should this translate to an election platform (disclaimer: I take no Read more...
Greatest Hits / Greatest Shits | Issue 05
Posted 5:30pm Sunday 23rd March 2014 by Carys Goodwin
Greatest HitsOn Wednesday morning a new set of changes to the electoral law was passed. While there is considerable criticism about a number of aspects, there is a particular redeeming feature that will finally catapult our elections into modernity: now you can enrol to vote online. For those of us Read more...
Young Politician | Issue 05
Posted 5:30pm Sunday 23rd March 2014 by Guy McCallum
For ACT, making a difference is what we’re interested in. Not disrupting debate, like Young Labour’s twit who wrote in this column last. There are people who work for nothing, providing fine services to the vulnerable and voiceless, and he thinks making a difference is following John Key about, Read more...
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