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CCTV Debate Continues In The Run Up To Vital OUSA Referendum

Posted 10:49am Sunday 21st May 2017 by Joe Higham

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Iconic Dunedin Castle May Soon Be Open To The Public

Posted 10:47am Sunday 21st May 2017 by Joel MacManus

One of Dunedin’s greatest historic landmarks may soon be accessible to the public, if plans go smoothly, according to Steven De Greef, Chairperson of the Cargill’s Castle Trust. Cargill’s Castle, one of only two castles in New Zealand (the other being Larnach Castle, also in Read more...

Satire: The Truth is Out There

Posted 10:36am Sunday 21st May 2017 by Charlie O’Mannin

Over the past week construction has stopped on the stretch of the Leith River between Union St and the Leith St footbridge, around the same time as a mysterious blue tarpaulin appeared. They have clearly found something that has halted construction. One anonymous law student said that he “saw Read more...

Hepatitis C Resource Centre Closes Doors Due To Funding Shortfall

Posted 10:32am Sunday 21st May 2017 by Zahra Shahtahmasebi

After facing a tumultuous period in recent years, the Otago and Southland branch of the Hepatitis C Resource Centre Trust has shut its doors for good. Since the government cut the centre’s already meagre funding (they only received $45,000 per year, to cover wages amongst all the other Read more...

Labour floats “Māori-run” prison idea

Posted 11:05am Sunday 14th May 2017 by George Elliott

Last week, Labour’s corrections spokesman Kelvin Davis mentioned an idea to turn the existing Ngawha prison in Northland to one run sole on Maori values: "A prison based on Māori values, not exclusively for Māori but for anybody, but they'll know that the values that the Read more...

You Can Count On Us To Keep Workplace Gender Identity Issues Down

Posted 10:55am Sunday 14th May 2017 by Joel MacManus

Countdown supermarkets have garnered praise from LGBT support organisations after releasing a new policy to support employees transitioning between genders. The policy, which has been introduced at all Countdown supermarkets, distribution centres, processing plants, and support offices allows for Read more...

After Hours Oral Pleasure Cumming to Campus

Posted 10:52am Sunday 14th May 2017 by Joel MacManus

The University of Otago is seeking to revamp and extend its campus food and beverage offerings, with a specific focus on increasing availability and atmosphere outside of typical study hours. A tender has been put out to consultants to provide a “campus wide food, beverage, and retail Read more...

‘Love Another Mother’ Campaign Begins, Helping Dunedin’s Vulnerable Women

Posted 10:49am Sunday 14th May 2017 by Anna Linton

Te Roopū Pūtaiao (TRP), the University of Otago Māori Science Students’ Association, has expanded their  ‘Love Another Mother’ volunteer initiative, which is aimed at giving gifts to vulnerable women in the Ōtepoti community for Mother’s Day. The Read more...

Keeping tabs on the Exec | Issue 11

Posted 10:41am Sunday 14th May 2017 by Joe Higham

The University of Otago’s Deputy Proctor Andrew Ferguson and Team Leader for Media Engagement Jo Galer were both present to inform the executive confidentially about the university’s plans. Ferguson began his pitch selling the initiative to the executive, although, approximately two Read more...

Otago University To Install 60 CCTV Cameras in North Dunedin's Streets

Posted 9:16am Friday 12th May 2017 by Joe Higham

A procedural mistake made during the latest OUSA Executive meeting (Monday 8 May) has provided Critic with an unintended and exclusive insight into Otago University’s controversial plans to drastically increase the amount of closed-circuit television cameras (CCTV), the large majority of Read more...

The G.O.A.T. Series Part One: Male Athletes

Posted 11:57am Sunday 7th May 2017 by Charlie Hantler

G.O.A.T., or the ‘greatest of all time’, is an American phrase which has now become commonplace in sporting circles with discussions about which sportsperson is the best to ever grace their code’s pitch/ring/field and so on. Throughout the rest of the year, Critic will conduct a Read more...

Interview with Nicky Hager

Posted 11:43am Sunday 7th May 2017 by George Elliott

George Elliot: There’s been a lot of blowback from Hit & Run. What is your assessment from the response to that? Nicky Hager: So far the book is going very well. It could seem like the goal was that the government announced the enquiry, and that was the test of whether it worked, but Read more...

Critic Sides With Scientific Evidence As Pro- and Anti-Vaxxers Lock Horns

Posted 11:31am Sunday 7th May 2017 by Joe Higham

An OUSA Facebook post promoting National Immunisation Week (1-7 May) provided the latest platform for both sides of the vaccination debate to lock horns. OUSA made the post on 2 May to help spread awareness for the Southern District Health Board’s program of providing free human Read more...

National Drafts New Law Following Landmark $2 billion Pay Equity Settlement

Posted 11:24am Sunday 7th May 2017 by Anna Linton

The National Party has announced that they are currently drafting legislation to overhaul the pay equity laws. The new law will provide a non-judicial framework for pay equity claims and narrow the current ‘comparator’ process. Under the current Equal Pay Act 1972, employees must find Read more...

License Suspensions Handed Out For Branson’s Bar and Alley Cantina

Posted 11:20am Sunday 7th May 2017 by Joel MacManus

Two Dunedin bars popular with students have had their licenses suspended following rulings from the Alcohol Regulatory and Licensing Authority. Branson’s Bar on St Andrew St and Alley Cantina on George St had their licenses temporarily revoked, for 72 and 48 hours respectively, for serving Read more...

NZ Government Pissed Off With Australia’s Backstabbing Education Reform

Posted 11:15am Sunday 7th May 2017 by Joe Higham

The Australian Government has decided to impose international tuition fees on New Zealand students at Australian universities as part of their recently introduced Education Reform Package. The changes will come into effect from 1 January 2018 and will likely affect thousands of New Read more...

NZME & Fairfax Merger Declined Amid Concerns for NZ Democracy

Posted 11:11am Sunday 7th May 2017 by Zahra Shahtahmasebi

The authorisation for a merger between media companies NZME and Fairfax has been declined by the Commerce Commission. The decision came after a year of lobbying and speculation involving some of the country’s largest media brands. NZME’s subsidiaries include the NZ Herald and Newstalk Read more...

Winnie Blues: Winston Peters on Yet Another Anti-Immigration Rant

Posted 11:07am Sunday 7th May 2017 by Joel MacManus

Winston Peters has targeted international students in his latest crusade on immigration, calling on the government to get rid of rules that allow foreign students to earn work visas and permanent residency after completing their qualifications. “We’re going to restore the integrity of Read more...

Human Rights Commission Report Shows Serious Mistreatment in NZ Prisons

Posted 10:52am Sunday 7th May 2017 by Joe Higham

An independent report, conducted by the Human Rights Commission, has raised several serious concerns about the use of seclusion and restraint practices in New Zealand’s prison system.  The report, written by international expert Dr Sharon Shalev, “indicates that seclusion and Read more...

Keeping tabs on the Exec | Issue 10

Posted 10:46am Sunday 7th May 2017 by Joe Higham

The Otago Students Against Animal Testing group was affiliated to OUSA without any issue.  President Hugh Baird and Campaigns Officer Eden Lati recently returned from visiting the New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations (NZUSA) in Wellington, where they were determining a strategy Read more...