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Law Students Rally for Mammoth Fundraising Effort

Posted 10:33am Sunday 16th August 2026 by Gryffin Blockley

A yearly effort by a group of law tauira to fundraise for Dunedin-Ōtepoti Whānau Refuge has reached new heights, with over fifty volunteers, five events, and plans to match last year’s $35,000 raised. Critic Te Ārohi sat down with Meg, the woman in charge of helping to Read more...

Subconscious Studios To Visit For Student Flash Day

Posted 10:30am Sunday 16th August 2026 by Hanna Varrs

This Thursday, students will have the absolute pleasure of getting tatted up by Martha, Kesi and Liv – all of whom hail from one of Ōtepoti’s most iconic tattoo parlours, Subconscious Studios. As a part of OUSA’s Art Week, the Subconscious artists will be camped out in the Read more...

Pint Night Fall Off?

Posted 10:27am Sunday 16th August 2026 by Luca Jamieson

Wednesday nights for many students are not spent in Central, but rather underground at the aptly named University Bar, U-Bar. Pint Night serves as the student community’s weekly chance for cheap pints, and typically offers a constant rotation of student bands. But recently, allegations have Read more...

Politicians Make Their Pitch to Students at OUSA Leaders Debate

Posted 10:25am Sunday 16th August 2026 by Bella Bates

The OUSA Leaders Debate took place in Union Hall last Tuesday, and boy, was it a wild one. With twice as many audience members than seats, the student community showed up (some quite loudly), to watch the debate. OUSA sent invitations to eight party leaders on the 3rd of February, giving them seven Read more...

Opinion: If You Want Young People To Vote, Then You Should Probably Talk To Them

Posted 10:22am Sunday 16th August 2026 by Molly Smith-Soppet

It has been a big year for tertiary education in politics. Fees-free was cut, student support has been chipped away at, and somehow we are still expected to believe that young people feel politically represented. That’s why it’s a little rich when students actually ask our political Read more...

Orange Sky Ōtepoti: A Place Of Smiles, Clean Clothes and Kōrero

Posted 4:09pm Saturday 8th August 2026 by Harry Almey

Orange Sky, a charity that provides free laundry services to alleviate homelessness and hardship, opened its first location south of Ōtautahi this year — right here, in Ōtepoti. We at Critic Te Ārohi were tumbling over ourselves to see how it's been getting along since it Read more...

Critical Tribune: Dragon Causes Damage To St David’s Building

Posted 4:05pm Saturday 8th August 2026 by Claudia Rivera

Students trying to start the lock-in early last week might have had a bit of a shock when a 20-metre-long Western dragon decided to set up shop atop St Dave’s. According to a statement from University Property Services, the dragon left “minimal” damage to the building, which was a Read more...

TIB’s ‘What I Was Wearing’ Exhibit A Success

Posted 4:04pm Saturday 8th August 2026 by Maea Wikohika

Content Warning: Sexual violence, child sexual abuse, rape, intimate partner violence Thursdays in Black’s (TiB) ‘What I Was Wearing’ exhibit was held last week, and after an incredibly powerful and confronting walk through, Critic Te Ārohi sat down with a few members of Read more...

Local Produce: Sogg

Posted 4:01pm Saturday 8th August 2026 by Mack Hughes

Off the back of their second proper EP, teenage noise-rockers Sogg have confidently asserted themselves as one of the most exciting and interesting bands in the Ōtepoti music scene. Their sound is explosive, sonically tending toward the crushingly loud, heavy and dense. Ollie (vox, guitar, and Read more...

Opinion: Can The OUSA Exec Get It The Fuck Together?

Posted 3:54pm Saturday 8th August 2026 by Hanna Varrs

The OUSA Executive appears to be sick of its current structure, floating changes that would see the death of the Post Graduate Representative and Political Representative, plus the rebirth of a Disability Representative. On behalf of esteemed publication Critic Te Ārohi, I would like formally Read more...