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Booze Reviews: White Russian
Posted 8:37am Tuesday 23rd April 2024 by Chunny Bill Swilliams
There’s something to be said about milk-based cocktails. They’re sweet, creamy, and have you teetering on the edge of shitting your pants. Having recently watched The Big Lebowski, naturally White Russians were the only way to approach this inconsistent but virtuous thrill of Read more...
Students “So Fucking Excited” for Dunedin Mecca
Posted 8:30pm Sunday 21st April 2024 by Gryffin Powell
Hold your Frank Green drink bottle tight because cosmetics giant Mecca is opening a store in Dunedin later this year. The chain confirmed the rumours to the Otago Daily Times after job positions were posted online. The store is set to open at an unspecified location on George Street – likely Read more...
Bot Takeover Prompts Private Castle24
Posted 8:14pm Sunday 21st April 2024 by Gryffin Powell
The Castle24 Facebook group has been invaded – not by freshers, but by hundreds of bot accounts claiming to sell tickets to the Hyde St Party. What started as a trickle of scammers has turned into a shit storm of hundreds of bots in the lead-up to Hyde, leaving students confused about who to Read more...
Moaningful Confessions: Bathroom Olympics
Posted 8:08pm Sunday 21st April 2024 by Critic
This is how I won a $3 plastic trophy for winning a sex competition. Last year a mate and I wanted to attend an event: party buses, bar crawl and silly dress up – ideal. It was a five hour drive away, but we figured that if we found men at the event to shack up with the accommodation was free Read more...
Dusty Laps for Life
Posted 8:05pm Sunday 21st April 2024 by Nina Brown
Suicide prevention trust ‘Life Matters’ hosted Laps for Life at North Grounds on Sunday, April 14. Fuelled by the sausage sizzle, the crowd of 200 yellow-dressed attendees cumulatively ran 1,954 km (over the length of Aotearoa) eclipsing the original goal of 365 km before lunchtime. Read more...
Te Araroa: An Unexpected Journey
Posted 8:02pm Sunday 21st April 2024 by Harriette Boucher
Te Araroa, though not officially one of Aotearoa’s 10 Great Walks, is arguably the greatest of them all. Translating to ‘The Long Pathway’, the trail spans 3000 km and traverses the entire length of the country, taking walkers through beaches, forests, country, and Read more...
Debatable: Should climate change be an individual responsibility?
Posted 7:56pm Sunday 21st April 2024 by Julia Randerson
Debatable is a column written by the Otago University Debating Society. The Debating Society welcomes new members and meets at the Business School every Tuesday at 6pm. For Let’s face it: the UN’s climate conferences are infamously ineffective, corporations tend to dislike any Read more...
As Good as Mould
Posted 7:40pm Sunday 21st April 2024 by Jodie Evans
From flocks of seagulls to herds of freshers, beautiful North Dunedin boasts a variety of unique flora and fauna – the most abundant and furtive of which can be found in your very own flat. You guessed it: mould. Your white-toothed suit-wearing landlord only wants you to live amidst the most Read more...
Local Produce: Ann Arkii
Posted 5:25pm Sunday 21st April 2024 by Jordan Irvine
Ann Arkii is the Monarch of the Ōtepoti drag scene. Having performed drag for over a year, Ann is often credited with revitalising the drag scene in Dunedin through the Ōtepoti Drag Directory, which helps feature and encourage emerging drag artists. Critic Te Ārohi sat down with Ann Read more...
Daddy Grant’s Home!
Posted 5:22pm Sunday 21st April 2024 by Molly Smith-Soppet
Grant Robertson was spotted on campus recently, spending a week acquainting himself with the University and the people within. A select few were lucky enough to meet the soon-to-be-VC for a lunch date, telling Critic Te Ārohi they felt privileged to be fit into a schedule that was allegedly Read more...
71.6% Increase in Region’s MDMA Consumption During Flo-Week
Posted 5:19pm Sunday 21st April 2024 by Hanna Varrs
Wastewater testing has revealed a 71.6% increase in MDMA consumption during Flo-Week, meaning the cops know you got geary. Cocaine consumption also had a marginal rise (in this economy?) but it was 35 times less prevalent than MDMA. The information has come to light after Critic Te Read more...
Breaking Sound’s Policies Still Under Fire
Posted 5:17pm Sunday 21st April 2024 by Jordan Irvine
Breaking Sound’s policies continue to be questioned by local musos. It’s been revealed to Critic Te Ārohi that multiple Dunedin bands, including IVY and The Beatniks, have had issues of underpayment with the company owing to their odd policies. Discussions centred around their Read more...
Crossword Trauma Leads to Plea for Hyde Tickets
Posted 5:14pm Sunday 21st April 2024 by Hugh Askerud
The Hyde hustle has been strong this year, with some twisting the “trauma” of repeated Critic crossword errors (soz) into a bid for tickets. A flat of four sent an email last Monday after spotting the latest typo to Critic Editor Nina and OUSA President Keegan, claiming it had Read more...
Castle Street Clean-up Turnout Disappoints
Posted 5:09pm Sunday 21st April 2024 by Hugh Askerud
The fifth annual Sophie Crestani Castle Street Clean-up took place last Friday, attracting a disappointingly small turnout. Few members of the Castle St fraternity showed up, with the majority of initial attendees being either Caroline Freeman College residents or Hold On To Your Friends (HOTYF) Read more...
Horoscopes: Week 8
Posted 5:05pm Sunday 21st April 2024 by Critic
Aquarius Aquarius, you have been busy, and it’s showing. The dark circles and chapped lips aren't cute. Sometimes taking a night off the booze is a good idea so you won't look 20 going on 35. Your turn on: Netflix adaptation of Wattpad porn Pisces A bad week is in the cards for Read more...
Introducing Your Clubs & Socs Rep
Posted 5:02pm Sunday 21st April 2024 by Emma Jackson
Hello lovely people! My name is Emma Jackson and I am your Clubs and Socs Rep for 2024 <3 A few things about me is that I was born in Saudi Arabia, living there for 10 years before moving back to Aotearoa and setting up camp in Christchurch. I play competitive tennis, love tramping and Read more...
Editorial: Touch Some Grass
Posted 4:55pm Sunday 21st April 2024 by Nina Brown
We’re all saying it: winter is coming, and with it the winter blues. Soon enough it’ll have all of us in its clutches once more as we wallow in the sunless pit of North Dunedin. There are all kinds of things that are recommended to help you cope. My advice? Just touch some Read more...
Scenic Sadness: A Critic Te Ārohi Quest
Posted 4:52pm Sunday 21st April 2024 by Gryffin Powell
As temperatures plummet, the primal North D urge to “get the fuck away from it all” stirs. Nothing awakens the adventurous spirit quite like a mouldy flat or a situationship ending. Two dudes armed with a Mazda (that they weren’t insured to drive) embarked on an expedition to find Read more...
Botan Bongs
Posted 4:27pm Sunday 21st April 2024 by Hugh Askerud
To many, the Botanical Gardens are a short-cut to New World Gardens or a nice place to picnic. To members of the species Stoneri botanis (The Botan Stoner), however, the Gardens are their natural habitat. The Botan Stoner is an abundant species native to the ecosystem of Ōtepoti. This species Read more...
Letter from KnowYourStuffNZ: What is Harm Reduction?
Posted 2:20pm Sunday 14th April 2024 by Max Phillips
My name is Max Phillips, and I am a drug user. “User” is a bit of a loaded word, but it shouldn’t be, since everyone reading this is also a drug user. Over 80% of New Zealanders drink alcohol (one of the most harmful drugs), and we can tend to forget that things like panadol are Read more...