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Pint Night Pox Strikes!
Posted 3:58pm Saturday 23rd March 2024 by Jodie Evans
Chickenpox’s ‘patient zero’ has come forth after students received an email on Thursday March 14 alerting them to an outbreak of chickenpox (or varicella-zoster) within the student community. The email warned that the virus is “highly infectious” and the “risk of Read more...
OUSA First Quarter Reports
Posted 3:30pm Saturday 23rd March 2024 by Hugh Askerud
Every quarter, each OUSA exec member submits a report to prove they’ve actually been doing the job they were elected to do. The exec then meets to vote on whether each member should be paid their honorarium (like a salary for elected positions, paid only on the basis that members are actually Read more...
A Fond Farewell to L.Hotel
Posted 3:25pm Saturday 23rd March 2024 by Jordan Irvine
On Thursday, March 14th, we all received a gutting post notification (we have ours on at least) from L. Hotel announcing a ‘CYA L8TER NZ Tour’. The tour marks the last chance for fans and haters (kidding, everyone loves them) to say goodbye to the “tax-evading, gluten-free Read more...
‘Let’s talk about Drugs’ Turns To ‘Let’s Talk Shit’
Posted 3:23pm Saturday 23rd March 2024 by Hugh Askerud
Sparks flew at an otherwise underwhelming ‘Let’s talk about Drugs’ event where panellists and the handful of attendees squabbled over who can prevent drug harm the best. At its peak, 15 people were at the event, including its four panellists: Max Phillips (president of Students for Read more...
Otago Regional Councillor Calls Student “Entitled” Over Bus Fares
Posted 3:17pm Saturday 23rd March 2024 by Nina Brown
Last week, the Otago Regional Council (ORC) voted 5-7 not to extend the half price bus fares. In what would normally be a one-liner headline in the TL;DR, Critic sniffed a story when we were forwarded an email chain between law student Grace and Councillor Michael Laws, who attacked her character Read more...
Transfer Station Dumped from North D
Posted 6:04pm Sunday 17th March 2024 by Harriette Boucher
Brace yourself for some trashy news, the local dump is gone. The Dunedin Wickliffe Street Transfer Station (the tip near the Uni) has permanently closed. A shame, since it was both conveniently close to the student area and free for all students to use. Green Island is now the closest dump, setting Read more...
Staunch University Presence for St Patty’s
Posted 5:59pm Sunday 17th March 2024 by Hugh Askerud
The University is set to take a stand on St Patrick’s Day, utilising subbies and a host of others to take an organised security approach during the event. Subwarden Rachel* told Critic Te Ārohi about the Uni’s planned presence on the day: “They were trying to get the Read more...
New Post-Grad Club Emerges Under Mysterious Circumstances
Posted 5:56pm Sunday 17th March 2024 by Hugh Askerud
The Society for Postgraduate Students (SPS) has mysteriously emerged after the old post-grad club (the Otago Postgraduate Association) was left abandoned late last year. The club was sworn into being by the OUSA exec at a meeting on the 5th of March, passing with all Read more...
Harm Reduction Hui ‘Bout to Drop
Posted 5:52pm Sunday 17th March 2024 by Hugh Askerud
Harm reduction is about to take centre stage with the Deep South Alcohol and Drug Harm Reduction Hui happening Monday and Tuesday this week at the Dunedin Art Gallery. According to the invite, the key aim is to “provide an opportunity to network to build relationships with others who are Read more...
Dunedin Debuts New Fringe
Posted 5:48pm Sunday 17th March 2024 by Jordan Irvine
On Wednesday, March 13th, the Dunedin Fringe Festival officially kicked off at Te Whare o Rukutia, ushering in 11 days of comedy, theatre, art, and the kind of general sophistication which you just need every once in a while. The night began with MC/comedian/Fringe act Nicola Brown, who Read more...
Free Breakfast is Back to Five Days a Week
Posted 5:46pm Sunday 17th March 2024 by Gryffin Powell
For those of you bold enough to wake up before 9:30 (we get it, you’re better than us), OUSA Clubs and Socs have recently announced the extension of their renowned free breakfast programme to five days a week. The breakfast is open from 8:30-9:30am. Located in the Evision lounge, all Read more...
Music Company’s Policies Questioned
Posted 5:44pm Sunday 17th March 2024 by Jordan Irvine
Musos and performers alike have rallied together in defiance of ‘Breaking Sound’ after only one of five acts made revenue on a Wednesday night gig at Errick’s due to a questionable policy. Breaking Sound is an LA-based company that gets promoters to find 4-5 bands to Read more...
“Weird” St Patty’s Escorted Walk Raises Eyebrows
Posted 5:22pm Sunday 17th March 2024 by Nina Brown
Last week, Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) had planned to host an escorted walking tour of North Dunedin on St Paddy’s Day for attendees of an alcohol and drug harm hui they’re co-hosting. On Thursday, SSDP’s executive announced its cancellation, stating they’d Read more...
Rainbow Story Time Attracts Boomer Hate
Posted 5:19pm Sunday 17th March 2024 by Nina Brown
A Dunedin Pride event went ahead smoothly, despite the presence of several protesters both online and in person. ‘Rainbow Stories with Miss Annie’ was held at the Dunedin Public Library on Saturday, March 9, attracting a significant amount of publicity due to online protests prior to the Read more...
Knife-wielding Vampire Robs Flat
Posted 3:07pm Sunday 10th March 2024 by Sam Smith-Soppet
On March 1st, someone posted photos to the Castle24 Facebook page of a guy sitting on the ground with a bleeding nose, surrounded by police. The post warned others that he’d been on a thieving spree in the neighbourhood before “the cops took him”. The burglar — who Read more...
Rob Roy Dairy For Sale
Posted 2:35pm Sunday 10th March 2024 by Gryffin Powell
Rob Roy is for sale. Harcourts listed the historic building on their website on Feb 21, calling it “an icon of the local dairy and ice cream scene.” Critic Te Ārohi swung by Rob Roy and had a yarn to owner Liz Watson, who was forced awake before 6:30am (after a big night at Read more...
U-Bar Takes the sword to Pint Night line…inequality
Posted 2:22pm Sunday 10th March 2024 by Hugh Askerud
Management at U-Bar is taking a stand against inequality in the Pint Night line. The call for action comes after reports that wait times could be over an hour long late last year. In their battle against lines that haunt students’ nightmares, U-Bar will extend its opening hours on Wednesday Read more...
Opinion: Shit’s Really Going Downhill for Student Journalism
Posted 2:20pm Sunday 10th March 2024 by Monty O’Rielly
The sentiment that journalism is dying is thrown around so often that it seems a tired subject at this point. It’s treated as an inevitable. Last week’s report that Newshub, one of our major media sources in Aotearoa, is being forced to close was surprising but banal. It was merely Read more...
Link Gets a Glow-Up
Posted 1:57pm Sunday 10th March 2024 by Hugh Askerud
The Link is about to look like the Dunedin Farmers Market after getting a glow up which will leave microwave-lovers and OUSA clubs rejoicing. The University is partway through constructing a quasi-kitchen for the area, as well as opening up space for a series of groups to open stalls during Read more...
Student Journalists Restricted (And Then Not) From Parliament
Posted 1:50pm Sunday 10th March 2024 by Hugh Askerud
Student journalists cried for blood across the motu last week after Speaker of the House Gerry Brownlee revoked the Aotearoa Student Press Association’s (ASPA’s) access to Parliament’s Press Gallery. Critic Te Ārohi joined in with the masses (despite not having been aware of Read more...