Issue 26, 2025

News

A Letter from Grant Robertson
Critical Tribune: STI Rates Plummet in North D as Castle Clears Out for Exams
Job-Seeking Students Say “Bullshit” to Luxon’s Employment Claims
OUSA Quarter 3 Wrapped: Part II
Promposals Sweep North D
Skilled Students Snag Blues and Golds

Features

Critic’s Oldest Living Editor: Paul Oestreicher

Columns

Booze Review: Jam Shed Shiraz
Debatable: Is it reasonable to leave your stuff in the library during a lunch break in exam season?
Editorial: Long Live Critic
Horoscopes: Issue 26 2025
Local Produce: Kesi.ink
Mi Goreng Graduate: Greek Traybake
Moaningful Confessions: The Ghosts of Beds Past
OUSA Exec: Kia Kaha, Otago

Culture

Cheap As Chips! Critic’s Summer Goodies
Skulls, Sea-Shanties & a Full Cream Speight’s: A Farewell Tour of Ōtepoti
Who Said That?

13th October 2025

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