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Debatable: Is it reasonable to leave your stuff in the library during a lunch break in exam season?

For: Whatever happened to the childhood sacrality of dibs? If your stuff is there, that spot is yours and yours only. You snooze, you lose suckers. But let's not forget the trade off here, because in leaving your belongings behind you are putting yourself at risk of some devious licking…so who’s the real sucker? I say it’s fair game at that stage. Besides, there’s a plethora of study spaces across campus so do...

Moaningful Confessions: The Ghosts of Beds Past

Have something juicy to tell us? Send your salacious stories to moaningful@critic.co.nz. Submissions remain anonymousIf you’re anything like me, you’ve probably had a few memorable moments between the sheets of whatever bed you currently call home. But after a recent revelation that my flat was once the site of a full-blown BDSM orgy (yes, whips, chains, and leather – the holy trinity), I started to think a little harder...

Editorial: Long Live Critic

There have been many versions of this editorial – my last. First was the list of evidence I’d compiled for the eventual case to be made that I’ve aged out of studenthood. It started at the first Critic drinks in O-Week when, rather than opting for Scrumpy (the best value for money), I sipped red wine – from a glass. It only continued from there. Embarrassingly, throughout the year I was forced to ask younger staff...

Local Produce: Kesi.ink

For the final edition of the year, one brave soul got our logo tattooed onto her tricep. Tevya Faed, one of Critic Te Ārohi’s finest illustrators added to her collection of tattoo’s booking in for an appointment with her go-to tattoo artist, Kesi. In a post-match interview with Tevya, she made it clear that she was not coerced by her bosses into getting the logo tattooed (gun lowers behind camera). In fact, she had the idea...

Booze Review: Jam Shed Shiraz

Hello team, Joan here. I would just like to take a moment to point out (not that it hasn't been mentioned by every other bastard in the twenty something pages you went through to get here) it is the last issue for 2025. With that comes some sad goodbyes, particularly Miss Boss Lady, Nina Brown. Nina's favourite tipple is allegedly Jam Shed, a rather pleasant Shiraz offering out of Oz, the second best wine producing country on the...

Mi Goreng Graduate: Greek Traybake

We have arrived at the final recipe of the year! Greek traybake is my all time favourite dinner so it felt like an apt way to finish up my column at the fabulous Critic Te Ārohi. This recipe is totally hands off to cook, uses seasonal ingredients, and is utterly delicious. In my opinion you can’t get much better than this! Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to read any of the recipes over the past couple of years....

Pisces You have been drinking way too much alcohol and having too much fun considering how close to the end of the semester we are. Time to take a break from staying up until 3am every night of the weekend and time to lock yourself in the library to get shit...

OUSA Exec: Kia Kaha, Otago

As this year draws to a close, I’ve found myself reflecting on the year we’ve had, the people I’ve worked alongside, and what this university really stands for. When I first stepped into this role, I promised that our Executive would do...

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