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Editorial: Everything You Missed Over The Break

Welcome back. I missed you! In the spirit of our census results coming out, I asked you guys (via the @criticmag story) what you had all been missing about Ōtepoti while you were away for the break. April misses hearing the clocktower chime. Ryan misses Leith Liquor. A couple of your missed drugs and your dealer. Many crave the social acceptance Dunedin has toward drinking almost every day of the week. Madaline misses Ubereats,...

Joint Statement On The Legislation (Definition Of A Man and Woman Bill) Amendment Bill

The OUSA Executive and UniQ oppose the Gender (Definitions of Man and Woman) amendment bill, and call for it to be withdrawn over the dehumanisation wielded against transgender, non-binary, takatāpui and intersex people. Everyone deserves to live a life of dignity where we can be comfortable in our own bodies. Trans* people deserve to exist in public life with dignity; their identities are inherent to them, determined by...

Moaningful Confessions: The one that got away… For three years

Everyone remembers their Big University Romance. I can sum up mine up with a few pretty sad stats. 3 years. Thousands of texts. And one lousy kiss – at the airport, of all places. We met in halls, where it feels like everyone is simultaneously trying to reinvent themselves and also find themselves. Not sure how that one works. Our respective friend groups merged perfectly, mostly because no one wants to eat in the dining hall...

Proctology 33

When we tried to schedule our next meeting over the break, Critic Te Ārohi was imagining that the Proctor would decline it in favour of sipping piña coladas for a sacred few weeks. It was not the case. Instead, he was all too keen to get our ear, and give us some Proctorly advice. If you’re new here, Proctology is the branch of medicine concerned with the anus and rectum. And, apparently, student life. This...

Cancer This week it’s time to let your hair down and embrace some cultish behaviour. Don’t sacrifice the family pet goat, but skipping around a beach bonfire while cross-faded with friends might do the trick. Your Otago canon event: Never being...

Crossword Answers - Issue 14 2026

ACROSS: 1 - Subscribers 6 - Relic 7 - Unspoiled 9 - Ewok 10 - Empire State 13 - Gingerbread man 17 - Excess 18 - Snap 19 - Smoking 20 - Outed 21 - Kobe 22 - Shuttles 23 -...

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