OUSA Third Quarter Exec Reports: First Pay Cuts of the Year

Choo choo, it's OUSA Exec quarterly reports again! Your shorthand for knowing what sort of work your almighty representatives are doing on your behalf (and on your dollar). Exec members must submit a report of their work for the quarter, and the rest of them scrutinise it to determine whether they ought to be paid their full honorarium (their pay, basically). Accountability – yay!  Let's see how they've been going as we...

Rock The Vote Reviewed

DISCLAIMER* Critic Te Ārohi sent their hungover designer with no writing experience to document the day. All the writers were more hungover.  On October 3rd, a random street in the industrial area of Ōtepoti was taken over by young musos, politicians, a voting booth, food trucks, a fucking massive Palestine flag, Craig Daniels, several hundred supporters, and a whole lot of political rage. This crock pot of awesomeness was an...

NZ Young Writers Fest Takes Over Dunedin

The recent New Zealand Young Writers Festival and associated wānaka was a fabulous success, and although these Critic Te Ārohi writers were both part of this year’s cohort, we promise we aren’t biased. It’s all happening in our very own UNESCO City of Literature.  The festival is organised annually by the team at Dunedin Fringe, and they truly outdid themselves this year. For the second year, a wānaka was...

On The Voting Fence? There’s A Website For That

On the Fence is back for the 2026 election, helping to support young people in turning out, getting involved and voting. Brought to you by Massey University’s Toi Ara Research Cluster, the website includes an interactive quiz to see where your personal beliefs align with Aotearoa’s political parties. Critic Te Ārohi caught up with Hanna Breurkes, Designer for Toi Ara, to learn more about the kaupapa.  If the name On the...

Vote Otago is Back in Action with Breaking News

About two weeks ago, Critic Te Ārohi grabbed a cuppa and a yarn with some of the Vote Otago team. Vote Otago is a "by students, for students" election-year group who conduct political interviews, and turn them into video content for you. First formed in 2011 as Vote Chat, they renamed to Vote Otago in 2020. It's been a while since we've seen or heard of them, but elections come round pretty quickly in Aotearoa, and we were...

Student Theatre Stitches Up Critic

Not all Otago graduates have hopped across the ditch, it would seem. Ellie Swann and Lanient Swann – certifiable uncs (aunts?) of the Otago University's Theatre Studies – invited Critic Te Ārohi to review their new play, Stitched, written by Ellie.    Critic didn't know what to do at first. We review silly shows. This is probably our first review of a serious play since we had a Theatre Editor in 2012....

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