Students Oppose Octagon Bar

Posted 5:56pm Sunday 26th February 2023 by Rauri Warren

Students and police united to object to Eleven Bar’s liquor licence renewal at a public hearing on Friday February 17, concerned about the potential harm the establishment could be causing to the “vulnerable student population”. An ex-employee has called the bar “the most Read more...

Arise Church Asked to Leave Tent City

Posted 5:47pm Sunday 26th February 2023 by Fox Meyer

Arise Church has been asked to leave Tent City. As far as we can tell, they’re gone.   Tent City is run by OUSA, and stalls are given contracts to be there. Critic Te Ārohi, also a part of OUSA, has reported extensively on Arise’s allegations of intern abuse and their Read more...

Moaningful Confessions | Tap and Gap ASAP

Posted 5:38pm Sunday 26th February 2023 by Critic

It was the Saturday of Re-O and, after a week of pouring rain and a lack of alcohol consumed, I knew tonight was the night I needed to send it. So, obviously the only way to do this was to down as many vodka shots as physically possible. I’m not going to lie, I truly did this to the best of my Read more...

Fresher Simulator: O-Week

Posted 5:26pm Sunday 26th February 2023 by Lotto Ramsay

1. Welcome (Start here) You’re a fresher (our condolences) arriving at Dunedin airport for the first time ever. You marvel at all the butt-fuck-nowhere around you. Off to collect your luggage! Where did you fly in from, again? A: Auckland (Go to 11) B: Somewhere else (Go to Read more...

Study: Some Students Intentionally Caught Covid, Didn’t Report Positive Tests

Posted 5:07pm Sunday 26th February 2023 by Zak Rudin

A recent study by a group of sixth-year Otago Med students claims that students significantly under-reported positive Covid-19 RAT tests, both to the Uni and Government. The study was conducted in 2022 between Flo-Week and the end of Semester One. 160 households in North Dunedin were randomly Read more...

Pride Night officially joins O-week!

Posted 6:32pm Saturday 25th February 2023 by Lotto Ramsay

An open space in the Ori ‘23 lineup led to what organisers have called a “golden opportunity” for our queer student community. OUSA Queer Support partnered with Dunedin Pride and UniQ to bring a pride event to O-week for the first time, ever.    Hosted on the museum Read more...

Selwyn River Run Returns

Posted 1:07pm Saturday 25th February 2023 by Hugh Askerud

Earlier this morning, the Leith river became host to the first ‘Water of Leith Run’ since 2021. Around 100 students gathered in the underbelly of the botanical gardens to ready themselves for a sprint down the slippery stones of the infamous river. Another 50 students watched from the Read more...

Arise Church Asked to Leave Tent City

Posted 1:53pm Tuesday 21st February 2023 by Fox Meyer

Arise Church has been asked to leave Tent City. As far as we can tell, they’re gone.   Tent City is run by OUSA, and stalls are given contracts to be there. Critic Te Ārohi, also a part of OUSA, has reported extensively on Arise’s allegations of intern abuse and their Read more...

No, that Landlord Website Wasn’t Taken Down

Posted 4:40pm Saturday 11th February 2023 by Zak Rudin

“What Does My Landlord Own?” came online last Wednesday, allowing users to enter an address and see all other properties tied to that owner. It uses publically available data, but nonetheless the Privacy Foundation has called for it to be taken down.   The website saw 75,000 Read more...

Cone Antics Subvert Police

Posted 3:39pm Monday 23rd January 2023 by Rauri Warren

On Saturday, January 21, at around 11:15pm, trouble was brewing on State Highway 1. Biff*, an Aussie bloke with the mullet to prove it, was about to try his hand as a traffic director, steering cars away from a breathalyser station just down the road.  Biff was staying at the Leviathan, a Read more...