Global Ice Skating Celebration Starts in Dunedin

Posted 3:19pm Saturday 3rd December 2022 by Fox Meyer

The Dunedin Ice Stadium is about to make history. On December 4, it will become the first ice rink to see the sun on the first-ever World Ice Skating Day. This is ironic for several reasons. The most glaring bit of irony is that it’s the middle of summer. World Ice Skating Day (WISD) was Read more...

“Totally Sick” Pint Night Sees Meningitis

Posted 10:40am Tuesday 25th October 2022 by Nina Brown

On Wednesday the 12th, someone with meningococcal meningitis went to Pint Night.  While this bacterial infection can be dangerous, it’s also not the easiest to spread around. A statement from the University described that “it passes from person to person by regular close, Read more...

New Details on Uni Security Lapse

Posted 5:00pm Wednesday 12th October 2022 by Fox Meyer

Last Wednesday, a student tipped us off to the fact that a trove of private University files were accessible online because a security “door” had been left open. This door has since been closed, and we can share more details about exactly what went down.   In June, the Read more...

Moaningful Confessions | Dick munter

Posted 8:18pm Sunday 9th October 2022 by Critic

Dunedin is great, but if the ‘Dunedin Experience’ involves, as he described it “the worst sex story I can think of” I’m not sure the wonderful student experience is worth it.    For context, I wasn’t sure we would have sex again after a couple weeks of Read more...

Horoscopes: Week 26

Posted 8:15pm Sunday 9th October 2022 by Critic

Aquarius Jan 20 - Feb 18 Forever young is good in theory, but some of us have to live with you. Take some responsibility for how you behave and watch good things come to you. Also, clean your kitchen. Put on your summer to-do list: Keep a list of every beach you Read more...

Booze Review | Budweiser is Unpatriotic

Posted 8:10pm Sunday 9th October 2022 by Chug Norris

Every country in the world has a national beer. Australia has VB, New Zealand has, for some fucking reason, Tui, and Budweiser is known first and foremost as the national beer of the trainwreck of a country that calls itself the United States. But something seems wrong about Budweiser representing Read more...

Mr. Worldwide

Posted 8:06pm Sunday 9th October 2022 by Mr. Worldwide

This week, we have an image supplied by Ben. We got last issue’s correct, Jeff was in Auckland, specifically Queens wharf, looking at that art place. First thoughts: It feels like this photo was taken in Aotearoa due to the trees but there’s also trains, so. We’ll Read more...

In the Eye of the Beholders | Dunedin Art Reviews

Posted 7:58pm Sunday 9th October 2022 by Esmond Paterson and Maddie Fenn

Callout: This column is supported by DPAG, but they have no influence on the reviews   Every week, we send two writers to an art exhibit in Ōtepoti Dunedin. One of them will choose a specific piece, and describe it to the other without them looking. They’ll try to figure out what Read more...

Local Produce: Becca Caffyn

Posted 7:48pm Sunday 9th October 2022 by Jamiema Lorimer

“I’m good at feeling and feeling deep,” Becca Caffyn laments on her new song ‘Replacement Blonde.’ The sorrowful ballad is also the title track of her debut EP. We caught up with Becca to talk about her latest music, change and processing these feelings through Read more...

Opinion on VIP Entry: Special Admission or Special Treatment?

Posted 7:44pm Sunday 9th October 2022 by Nā Skyla from Ngāti Hine

For too long, Māori have been surrounded by the stigma of relying on handouts and “free money” from the government. There are social expectations of what Māori are meant to be, and if you don’t fit a particular narrative, then you aren’t Māori enough. A plastic Read more...