Booze Review: Vote Hoiho NZ Pale Ale

Posted 3:58am Monday 16th September 2024 by Chunny Bill Swilliams

There are many pleasures in life. In Dunedin, it’s the Peninsula wildlife and alcohol. Put ‘em together and what do you get? Penguin piss. In honour of this year’s Bird of the Year election, the master brewers at Emerson’s have made a limited edition ‘Vote Hoiho’ Read more...

Debatable: Should Aotearoa have bilingual road signs?

Posted 3:56am Monday 16th September 2024 by Otago University Debating Society

Debatable is a column written by the Otago University Debating Society. The Debating Society welcomes new members and meets at the Business School every Tuesday at 6pm. Against  It’s clear that the New Zealand government isn’t living up to its obligation to promote te reo Read more...

Local Produce: Achtung!

Posted 3:48am Monday 16th September 2024 by Jordan Irvine

Bring The Noise final losers Achtung! are the newest post-punk band in Ōtepoti. Members include Jacob (he/him) on guitar, Niki (she/they/he) on drums, Henry on bass (he/him) and George (he/him) on guitar. According to Niki, “The genesis of Achtung! is using old Critic’s as cum Read more...

Toast Time Introduced At Subs

Posted 3:46am Monday 16th September 2024 by Molly Smith-Soppet

Dunedin's iconic nightclub, Suburbia (Subs if you’re a real one), has introduced a new initiative aimed at keeping patrons' puku’s full and vomit off the floors. Taking a leaf out of residential colleges’ book, Subs has launched ‘Toast Time’, a weekly event held Read more...

Stumbled Down the Rabbit Hole

Posted 3:44am Monday 16th September 2024 by Jordan Irvine

Tūhura Otago Museum hosted Alice in Wonderland after dark on Friday, September 13th, a fun (18+) event based on the Lewis Carroll book and that one Tim Burton film everyone chooses to ignore. Sporting free tickets and a craving for cotton candy, Critic Te Ārohi stumbled down the rabbit Read more...

40% of Current Exec Plan To Rerun for 2025

Posted 3:42am Monday 16th September 2024 by Hugh Askerud

Nominations were open last week for the 2025 OUSA Student Exec. Critic Te Ārohi can reveal that four out of ten of the current OUSA Student Exec (40% for you maths nerds out there) are planning on sticking around next year – either rerunning for their own positions or branching into other Read more...

Castle St Courtyard Set to Split

Posted 3:37am Monday 16th September 2024 by Hugh Askerud

‘Courtyard’, the infamous intersection of breathadom between three Castle St flats, will allegedly soon be split with a fence. Breathas and sheathas alike are biting their nails at the impact the change may have on their beloved stomping ground for all manner of occasions: parties and Read more...

Crestani Parents Object to DropKicks

Posted 7:24pm Thursday 12th September 2024 by Hugh Askerud

The opening of new venue DropKicks has been a sticky subject after two community groups opposed Loboski Venues Ltd.’s liquor licence application. Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) are one. Critic Te Ārohi can now reveal that the other group are Bede and Elspeth Crestani, the Read more...

Opinion: What the Fuck Happens Post Panic Masters?

Posted 5:20pm Saturday 7th September 2024 by Madeline O’Leary

For the first 24 years of my life, school was the centre of my universe. First it was primary, then settling (somewhat) into high school, working hard to get into uni, and being set free upon Dunedin as a fresh-faced 18-year-old. Well, as free as St Marg’s allowed anyway. My entire life had Read more...

New Zealand Young Writers Fest: Nau Mai, Haere Mai

Posted 5:16pm Saturday 7th September 2024 by Jamiema Lorimer

Young writers from across Aotearoa, of all writing forms and backgrounds, are coming together in Ōtepoti this weekend for the New Zealand Young Writers Festival. With accessibility at the core of the festival’s kaupapa, all events are free to attend. These events showcase talent and Read more...