Dunners

Execrable | Issue 2

Posted 10:33am Sunday 6th March 2016 by Henry Napier

The OUSA executive kicked off the year funding a student political radio show on Otago Access Radio, despite students already having access to broadcast through Radio One. The executive voted last Monday to support the show hosted by Tyler West to be held on Otago Access Radio. The show would be Read more...

Students Not All To Blame

Posted 10:59am Sunday 28th February 2016 by Joe Higham

Police have arrested 13 people during O Week in Dunedin after some parties got too wild.  Several large parties were shut down due to lighting couches on fire and bottles being thrown. Four people were arrested at a party attended by 150 people where four couches had been set Read more...

Forsyth Barr Stadium Picks Up Its Game

Posted 10:55am Sunday 28th February 2016 by Henry Napier

The parent company of Forsyth Barr Stadium has posted a $1 million profit despite forecasting significantly smaller earnings for the last financial quarter. The company, Dunedin Venues Management Limited (DVML), manages a number of Dunedin City Council owned venues including the Dunedin Centre, Read more...

Anonymous Threats at Vic and Otago

Posted 1:23pm Wednesday 7th October 2015 by Josie Cochrane

At the University of Otago, class attendance is down by at least 50 percent today, following a gun-related threat. Otago University Students' Association (OUSA) "absolutely support" the university's decision to remain open. OUSA CEO Debbie Downs says, “If you close today, Read more...

Anonymous Threat: Campus Will Remain Open

Posted 7:21pm Tuesday 6th October 2015 by Josie Cochrane

The University of Otago will remain open tomorrow as police investigate an anonymous gun threat made towards the Dunedin campus.  The original post was made on Monday 5 October 2015 via social media site 4chan, an online bulletin board where users can anonymously post comments and Read more...

Anonymous Threat: Campus Will Remain Open

Posted 7:14pm Tuesday 6th October 2015 by Josie Cochrane

The University of Otago will remain open tomorrow as police investigate an anonymous gun threat made towards the Dunedin campus.  The original post was made on the evening of Monday 5 October 2015 via social media site 4chan, an online board where users can anonymously post comments and Read more...

SDHB Injected With $7 Million

Posted 11:58am Sunday 4th October 2015 by Bridie Boyd

The government has announced it will be giving the cash-strapped Southern District Health Board $7 million to help pay its outstanding bills. However, Minister of Health Jonathan Coleman confirmed in a statement that no more money would be given to the board until it has confirmed its deficit for Read more...

RAs Worse Off after Pay Changes

Posted 11:52am Sunday 4th October 2015 by Joe Higham

Residential assistants (RAs) say they have been left worse off after the University of Otago changed its payment system at the beginning of 2015. Although the change has increased RAs’ initial pay, the accommodation supplement has been scrapped, meaning they have less in their pockets Read more...

Anti-TPPA Protest Draws Small Crowd

Posted 11:48am Sunday 4th October 2015 by Bridie Boyd

The Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) was the subject of another student protest last week, this time taking place on the Union Lawn. The protest was the largest University of Otago activist event in 2015, attracting around 100 people. The protest, organised by leader of the Otago Read more...

Cake, Coffee and Chemistry

Posted 11:38am Sunday 27th September 2015 by India Leishman

A new chemistry-themed café, The Lab, has opened in the university’s Centre for Innovation. The café replaces the Fix café, which closed last July. Kate Cooper, the manager of the Staff Club, said the Centre for Innovation approached her about the potential for a Read more...