Dunners

Unaccounted leave leaves accountant unaccounted for

Posted 12:53am Monday 18th August 2014 by Bella Macdonald

A former University of Otago student has been removed as a member of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants after giving false medical certificates to his former workplace and a fake reference to a recruitment company. At his hearing on 5 August 2014, Simon Michael Collins was Read more...

Toroa College blowing the budget even more

Posted 12:53am Monday 18th August 2014 by Steph Taylor

Toroa College’s recent upgrade and expansion has gone over budget by even more than previously reported, with the total cost of the refurbishment now being over budget by almost $1 million. As previously found, the extreme difference in cost was recorded as being an error in the estimated cost. Read more...

Aoraki faces worst student numbers in the country

Posted 12:53am Monday 18th August 2014 by Emily Draper

Aoraki Polytechnic continues to record a decline in student numbers, according to figures released by the Tertiary Education Commission. The figures show that Aoraki is losing students at a faster rate than any other New Zealand university or polytechnic. In 2013, numbers dropped from 915 to Read more...

Salient Editor Fails at Playing Critic

Posted 12:53am Monday 18th August 2014 by Laura Munro

Cameron Price, Co-Editor of Victoria University’s student magazine Salient, has brutally failed at an attempt to troll the intellects at Critic. Price recently put himself forward for multiple executive positions in the VUWSA (Victoria University of Wellington Student Association) elections Read more...

$10,000 street art fund not enough

Posted 12:53am Monday 18th August 2014 by Bella Macdonald

Dunedin’s first Street Art Festival is set to take place in October. With a $10,000 Dunedin City Council grant for more artwork, organisers have raised a further $5,000 to bring international street artist Dal East to the festival. The contributions of 11 artists have been confirmed to attend Read more...

Execrable | Issue 20

Posted 12:53am Monday 18th August 2014 by Josie Cochrane

We got a wee bit excited last Executive meeting after the team appeared to be having productive discussion. It didn’t last long. The meeting began with some good old-fashioned OUSA scandal. OUSA President Ruby Sycamore-Smith announced that she had entered into a relationship with Critic Read more...

Disabled student mistaken as drunk

Posted 12:53am Monday 18th August 2014 by Laura Munro

During Dunedin’s Illuminate Paint Party, which took place at Forsyth Barr Stadium on 10 July 2014, a University of Otago student was denied entry due to appearing intoxicated to staff. In actual fact he suffered from a number of physical disabilities. Critic spoke with the student, Richard, who is Read more...

OUSA gets diverse with bondage and poetry

Posted 9:16pm Sunday 10th August 2014 by Josie Cochrane

OUSA Diversity Week is to be held this week from 11–15 August. Queer Support and UniQ have organised the week and, according to OUSA Welfare Officer Payal Ramritu, “have worked so hard. I have no doubts the week will be amazing!” Every day there will be events held. On Monday at 12pm, Read more...

Otago staff involved in penguin protection study

Posted 9:16pm Sunday 10th August 2014 by Laura Munro

Researchers from the University of Otago are co-authoring a study related to the endangerment of penguin species around the world. The study suggests that due to the degradation of their habitat, caused by humans, the fate of the birds is at severe risk. Philip Seddon and Lloyd Davis are Read more...

Poppa's promises nothing else but new things

Posted 9:16pm Sunday 10th August 2014 by Bella Macdonald

The official handover of Scarfie icon Poppa’s Pizza took place on Monday 4 August. The new General Manager, Chiv Hamjra, promises, “it’s just a change of owners, nothing else,” despite plans to introduce “new things.” Considering Hamjra’s four-and-a-half-year stint at Pizza Huts around Read more...